Poem Faces He has several faces… One face is whatHe shows to family and friendsThe other face is whatHe keeps for the worldYet another one is whatHe seldom opens to anyone And irony is that…The last one is the truest reflectionOf what person he actually is! Image (c) GettyImages 35,225 total views, 24 views today Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 17, 2020October 7, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Face Long lustrous curls…Moon shinesAmong dark clouds 34,926 total views, 10 views today Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 17, 2020October 7, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Expectations Finding quizzical and cribbingI inquired him rather cautiously:What is so wrong this morningWhich is bothering him a lot?He grinned and whined for a momentThen opened up in a resenting tone:He is disappointed and disillusionedFor they have belied his expectations. I consoled him: look dear,Expectations from a person or systemAre a major source of disappointmentBecause we […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 17, 2020October 7, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Everlasting Friendship O My Friend!It has been ages,countless days and nights,that often I wonder,A friendship is what!Togetherness and belongingorA journey – ethereal and sublime –of love, longing, absence and lossthrough life. Yet my friend,A friend I was,A friend I am,for once you said,“Happiness depends on having friends …… as wonderful as you!”A man lives in moments,I have […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 17, 2020October 7, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Eternity is Lost As teenage dreamersEyes nurtured few golden dreamsBefriended and taken away at easeSo I urge you to return our dreams. As teenage companionsHearts shared few tender momentsSome of them still lying with youSo I urge you to return our moments. As teenage playersWe played some hide-and-seekIn the game, heartbeats were lostSo I urge you to return […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 17, 2020October 7, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Eternity The daysand yearsof our lifeare passingawayslowlybut certainly… Let’s tryto make use ofthese momentsto evolve intoa better soultill eternityprogressively. 35,120 total views, 8 views today Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 17, 2020October 7, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Escape In a whirlwind detourAs I traverse through placesSomewhere deep in Shimla hillsOn the serpentine roadsAmong the alpine forestsOf the magnificent DeodarsAnd the apple and cherry grovesWith my mortal body thereBut mind and heart elsewhereI find I can’t escapeYour poignant memories and thoughts. As I venture aloneIn ravines of steep hillsOn the banks of mighty SatlujWalking […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 17, 2020October 7, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Equanimity Virtue and value of equanimityIs explained and eulogized in GitaBy Shree Krishna to Prince Arjuna,A delusional and surreal warrior – Perform duty with equipoised mindWith apt dispassion and discretionWithout any attachment, joy or painTowards plausible success or failure Abandoning all attachment and desireIs essence of the yoga of equanimityThat unwinds true cosmic knowledgeGuiding one to […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 17, 2020March 7, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Pamban 1976 Where the Pamban span kissed the blueTethering, island to the Mandapam seashoreThe inquisitive student knelt; age twenty yearsTo study what the deep oceanic abyss shares. The local fishermen in patterned clothesWatched the boy from the college booksPresenting a crescent guard of quiet prideTo help him unlock the secrets of the tide. It was neither phantom, […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh April 28, 2026April 28, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Ur-vogel – A Feathery Enigma A phantom on stone from the limestone bedWith the saurian heart and a feathered headThe creature represents popular missing linksIt bridges the gap between reptiles and birds. Believed to be first to claim the Jurassic airWhat a majestic witness of world once thereDinosaur like features teeth, long tail & clawsThen modern bird like flight wings […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh April 24, 2026April 24, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Jelly Fish Cosmopolitan in presence worldwideJellies drift upon the rhythmic tideNo scales, no fins yet we call it a fishA drifting phantom, a ghost of the sea. No heart to beat, no bones to breakThe gelatinous walls that pulses makeWith a radial symmetry, simple and oldFiery stinging threads in a trailing hold. A cycle of life just […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh April 23, 2026April 23, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Arctic Tern This soul is the world’s ultimate travelerA silver dart as the unbounded skyfarerArctic to Antarctic and back every yearEver chasing the sun in eternal summer. The globe-trotting trek in a hollow boneThrough the arial currents, seldom aloneWith narrow blade and a fork-tailed graceIt ferries the whole world in a tireless race From northern frost where […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh April 22, 2026April 22, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Nepenthes: A Velvet Grave Nepenthes lives in warm and tropical landsA masterpiece carnivore among the plantsA sculpted pitcher swings upon the vineCalling for all with frantic wings like a sirenTo rest a while as well taste a sugary treatOn its painted rim with nectar’s sweet deceit. The hunter doesn’t move, it doesn’t strikeWith a living cup where life & […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh April 21, 2026April 21, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Pamban 1976 Where the Pamban span kissed the blueTethering, island to the Mandapam seashoreThe inquisitive student knelt; age twenty yearsTo study what the deep oceanic abyss shares. The local fishermen in patterned clothesWatched the boy from the college booksPresenting a crescent guard of quiet prideTo help him unlock the secrets of the tide. It was neither phantom, […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh April 28, 2026April 28, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Ur-vogel – A Feathery Enigma A phantom on stone from the limestone bedWith the saurian heart and a feathered headThe creature represents popular missing linksIt bridges the gap between reptiles and birds. Believed to be first to claim the Jurassic airWhat a majestic witness of world once thereDinosaur like features teeth, long tail & clawsThen modern bird like flight wings […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh April 24, 2026April 24, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Jelly Fish Cosmopolitan in presence worldwideJellies drift upon the rhythmic tideNo scales, no fins yet we call it a fishA drifting phantom, a ghost of the sea. No heart to beat, no bones to breakThe gelatinous walls that pulses makeWith a radial symmetry, simple and oldFiery stinging threads in a trailing hold. A cycle of life just […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh April 23, 2026April 23, 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