Thats really interesting. I also used film roll cameras too but yeah i never processed the rolls myself. Those were the times when with one shot I used to pray to god that I please give me a good shot :)) Thanks for sharing these informations.... Pankaj
On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 11:23 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Reminding of hard work by researchers, I remember when we did our Ph.D., we > used to take photograph on film camera, wash the film ourselves in the dark > room, purchase kodak rolls of photographic paper, cut this and develop > prints ourselves in the dark room. Those were the days when research meant > doing every thing yourself. There was no printing available. Type the whole > manuscript on manual type writer, three or four times, after every proof > correction, and when final draft was ready, get 4-5 copies of this and for > this you had to use 4-5 carbon papers, press each stroke of type writer hard > so that impression reaches to all the copies, and then get it bound after > inserting the photographs (mounted on A4 sheets). Luckily the things are > much easier now. > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 8:32 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Respected Mam >> Thanks a lot for the mail. I think this is surely going to be a >> fruitful discussion, though we may not be able to change patterns of >> UGC or journals but hopefully we would be able to change our >> perceptions for the betterment of students. >> Yes if you ask me, if I did it, yes I did it. I went to multiple >> libraries as much as I can. Still if I go anywhere the first thing I >> do is to look for whatever i can find on my plants. I work 20hrs a day >> on average and sometimes didnt sleep for 3 days on average. Where my >> colleague did his PhD in 3 years, I finished it in 6 years. >> I do believe that many good workers dont get recognition and thats >> really sad, especially indian researchers, it like outsiders dont >> trust their work. It is the perception based on some of the fake >> researches in India which created bad impression about the good people >> too. I hope such perception changes with time. I always believe in >> hard work and the second thing which a researcher should have is >> patience for sure. People running after money cant do good research!! >> but thats the fact of life in India, where a good job is considered >> better than a good education. People can leave research in the middle >> to get a simple job just because its permanent. >> But still we have good researchers available in India who can raise >> the quality of research and hence recognition of indian researchers to >> higher level. I am always hopeful for a better life, better >> perception, better output of researchers in India in future. >> My best wishes to all, and dont forget I am also a researcher :)) so >> you all should give your good wishes to me too :P... >> Pankaj > > > > -- *********************************************** "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India
