Poem Frankstein Editor’s Choice A person with poor etiquette and attributesEither due to poor upbringing since childhoodOr to bad exposure of environment of his livingSadly for him and the society over a span of timeOne acquires eccentric and paranoid attributesEventually transmuting into a desperate persona…Next, one develops immoral and despicable habitOf rubbing the people around on the […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 12, 2020May 14, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Blog Chanting Long Live Motherland The recent remarks of the All India Majlise-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi that he won’t raise the slogan ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ (Long Live Motherland), even if someone puts a knife to his throat, became the raging controversy in the Indian mainstream political and social circles. A veteran Bollywood actor Anupam Kher went on […] Written by Varun Virmani August 3, 2020October 12, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Blog Bias Leads to Harmful Opinion & Narrative Disquieting reports were received yesterday about the violent and dangerous assault by a Muslim mob on the Friday, 3rd January 2020 storming the Gurdwara Nankana Sahib near Lahore, Pakistan chanting anti-Sikh and pro-Islam slogans. The protesters reportedly surrounded the Gurdwara, pelted stones expressing anger against the Sikh community and some even shouted to destroy and […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 3, 2020October 12, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Blog Betraying The Muslim Woman Again So the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) should be credited for having successfully stalled the ‘Triple Talaq Bill’ from becoming a law at least for the time being with the active support of the same elements who had earlier in 1986 overturned the judgement of the Supreme Court for the grant of just […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 3, 2020September 26, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Blog Being Truthful is So Simple In day to day personal life and at work place, I have often noticed how people routinely make excuses with their spouses, relatives, friends, superiors, equals and subordinates on false pretexts to skip a responsibility, meet, avoid a situation or to cover their delays and inefficiencies. Way back from my memories working at Meerut, I […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 3, 2020September 26, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Blog Be Honest In Acts And Deeds If a person is honest with his (or her) integrity beyond doubt, he doesn’t have to be loud mouth giving certificate to self all the time. It’s a new trend that a new breed of politicians are doing it from the public platforms time and again as if only they and their handful (opportunist!) supporters […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 3, 2020June 1, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Blog Be Fair and Transparent During my long years in government service, I have so often noticed this typical syndrome of being opaque and biased in dealings among many officers. While climbing the ladder of material success in terms of promotions and increments, the ingredients of arrogance and ego in persona keep increasing while the levels of trust and accessibility […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 3, 2020June 1, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Blog Avoid Being Reactionary A majority of human beings, by sheer instinct, are reactionary in nature. This perhaps also comes from their social upbringing and ethos. We always tend to remember that so and so he, she or they have done this good or evil to me or my people and this has to be returned back either in […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 3, 2020September 26, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Blog Arrogance & Ego: Worst Enemies During my long years in bureaucracy, I have always found it intriguing how the basic attributes of a person can change overnight with a change in portfolio. I have seen how people who were at junior and middle levels so sociable and accessible, show sudden change on the same parameters in senior appointments that surprises […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 3, 2020September 26, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Blog Academicians Take Plunge in Ayodhya Dispute Ayodhya dispute is perhaps the longest and most complex civil suits in the annals of the legal and judicial history of India if not in world as it dragged almost seventy years in various courts including the Supreme Court of India, where it was pending for the last eight years. While hearing petitions, the apex […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 3, 2020September 26, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
