Dear friends
We have just returned from a five day trip to Nainital, Bhimtal, Kasauni,
Chakodi, Almora and other places, and really enjoyed the trip. Here we for
the first time met and had the pleasure of company of our member Mrs.
Promila Chaturvedi, who at the age of 72 carries the rare combination of
great love for nature, environment awareness, great social worker,
adjustment to prevailing situation and great entertainer. We all loved her
company.
A few months ago I, perhaps because of a small lapse by Garg ji, was a
party to reading discussion among moderator Group (I was supposed to be out
of this discussion, but got included in the mailer list by chance) for
giving a suitable title to me. I enjoyed every bit of discussion, and love
and regard shown by the members, keeping silent at the same time.
In last three years I have seen the evolution of this group. Thanks
largely to the Group of our highly refined members, Garg ji, Dinesh ji,
Satish ji, Yazdy ji, Mani ji, Prashant ji, Neil ji and others, any
aberrations in the Group are tackled with utmost competence, very necessary
for the success of any group.
It is always heartening to see how your younger colleagues evolve into
highly competent scientists/workers, learn to handle tough situations and
attain success in life. I have been greatly impressed by the conduct and
progress of professional botanists Ritesh ji, Tanay, Balkar ji, Giby ji,
Nidhan ji, and others, great love for plants by Alok ji, Surajit ji and
others, but one person who has impressed me by his evolving into the most
matured person over last 2-3 years is Dr. Pankaj Sahni, who in recent
months has always involved himself whenever any small or major problem
arises, and fortunately handled such situations in most competent manner.
My solutes to Pankaj ji. We enjoy small pleasant exchanges and digs at each
other, very necessary for healthy atmosphere, earlier largely restricted to
me and Tanay.
I wish more and more young members follow such good examples and make
this group a learning and enjoyable experience.
--
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/
