Aditya: Dapodi and Dapuri are TWO distinctly different places, one is way inlands, another nearer to the coast, ... google earth shows them well... Usha di ========
On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Adittya Dharap <[email protected]>wrote: > > Ushadi, > Based on your suggestion I will try and figure out something. > You mentioned about Dapuri drawings. The place Dapuri (Now Dapodi) is a > small suburb > close to Pune. As far as I know the botanical garden ceased to exist long > ago. But the drawings have travelled through time in some secret vault. > Am yet to buy the book but am sure it is going to be worth buying one. > > > best regards > Adittya > > --- On *Thu, 1/5/12, ushadi Micromini <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: ushadi Micromini <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:102441] Re: Ink Illustration : Cerbera manghas > To: "Adittya Dharap" <[email protected]> > Cc: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, January 5, 2012, 10:31 AM > > > Aditya: > thanks > I am glad people know that it is toxic... > knowledge is half the battle... > knowing helps prevention... one can educate children to be careful and not > eat everything in sight... > > those who want to commit suicide..prevention works... but very determined > people depressed or bent on taking revenge on loved ones cant be helped... > as an intern, young and idealistic I often used to volunteer at some > prevention hotlines, many many years ago...... so I know this... otherwise > its not a subject really taught in our medical schools... > > ABOUT BETTER THINGS > > I love and collect BOTANICAL art. and botanical art related books.. > inherited love of botanical art from my parents, mom in particular... just > got DAPURI DRAWINGS book of old indian botanical art now residing in > Edinburgh museum repository, originally the art work was commissioned buy > Alexander Gibson , a doctor who also founded the first(may be???) > botanical garden in India in DAPURI Maharashtra ... > > MoBot ...missouri botanical garden website has hundreds of scanned images > of wonderful botanical drawings.. of superb quality, being done by many > trained landscape painters, they have great european precision... > > > we can certainly have discussion on botanical art, I am sure we have many > members who remain silent because they are into art/ drawings and not > photography.... like Bimal da's symbiosis series why dont you start a > series called botanical art and submit whever the mood strikes and make the > subject line as Aditya's botanical art 1, 2, 3 etc etc... that way those > of us who want to look at your art will know where to go and we will have a > nice archive starting with yours... > You have submitted a few so far, may be you can gather them up and start a > new thread and submit all of them in one email... let that be your first > of the series... your series will bring out art lovers among us... > > looking forward to it... > > Usha di > > ========== > > > > > On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 11:33 PM, Adittya Dharap > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1613.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > Ushadi, > > For me 'Sea Mango' is a misnomer for this plant. The fruits do not > resemble mangoes neither in form nor in qualities. Apart from this the > fruits are not only unpalatable but also extremely poisonous. The fruit > is consumed for committing suicide. > C. manghas is basically a littoral species i.e commonly found along the > coast in association with mangroves. > Alike several other species that are planted in our urban landscapes, > there are trees found in Mumbai as well. > To answer your other question about the illustration, I have been > illustrating for quite some time as a passion (no way linked to my > qualification and profession). > And what fascinates me for illustration? the answer is botanical forms! > > There have been little or virtually no discussion on our forum regarding > Botanical Illustration per se. Botanical Illustrations form an integral > part of our floras. Hence thought of triggering > the subject by taking this initiative of sharing my own illustrations. > Would also like to thank all for the good words. > > best regards > > Adittya Dharap > > > > --- On *Wed, 1/4/12, Ushadi micromini > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1613.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > >* wrote: > > > From: Ushadi micromini > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1613.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > Subject: [efloraofindia:102441] Re: Ink Illustration : Cerbera manghas > To: "efloraofindia" > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1613.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > Date: Wednesday, January 4, 2012, 7:59 PM > > Aditya : nice bw ink drawing ... > > but why Sea mango... > does it grow where you live or is it work related? > what fascinates you about this tree, its flowers or the fruits? > > Usha di > ========= > > On Jan 4, 7:09 pm, Tanay Bose > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1613.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>> > wrote: > > Fantastic effort ... Nice to see such lovely illustration > > Tanay > > > > On 4 January 2012 03:29, Prashant Awale > > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1613.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes, another good illustration Dear Adittya. Would like to see many > > > more...Thanks for sharing.. > > > Regards > > > Prashant > > > > > On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 2:57 PM, Madhuri Raut > > > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1613.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>> > wrote: > > > > >> excellent artistic skill. liked the illustration > > > > >> On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 2:08 PM, Dinesh Valke > > >> <[email protected]<http://us.mc1613.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > >wrote: > > > > >>> Great art, fantastic effort and skill, Adittya. > > >>> Keep up the good work. > > >>> Regards. > > >>> Dinesh > > > > >>> On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Adittya Dharap < > [email protected]<http://us.mc1613.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > >wrote: > > > > >>>> Dear All, > > > > >>>> Continuing my effort of sharing my botanical illustrations, would > > >>>> like to share ink illustration for *Cerbera manghas*. > > > > >>>> best regards > > > > >>>> Adittya V. Dharap > > > > >> -- > > >> Regards > > >> Dr.Bhagyashri Ranade > > > > -- > > *Tanay Bose* > > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. > > Department of Botany. > > University of British Columbia . > > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > > Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > > 604-822-2019 (Lab) > > 604-822-6089 (Fax) > > [email protected]<http://us.mc1613.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > *Webpages:* > http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.htmlhttp://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.htmlhttps://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ > > >
