Thanks a lot Shrikant ji Members please upload your photographs under subject line "Kas Week:.............(Name or unique code) from ...................................(place).."
-- 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/ On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 10:57 PM, shrikant ingalhalikar < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear Members, > I am posting a check list of 175 plants found at Kas. Any additions to > this list are welcome. Regards, > > On Tuesday, September 18, 2012 9:20:03 AM UTC+5:30, Prashant wrote: > >> Thanks Shrikant ji for nice introduction of Kas. >> >> Regards >> Prashant >> On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 9:15 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Thanks Shrikant ji >>> I have posted a separate mail designating the week as "Kas Week". That >>> should be OK for the sake of uniformity. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/> >>> http://people.du.ac.in/~**singhg45/ <http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 8:41 PM, shrikant ingalhalikar < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear Members, >>>> >>>> Let me brief about the origin of Kas name. Kas village is few km ahead >>>> of Kas Plateau. The name of village comes from a tree Elaeocarpus >>>> glandulosus which is found in that region. Locally this tree is known as >>>> Kasa or Kasav (tortoise). Long vowels are phonetically written as Kásand >>>> not as 'Kaas'. The local names of Elaecarpus glandulosus are written in >>>> T. Cooke's flora as *Kásav, **Kásá*. It is possible that even IUCN may >>>> have spelled it as Kaas after various websites. 'Kas' may stand as 'odd man >>>> out' but websites need not be considered as authentic. Regards, >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, September 18, 2012 6:58:15 AM UTC+5:30, Gurcharan Singh >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thanks Shrikant ji for well illustrated introduction. This should help >>>>> in better understanding of the area. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/> >>>>> http://people.du.ac.in/~**singhg**45/<http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 6:23 PM, Nidhan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Thanks for very beautiful introduction Shrikant Ji....hope we get a >>>>>> large number of uploads this coming week...I am also eager to see some >>>>>> landscapes from the area..besides having a deep desire to be physically >>>>>> there some day.. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> >>>>>> Dr. Nidhan Singh >>>>>> Department of Botany >>>>>> I.B. (PG) College >>>>>> Panipat-132103 Haryana >>>>>> Ph.: 09416371227 >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- > > > > --

