My all Dear Seniors, friends I have no words to thank you for the feelings you expressed for me. Realy before 2015 it was Golden Period in my life. I spent quality time with eFI, and botonizing with so many friends. After that some moments came in my life and they changed whole scenario, the biggest shock of my life was given by an idiot publisher, then many situations at my workplace and few other personal problems throw myself in darkness. but in these 4 years I learnt a lot about life, friends, relationship and so called "*Duniyadaari* ". In these days I spent lot of time in conseravtion and propagation of many plants. Result is that 2 days back we with many friends inaugurated our own Botanical Conservatory addressed as Shree Dhanwantari Botanical Conservatory, Bhandari Road, Village and Post Lohari, Distt Panipat, Haryana 132105. It is situated in the premises of our ancestral Agricultural Land. I am going to keep all botanical literature available with me there. This is the Place, Where we are working for conservation of local flora. Many medicinal plants from all over India are also being planted there. In these 4 years most of the people discouraged me in one or the other way. But their efforts made me more strong to do my work vigorously. I am not away from eFI, I tried to add as many people as I can in eFI. From 18 August 2019 I have also started botonizing activities again. In these years, I also found an another category of People..... known by many names like *Yayaver/ Traveller/ Ghummakkad/ Yatri/ Batohi/ Pathik*. I really enjoyed their company and they are now not only travelers but true environmentalist. As on every occasion we gather, we plant trees, we all spread message of saving trees. I learnt a lot from them, how to live in stressful conditions. Now I think Dark Period is over and I will be among you to contribute a little. Not even a single day was there in these years without remembering eFI. Again Thanks a ton for remembering me. Your blessings were with me, are with me and will remain with me Yours Balkar Singh
On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 5:18 PM Smita Raskar <smita.ras...@gmail.com> wrote: > I appreciate your work Balkar, I had been on field trip with Balkar, > Nidhan and Gurcharan Sir many times > We had been to Chopta Tungnath with his car > I like all three of them for they are so knowledgeable still so very > caring down to earth, > Wish to go to flower hunting tour soon > Warm regards > > On Fri, 16 Aug, 2019, 4:24 PM J.M. Garg, <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >> From: Dr. Prabhukumar KM <prabhumkris...@gmail.com> >> Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 at 15:58 >> Subject: Re: [itpmods:12998] Dr. Balkar Arya- Remembering our great Hero >> on Independence Day- Every week is a Genus week >> To: itpmods <itpm...@googlegroups.com> >> >> >> Heart felt salutes and congratulations to Balkar sir.... >> >> Regards >> Prabhu >> >> >> On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 6:58 PM Ashwini Bhatia <ashw...@ashwinibhatia.com> >> wrote: >> >>> My gratitude and congratulations to Balkar Singh ji! >>> >>> Regards, >>> Ashwini >>> >>> On 15 Aug 2019, at 10:48, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >>> From: J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> >>> Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 at 10:47 >>> Subject: Dr. Balkar Arya- Remembering our great Hero on Independence >>> Day- Every week is a Genus week >>> To: efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> >>> Cc: Balkar Arya <balkara...@gmail.com> >>> >>> >>> Dear members, >>> *This is our tribute to Dr. Balkar Arya and his outstanding >>> contributions in building Efloraofindia, on Independence Day. His amount of >>> contributions can be assessed from the aspect that although his last major >>> activity was in Jan.'2015, he still remain at no. 8th in **All time >>> Posters List* >>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!aboutgroup/indiantreepix>*. He >>> joined us along with other stalwarts like Dinesh ji, G. Singh ji, >>> Vijayasankar ji, Nidhan ji, Pankaj ji, Tanay ji etc. in around 2010 >>> and took our activities to the peak.* *He was the first who presented >>> eFI before the taxonomists in IAAT conference first in Banglore and later >>> in Delhi, with his great vision, along with Nidhan ji. Power point >>> presentation of it, can be seen by downloading at **Files* >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/files>*. * >>> Since than we have followed his great spirit as below: >>> Hardly a week goes when we look at some genus or the other, in efi site. >>> We look into all posts in that genus, compare them with the keys >>> available in our threads, in efloras or else where online and with images >>> and specimens available online and in GBIF and also make their comparative >>> images, if already not available. We also seek guidance from our earlier >>> threads as well as well refer to the suitable experts. In the process, a >>> lot of threads with incorrect or no identification, are resurfaced with >>> correct identification. >>> Genus generally taken up these days, is one in which our members face >>> problem in getting proper id or clarity. Having images on most of our >>> threads, help a lot in the matter, along with the key features suggested >>> earlier by our experts. >>> So every week is a Genus Week in efi for quite sometime (It started in a >>> small way about four and a half years back when we looked at each >>> family along with all its genera). >>> Happy Independence Day to Balkar ji and to all of you. >>> -- >>> With regards, >>> J.M.Garg >>> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> >>> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. >>> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian >>> Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group >>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the >>> world- more than 3,000 members & 3,00,000 messages on 23.8.18) or >>> Efloraofindia >>> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >>> database of more than 13,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which more than >>> 1,70,000 images are directly displayed). >>> The whole world uses my Image Resource >>> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a >>> thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. >>> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as >>> per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >>> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >>> India'. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> With regards, >>> J.M.Garg >>> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> >>> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. >>> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian >>> Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group >>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the >>> world- more than 3,000 members & 3,00,000 messages on 23.8.18) or >>> Efloraofindia >>> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >>> database of more than 13,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which more than >>> 1,70,000 images are directly displayed). >>> The whole world uses my Image Resource >>> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a >>> thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. >>> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). 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