Respected Aarti mam Thanks a lot for your wishes. Regards Panakj
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 9:16 PM, Aarti S. Khale <aarti.kh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Pankaj ji, > A beautiful card. > Wishing you A Happy, Healthy & Safe Diwali. > Thanks for your wishes. > Aarti > > On Oct 24, 3:44 pm, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com> wrote: >> This is very much away from the topic but you all may like to learn >> the lesson which I learnt that day. >> >> Long back during my school days, frankly speaking I was too poor in >> maths and physics. I dont hesitate to say that I still am. >> >> I was being taught Newtons Laws of Gravity and one very interesting >> thing that ACCELERATION DUE TO GRAVITY IS INDEPENDENT OF MASS. >> We used to live in a two storeyed building. I (in 11th standard) was >> standing on the roof and had a young kid from neighborhood was there. >> He might be in 2nd or 3rd standard. >> Just to impress him I took one small pebble and a small wood in my hand. >> And leaned over the railing and asked the kid, "which will reach the >> ground first". >> He said. "pebble". >> I said, "what if do a magic and make them reach at the same time". >> He said, "thats impossible". >> I said, "I can show you". >> He said, "you should first put a bet for a chocolate". >> I said, "ok". >> So just as I was about to drop it, he said, "bhaiya, wo hawa me ud >> jayega samjha karo (literally meaning, "wood will get blown in air, >> you should understand that"). >> But by the time I realised the mistake, I had already lost the bet. >> >> So whats the moral of the story? >> >> WE SHOULD NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE CAPABILITIES OF OTHERS. >> >> This group has people from different parts of India and abroad with >> different professional backgrounds and different culture and way of >> living too. We are here to learn from each other and gain more >> knowledge and more expertise on Indian plants. This is a source of >> knowledge which all of us are seeking and nothing else. But gradually >> this group has become like an institution and even like a family. More >> than 95% of the people dont know each other personally but yet they >> are connected, trying to help each other selflessly. >> I always tell my students that a botanist is not the one who studies >> botany, but the one who loves plant and a taxonomist is not the one >> who reads books of taxonomy. A taxonomist is the one who knows how to >> differentiate things. A kid, the first word he says, "MUMMY" makes him >> of her a taxonomist (not plant taxonomist though) because due to some >> physical characteristics he is able to differentiate mom and dad and >> then he or she gradually starts recognising more and more people >> around, hence he deserves to be called a taxonomist. >> >> We should always respect this selfless group who adores every one and >> wants to spread its knowledge to everyone too. Every person's >> understanding of plants is different, but its all science and we all >> are learning that part of science.called plant science (botany) as >> well as the mode of communication which comes as a bonus. >> >> With this bonus in mind, I wish you all a very Happy Dhanteras and a >> very Happy and Prosperous Deepawali..... >> >> Long live eflora!!! >> Long live our institution!!! >> Of course, LONG LIVE PLANTS!!! >> >> Regards >> Pankaj >> >> -- >> ********************************************************************** >> "Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!" >> >> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) >> Conservation Officer >> >> Office: >> Flora Conservation Department >> Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation >> Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. >> >> Residence: >> 36c, Ng Tung Chai, Lam Tseun >> Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. >> >> email: pku...@kbfg.org >> sahanipan...@gmail.com >> pankajsah...@rediffmail.com >> Phone: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:30pm) >> +852 9436 6251 (mobile) >> >> HAPPY DEEPAWALI.jpg >> 846KViewDownload -- ********************************************************************** "Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Conservation Officer Office: Flora Conservation Department Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. Residence: 36c, Ng Tung Chai, Lam Tseun Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. email: pku...@kbfg.org sahanipan...@gmail.com pankajsah...@rediffmail.com Phone: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:30pm) +852 9436 6251 (mobile)
