Congratulations, Mohan ji. Pl. keep up the good work. On 9 February 2012 14:18, Mohan V. Chunkath <mohan.chunk...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Dear friends, > > I am very happy to announce that I have finished authoring a book called > 'Nature Rambles' which showcases urban biodiversity. The book was released > yesterday (8th February, 2012) by Prof. MS Swaminathan at the MS > Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai. The first copy of the book was > handed to Mr. N. Ram, Director, Kasturi & Sons Limited (Publishers of the > Hindu). Ms. Tara Gandhi, naturalist and student of Dr. Salim Ali has > written the foreword to the book. > > It is a book containing photographs, species information and anecdotal > accounts of 200 common animal and plant species found in and around > Chennai. Common butterflies and other insects, birds, flowering plants and > trees, all find a place in this beautifully brought out book. The book has > more than 200 colour photographs and is printed entirely on art paper. > > The book is an attempt to kindle the interest of children, budding > biologists and interested amateurs in the fascinating world of nature. > > The book is available on www.flipkart.com > > Mohan Chunkath > -- With regards, J.M.Garg (jmga...@gmail.com) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1760 members & 1,00,000 messages on 21/12/11) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 6000 species). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'.
