Well said, Singh ji. I remember at one stage you, Vijayasankar ji, Pankaj ji, Ritesh ji etc. joined with a short window of time & efi blossomed. What is so special about you all is that all of you are so knowledgeable & yet so humble & want to contribute passionately for efloraofindia in a selfless way.
On 26 July 2012 21:31, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear friends > I was slightly apprehensive about some member/s feeling bad when I wrote > about Dr. Pankaj Kumar Sahni as the most matured person on the Group. This > was based on my seeing his growth through the group. I am happy the members > of this group are both matured, gracious and accommodating to appreciate > others. That is why I love this Group. > When it comes to identifying plants, especially the rare and difficult > ones, the one person I always find coming to our rescue is my vote for the > most talented person, Dr. Vijayasankar Raman. We are proud to have you in > our Group sir. > This in no way undermines the great talent of our other active experts > including Dr. Giby, Dr. Mahadeshwara, Dr. Muthu, Dr. Pankaj, Dr. Balkar, > Dr. Tanay, Dr. Nidhan, Dr. Ritesh, Dr. Amit Chauhan, Mr. Surajit, Mr. > Suresh, our expert on trees Raman Arunachalam and others who will pardon > me for skipping their name. > Special thanks to our non-botanist experts, Neil ji, Dinesh ji, Dr. > Satish Phadke ji, Shrikant ji, Rajesh ji, Prashant ji, Pravin ji, Ushadi, > Alok Mahendru ji, Aarti ji, Raju ji, and other friends who not only feed > us continuously with good and rare plants, but also identify large number > of plants for us. > Perhaps we would not been able to learn so much without the innovative > initiative by our founder members of respective Forums Garg ji and Tabish > ji. > > -- > 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- With regards, J.M.Garg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1900 members & 1,20,700 messages on 30/6/12) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 7000 species). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'.

