RESPECTED MAHIPALJI,
I THINK ITS AN OVERWHELMING EXPERINCE FOR EVERY NATIVE OF UTTARAKHAND TODAY . DR. GOVIND CHANDRA PANDE GETS A PADMA SHREE, FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE FIELD OF LITERATURE AND EDUCATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INVITING ME TO WRITE MY VIEWS ON SHRI G.C. PANDE.
AS HIS IMMEDIATE RELATIVE , I HAVE ALWAYS SEEN HIM AS AN EXTREMELY SILENT AND QUIET PERSON ! I DONT THINK I EVER SAW DR. PANDE (HE ALSO HAPPENS TO BE MY MATERNAL UNCLE - MAUSAJI) , TALKING MORE THAN HE NEEDED,EVER !, LEAVE ASIDE TALKING LOUD
WE HAVE ALWAYS SEEN HIM EITHER READING OR QUITELY TAKING REMOTEST CORNER OF A ROOM ! I FEEL HE HAS LIVED HIS ENTIRE LIFE FOR EDUCATION AND LITERATURE . ONE OF THE MOST SOFT SPOKEN PERSON I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE , DR PANDE REPRESENTS A TYPICAL 'PAHADI' PERSONA . SIMPLE, DOWN TO EARTH, KNOWLEDGEABLE BUT NOT EXHIBITING THE SAME, AND ANASSUMING TO THE CORE !
WELL, PADMASHREE TO HIM, HARDLY SURPRISED TO ME AND MY OTHER HUGE LIST OF COUSINS AND ELDERS , AS WE KNEW HE'S ALREADY REACHED A LEVEL THAT SURPASSES ALL FORMAL ACCOLADES ! IN MY VIEW DR . PANDE IS AN AWARD BY HIMSELF ! AN AWARD TO WORLDS MOST VALUABLE AND SWEETEST COMMUNITY 'PAHADIS' AS WE ARE PROUDLY KNOWN THE WORLD OVER !
MAY I , ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE PANDE FAMILY , AND MORE IMPORTANTLY , THE ENTIRE PAHADI FRATERNITY, CONGRATULATE EACH ONE OF YOU FOR THIS BENCHMARKING EVENT . IN MY VIEW , TODAY BELONGS TO EACH ONE OF US. TODAY IS THE DAY ALL OF US MUST CELEBRATE A TRUE PAHADI'S ACHIEVEMENT AND EVERY UTTARAKHANDI DESERVES TO BE CONGRATULATED. THIS IS JUST NOT DR PANDES PADMA SHREE. IN MY VIEW THIS PADMASHREE IS CONFERRED TO THE PEOPLE OF UTTARAKHAND !
THANK YOU MAHIPALJI , THANK YOU MERA PAHAD , FOR INVITING ME TO POST MY VIEWS ON YOUR ESTEEMED PORTAL !
GOD BLESS US ALL
GOD BLESS UTTARAKHAND
SHOBHIT PANT