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, 2020March 22, 2026 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, 2020March 22, 2026 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, 2020March 22, 2026 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, 2020March 22, 2026 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
India’s Defence Spectrum: From Buyer to Seller Saga of Self-Reliance & Export Boom During the last over one decade, India’s defence exports have emerged as a significant pillar of the country’s strategic and economic aspirations and growth, simultaneously reflecting the steady transformation of its indigenous defence manufacturing capabilities of even the strategic equipment and weaponry. Driven by the vision and mission of […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 1, 2026June 1, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Premature Cephalopod A creature in the sapphire deeps awakeFloating silken like in a colourful capeShe spreads her cape of iridescent graceLike a shifting phantom in pathless space. ​No caverned stone or rocky den she cravesA perpetual wanderer of the salt water wavesHer pulsing webs divide the ancient tideWhere violet shifts and primal terrors hide.​ Then by her […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 1, 2026June 1, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Cherry Blossom In a sudden breath of April-May airThe barren trees, brown and bareAwake suddenly to build a pale domainOf pink and white blossom across the plain.A Cherry-blossom realm born of fleeting graceThat leaves no shadow and no trace. Japanese tradition – mono no awareA profound awareness of impermanenceThe plains as well where mountains riseA blanket folds […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 28, 2026May 28, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Living Reed Beneath the pond’s dark and glassy sleepWhere blooming lilies take rest so deepA slender stalk of the reed-like greenHydra dances in depths and worlds unseenLooks like a tiny crown of reaching threadsWhere myth and modern science weds. Named after the multi-headed monsterSlain by Hercules, a mythic Greek warriorThe creature represents a bridge trulyOf the ancient […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 27, 2026May 27, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Island Leviathan ​Upon the sun-scorched, rocky crestThey are absolute rulers of Sunda islandsAn apex survivor of the dinosaur ageKomodo dragon, the largest living lizardA titan wrapped in armoured hideWith a yellow tongue that tastes the airIt smells a shadow mile from there. Despite their bulky, low-slung framesIt is incredibly fast, patient and efficientAnd stalks the deer through […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 26, 2026May 26, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
India’s Defence Spectrum: From Buyer to Seller Saga of Self-Reliance & Export Boom During the last over one decade, India’s defence exports have emerged as a significant pillar of the country’s strategic and economic aspirations and growth, simultaneously reflecting the steady transformation of its indigenous defence manufacturing capabilities of even the strategic equipment and weaponry. Driven by the vision and mission of […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 1, 2026June 1, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Premature Cephalopod A creature in the sapphire deeps awakeFloating silken like in a colourful capeShe spreads her cape of iridescent graceLike a shifting phantom in pathless space. ​No caverned stone or rocky den she cravesA perpetual wanderer of the salt water wavesHer pulsing webs divide the ancient tideWhere violet shifts and primal terrors hide.​ Then by her […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 1, 2026June 1, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Cherry Blossom In a sudden breath of April-May airThe barren trees, brown and bareAwake suddenly to build a pale domainOf pink and white blossom across the plain.A Cherry-blossom realm born of fleeting graceThat leaves no shadow and no trace. Japanese tradition – mono no awareA profound awareness of impermanenceThe plains as well where mountains riseA blanket folds […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 28, 2026May 28, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Rajnigandha Touch Now I get tired too soonSo I’m afraid of going farBut all this does not meanI’ve abandoned walks forever… And yes, I often feel lonelyEven amongst my own peopleBut all this does not meanI have stopped caring for all… I often remember our friendshipI still care for our relationshipBut how much I do,I have stopped […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 16, 2020October 6, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Greed For Power Among all temptations in life of a man, perhaps the greed for power is the strongest one. The obvious reasons appear to be that when one is empowered, all other luxuries and antiquities of life automatically fall in line. Hence it is not surprising that people craving for the power adopt and exploit all overt […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 7, 2020September 26, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
A Fairy Tale Like a fairy descended from the paradiseShe was beautiful no less than Snow WhiteLike an angel she was generous and kindThe flowers bloomed whenever she smiled. She was standing my way with open armsAnd I knew well this was real not a dreamYet kept struggling to overcome my inertiaAnd in the process I rendered her […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 21, 2020February 10, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked