Madhuri ji We have all been wishing for your speedy recovery and hope you are soon completely recovered to forget the previous pains. Efl is a big family where we feel and share sorrows and happiness of every other member.
-- 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 Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 7:33 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > ** Sirji > I respect every member of the group so much that I can't tolerate the > complaints. Everyone is doing their job so well. All are so dedicated to the > tasks they have taken by their wish. > Every person has his/her specialty and I respect it. When I say I delete > the forwarded mails by you or Gargji, is because I will not be of any help > there. But I respect the joy of getting the unidentified sps identified. > Sirji I was planning to write a thanks letter to group. I could not. But I > am happy to tell that Dr has allowed me to join my duties. Of course I do > have to take lot of precautions. I have to wear a special socks with > supporting rods to support my ankle,walk slow, climb stair very carefully, > but I am back on my feet. I joined college on 24th August and could not get > a single minute to express my feelings. > But I will like to confess every member of eflora has helped me to keep > myself cool, joyful, happy, tolerent, etc etc. I enjoyed the Himalayan > flora, Panipat flora, name of plants, Valmiki and all other threads. It made > me forget my pain. It was a remedy on my home asylum. > I wish someday I will be able to meet everyone of you. Thanks a lot for > keeping me as fresh as I was. > > Madhuri > > Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel > ------------------------------ > *From: * Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > *Sender: * [email protected] > *Date: *Sat, 3 Sep 2011 17:20:21 +0530 > *To: *<[email protected]> > *Cc: *Efloraindia<[email protected]>; H S<[email protected]>; > ushadi Micromini<[email protected]>; Dev Kumar< > [email protected]>; Mahadeswara<[email protected]> > *Subject: *Re: [efloraofindia:79375] Request for Species Id DKV 070611-1 > Cactus fruit.... > > Madhuri ji > You have said it all. There are two ways of using delete buttons. mark all > mails that you want to delete and press delete button. Otherwise click > delete all, unmark few that you want to retain, and press delete button. > Either way it takes few seconds. Only Aarti ji, Alok ji, Prashant ji, Muthu > ji, Ritesh ji, and others whose mails are resurfaced regularly know the > importance of resurfacing. You would be surprised to know that most of good > ideas come from persons who are supposed to be non-experts. I remember a > plant resurfaced several times with no conclusion, till Aarti ji came up > with identification which we could have never imagined. Similarly I have > seen the growth of Alok ji in recent months. He is a real asset to the group > sending us photographs from Western Himalayas. > I love this group for heterogeneity. I am more happy when an > identification comes from Yazdy ji, Aarti ji, Alok ji, Dinesh ji (although > he is more expert than many of us), Tabish ji, Garg ji,etc. I love that, > many of us love that, and let us allow it to remain like this. We are all > one big family and let us not make distinction between experts and ordinary > members time and again. > As Garg ji has been writing regularly. There is lot of work on our > website and experts can definitely help in process of building eFlora of > India in our website. > > > -- > 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 Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 4:47 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> ** Actually I always admire Sirji and Gargji for their dedication. I >> think that they must have kept seperate folder for unidentified sps from >> where they must be taking out mails for unidentified plants. Something like >> Pandoras box you know. Very paitiently they resurface the mails, with full >> dedication, hope that a new member joined may be able to identify it. Or >> some non botanist if has taken interest in taxanomy may take up the task. Or >> some botanist may take the lead again to search in their knowledge box and >> find out the name!!! >> I really appreciate the efforts, hope, love, dedication and----! >> As for me I am not a botanist and will never be able to a taxanomist. So >> its of no use to open the mail and read the content. So what I do? When I >> open the inbox and see the mails on sirji and Garji's name with 'fwd' as >> prefix I DELETE the mail by just marking them all togather in one stroke. It >> doesn't take time. But I know at that time someone else is breaking the head >> to identify the plant. >> For the photo which requires some details are taken by some enthusiast for >> the love of beauty and then feel that the name should be known. Hence sent >> to the group. If the hard core Botanist can explain that person what is >> needed he/she may take other photo and will sent. If can't may say so. Then >> the photo can be eliminated for ever. >> But I know many members of group who are non botanist have become the >> leading personalities of the group by improving upon suggesstions given. >> Since I am a teacher myself I feel that improvements can be brought in >> students if we wish too. >> My request to members will be give suggestions for improvement if you have >> patience or else don't react. But don't show your frustetion. >> Similarly see the 'fwd' short form of forwaded as prefix to mails from >> sirji and Gargji and open only if youwant to see the resurfaced mail. Else >> delete it with a click of mouse. Don't hurt the person with your >> overethusiasum. >> Bye. >> Madhuri >> >> Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel >> ------------------------------ >> *From: * Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> >> *Sender: * [email protected] >> *Date: *Sat, 3 Sep 2011 16:16:49 +0530 >> *To: *H S<[email protected]> >> *Cc: *ushadi Micromini<[email protected]>; Dev Kumar< >> [email protected]>; efloraofindia< >> [email protected]>; Mahadeswara<[email protected]> >> *Subject: *Re: [efloraofindia:79362] Request for Species Id DKV 070611-1 >> Cactus fruit.... >> >> Dear H S >> For me all 1700 members are equally important, although experts are >> especially marked. >> Resurfacing job is a thankless job which myself and Garg ji has >> undertaken. No one volunteered when I was out to Kashmir for two months. Let >> us volunteer for jobs rather than criticizing others who do it for the sake >> of the group. >> >> >> >> On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 4:08 PM, H S <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> In this photo we can only say that its an Opuntia species... get more >>> photo to identify the species level.. >>> >>> agree with Usha di ..., here lots of photos which are not even a quality >>> of identifying the family are posted again and again for identification >>> (resurfing) ... >>> >>> and also resurfing for the identified species.... >>> >>> pls find some solution for these.. or send it to only experts, bcoz every >>> one do not have so much time to read the same post again and again.. >>> >>> regards, >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 8:19 PM, ushadi Micromini < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear All: I honor Dr. Gurucharan ji' s opinion... >>>> but since he is sending it out again means... he is not convinced >>>> himself, is that it, Guruchran ji? >>>> >>>> I do not wish to contradict you or other erstwhile botanists, BUT in >>>> Medicine If we did diagnosis a picture of a lump ... we would be >>>> nowhere... same must be true for other branches of science.... including >>>> botany... and the botany specialist/s should not be put into a situation >>>> such as this... it behooves anybody asking for ID ... to show the mother >>>> plant... especially since its in your own garden....!!!!! Whatever its >>>> worth , that's my opinion.... >>>> >>>> I am not convinced of the diagnosis ... many cactus derived fruits may >>>> look similar... I think I had voiced my doubts earlier... why is it >>>> surfacing again? >>>> Usha di >>>> ====== >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 2:51 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Resurfacing again for ID >>>>> >>>>> Earlier feedback >>>>> >>>>> Me..................................................................Opuntia >>>>> sp. >>>>> >>>>> Dev Kumar >>>>> ji.......................................................Opuntia indica >>>>> ficus (ficus indica) >>>>> >>>>> Mahadeshwara ji.................................................Could >>>>> be Opuntia dillennii >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>>> From: Dev Kumar <[email protected]> >>>>> Date: Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 8:36 PM >>>>> Subject: [efloraofindia:71222] Request for Species Id DKV 070611-1 >>>>> Cactus fruit.... >>>>> To: indiantreepix <[email protected]> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Mhow, Indore, Madhya Pradesh. >>>>> From my garden. >>>>> Can someone tell me the species name please. >>>>> Thanks >>>>> Dev >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> - H.S. >>> >>> A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart >>> of stone >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> 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/ >> >> > > >
