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On Wed, 27 Apr 2022 at 16:15, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Published at > Gurcharan Singh- Story of efloraofindia to celebrate 15 years of its > completion on 17.6.22 > <https://efloraofindia.com/2022/04/27/gurcharan-singh-story-of-efloraofindia-to-celebrate-15-years-of-its-completion-on-17-6-22/> > > On Wed, 27 Apr 2022 at 16:09, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> *Two things changed my life style: a digital camera presented by my son, >> and my joining indiantreepix* in 2007 (thanks to Dr. Janamurty who >> introduced me to this group (from TAXACOM, where I used to send my >> photographs)). It has changed my lifestyle. I am looking forward to >> visiting more and more places. I was lucky to plan visits to Western >> Himalayas along with Nidhan ji, Balkar ji and other members to capture a >> large number of plants. While in California, I have photographed plants in >> thousands (but upload only those which are relevant to our Flora), the most >> recent trip to California and Toronto in 2019 was most productive >> with capture of nearly 9000 images. >> >> Why I love Efloraofindia? >> >> I have asked myself many times why do I feel so involved with the >> efloraofindia group and love interacting? I found the following answers: >> >> 1. I love the group because it has given me a good reason to keep >> busy after retirement (I felt involved even before formal retirement), so >> that I don’t have to think about how I should spend my time. >> >> I love the group because it has given me a reason to restudy, >> catalogue, digitise my herbarium collection of more than 10,000 specimens, >> which were lying unattended due to my busy teaching schedule. I would be >> uploading these as a virtual herbarium. >> >> 2. I love this group because it has now given me a zeal and plan to >> visit as many places as possible. More important, visiting these places in >> different months so that I am able to find, photograph and have new plants >> to report in the group. Adding these to my publications would be a bonus >> for me. >> >> 3. I love this group because of our prominent members Garg ji (who >> in spite of being the owner of the group, has never given the impression of >> authority), Dinesh ji (the architect of its great advancement), Satish >> Phadke ji (the great strength of the group), Vijayasankar ji, Shrikant ji, >> Nayan ji, Nidhan ji, Balkar ji, Prashant ji, Tabish ji, Pravin ji, Devendra >> ji and Promila ji (the great experts, who don’t allow any plant to go >> unidentified, and at the same time are great examples of high morality and >> great humility, the examples to be followed by our youngsters. >> >> 4. I love this group for plant lovers Neil ji, Yazdy ji, who own a >> huge collection of plants in their estates and never hesitate to share >> these. I salute Neil ji for his great knowledge of plants. >> >> 5. I love the group for members like Nalini ji, Madhuri ji, Padmini >> ji, Aarti ji, Rashida ji, Pankaj Oudyia ji, Anand ji, our story telling >> group, who never miss an occasion to add spice to the information, and >> never allow the discussion to lose its interest. Mani ji and Antaryamy have >> added flavor to these interactions by their frequent Hindi couplets. >> >> 6. I love the group for its young experts Pankaj ji, Mahadeswara >> ji, Giby ji, Rajdeo ji, Muthu ji, Smita ji, Ritesh ji, Mayur ji, Manudev >> ji, Raghu ji, Shantanu ji for their great expertise, love for plants and >> never hesitating to share their point of view, although maintaining the >> high standards of communication. They are the future of the group. Snehal >> ji, I am happy, is learning it fast. Others who interact less frequently, >> and I am able to recollect their names may please excuse me. >> >> 7. I love Tanay (the only person I don’t attach ji) the most, >> because this young fellow who has such a great knowledge of plants from >> every part of India/World at this young age has attained the high level of >> maturity after joining this group. >> >> 8. Our new active members Alok ji, Puttaraju ji and others are >> enriching our database and gradually adjusting to the group norms. >> >> 9. The most important thing why I love this group is that “in spite of >> some occasional sharp exchanges, members of this group love each other so >> much that no one is allowed to leave the group easily. There were occasions >> when some important members like Dinesh ji, Tanay or Rashida ji wanted to >> leave the group for some unpleasant episode, but all of us really saw that >> they didn't leave. Similarly Pankaj ji left the group temporarily because I >> wrote something to Tanay about the norms of the group. Tanay became my best >> friend (or my favourite) from that day, but Pankaj ji left the group, to >> rejoin after some time on requests from the members. I was the one who >> suggested his return to the moderator group again. That is the beauty and >> strength of the group. Incidentally Tanay and Pankaj are only two members >> in the group for whom I have dropped suffix ji, perhaps being so dear to >> me. >> >> > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > -- With regards, J.M.Garg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CA%2BiuSFC7f%3DYavWiaPhbXci-jZtH6JGT-6rv-PbYKuRupRVRRow%40mail.gmail.com.