जिम्मेदारी के मानदंड से राष्ट्रों का वैश्विक सूचकांक एक पुरानी हिंदी कहावत है “जिसकी लाठी उसकी भैंस“, जिसका शाब्दिक अर्थ है कि जिसके हाथ में लाठी होती है, भैंस उसी की होती है। सार रूप में, यह दर्शाता है कि जिसके पास धन और संसाधनों को नियंत्रित करने की शक्ति, ताकत या प्रभाव होता है, वह साधनों के न्याय या निष्पक्षता की परवाह […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh March 4, 2026March 4, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Monochromatic Holi Editor’s Pick Holi’s magic, colours splash, joy unfurlsVibrant hues dance in the airGulal on cheeks with smiles aboundColourful festivity carries joy aroundThe earth itself wears rainbow robesSpring’s bloom in vermilion smiles. As if folks chase the fleeing noonPalms stained pink and sapphire blueKin & allies embrace in amber cloudsVintage wrongs dissolve from viewThe air tastes […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh March 3, 2026March 3, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Autumn Grace Autumn whispers a season’s changeWith a cool, crisp, refreshing breezeTrees begin their slow and bright burnTrading their greens for a fiery turn. The hills are draped in a copper hazeWhile every leaf in the forest playsA riot of amber gold, crimson, bronzeNature’s canvas luminous and grande. There’re beauty and grace in the driftIt’s unfair to […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh March 1, 2026March 1, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
WIF: Global Indexing of Nations on Responsibility There is an old Hindi saying “Jiski Lathhi Uski Bhains”, the literal meaning of which is that whoever holds the stick owns the buffalo. In essence, it signifies that the one who has power, strength, or influence to control wealth and resources, gets own way regardless of justice or fairness of means (English equivalent could […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh March 1, 2026March 4, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Flaunting Aftermath She came to the tinsel townWith stars stitched in her eyes,A bag full of borrowed skiesAssured promises to her for flying highBillboards whispered, “Shine, be bold,”While dreams were bartered,Body to soul, all bought and sold. Each flash of light, each curated poseWas an applause wrapped in silent throesShe believed the mirror loved her moreThan the […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh February 24, 2026February 24, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
जिम्मेदारी के मानदंड से राष्ट्रों का वैश्विक सूचकांक एक पुरानी हिंदी कहावत है “जिसकी लाठी उसकी भैंस“, जिसका शाब्दिक अर्थ है कि जिसके हाथ में लाठी होती है, भैंस उसी की होती है। सार रूप में, यह दर्शाता है कि जिसके पास धन और संसाधनों को नियंत्रित करने की शक्ति, ताकत या प्रभाव होता है, वह साधनों के न्याय या निष्पक्षता की परवाह […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh March 4, 2026March 4, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Monochromatic Holi Editor’s Pick Holi’s magic, colours splash, joy unfurlsVibrant hues dance in the airGulal on cheeks with smiles aboundColourful festivity carries joy aroundThe earth itself wears rainbow robesSpring’s bloom in vermilion smiles. As if folks chase the fleeing noonPalms stained pink and sapphire blueKin & allies embrace in amber cloudsVintage wrongs dissolve from viewThe air tastes […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh March 3, 2026March 3, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Autumn Grace Autumn whispers a season’s changeWith a cool, crisp, refreshing breezeTrees begin their slow and bright burnTrading their greens for a fiery turn. The hills are draped in a copper hazeWhile every leaf in the forest playsA riot of amber gold, crimson, bronzeNature’s canvas luminous and grande. There’re beauty and grace in the driftIt’s unfair to […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh March 1, 2026March 1, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Hindu, Hinduism and Hindustan: Part LXXV Pilgrimage-I Nearly all communities and religions in the world attach significance to places which have some connection with any worldly or supernatural act(s) or event(s) of the divine (God) or His messenger(s); the birth, enlightenment or death of founder and saints; sites of the spiritual calling or awakening; supposedly a dwelling or living place of […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 31, 2022November 17, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Gulmohar Again In a life dull and forlornOwing to devastation and fearCaused by the alien coronavirusAs I venture out after weeksFrom my humble yet safe homeIn this rather isolated yet sheltered lane… Oh! It’s the month of May againThe time for Gulmohar to go greenAnd blooming full swing againIn the lane flanked by umpteenGulmohars forming a canopy […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 11, 2021November 8, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Whose God is This Anyway? God (Brahman) is the highest... Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh February 24, 2021March 11, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ज्यों-ज्यों बूड़ो श्याम रंग बसन्त विहार कालोनी की परंपरानुसार... Written by Gita Singh February 22, 2021September 21, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked