I'm new to this forum and ever since my entry in this group,I have seen the tremendous enthusiasm of Gurcharan Singh sir with his valuable remarks, helping id, providing clues etc. which has been a major source of encouragement for all in this group. Tabish ji, Umesh ji had also played key roles in the process of identification as already remarked by Gurcharan sir.
However, I take this opportunity to congratulate the Hero of the VoF episode Dr.Balkar Singh ji for his wonderful pictures of many many flowers and plants. I would also like to congratulate Dr. Nidhan Singh for his amazing ability in identifying plants which I have seen during the trip as well and also for his beautiful uploads. Many lovely uploads were also seen from Dinesh ji, Mani ji and Prashant ji along with the others. It has been a fantastic experience altogether in efi. Regards. Debashis Chowdhury On Thursday, 20 September 2012 22:23:21 UTC+5:30, Gurcharan Singh wrote: > > Dear Friends > The Valley of Flowers Week which we had to convert into a month long > episode due to unmanageable load of uploads is a real feather in the > history of our Group. The true heroes of this episode have been Dinesh ji, > Prashant ji, Balkar ji, Nidhan ji, Rajesh ji, Mani ji, Dalia ji, ably > supported by Pankaj ji, Debashish ji and Smita who between them shared > nearly 1150 uploads of interesting plants from this rich valley, receiving > more than 5000 responses, something which we never imagined at any stage. I > would especially thank Tabish ji and Tiwari ji for maintaining the interest > in this episode by plating a major role in resolving identity of many > plants. It has been a real pleasure for me to be a part of this episode, > seeing many Himalayan plants for the first time and seeing many others > after a gap of more than 40 years. > Though all our uploaders have been the Heroes of this episode, but > the real Hero of this special episode has been Dr. Balkar Singh, who not > only helped Rajesh ji in organising the VOF trip, but also coordinated the > episode, and above all, the real criterion for this honour, uploaded the > highest number of plants, nearly 305. > Congratulations Dr. Balkar Singh ji.........and thank you very much > for making it possible. > > > -- > 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/ > > --
