Article Sino-Indian Relations -IV War Cry of Bullish Nation Almost two-and-half months of the standoff at Doklam with a frequent war cry and only about 10 days remaining for the scheduled BRICS Summit (3-5 September, 2017) at Xiamen in China, the two countries mutually reached an agreement to de-escalate and withdraw their troops from the standoff site of the disputed territory at tri-junction traditionally […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 29, 2020September 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article Sino-Indian Relations – III Inter Se Anatomy of Two Giants Having said earlier in the context of the military and diplomatic standoff on Doklam that China lacks the diplomatic disposition, decorum and finesse while dealing the contentious issues with other sovereign nations, one would wonder what makes them to use so crude, aggressive and offensive language to justify their position before the international and domestic […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 29, 2020September 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article Sino-Indian Relations – II Hegemonic & Belligerent Neighbour The Doklam standoff between Chinese and Indian troops has continued in the third month with no solution in sight in near future. The belligerent and bellicose approach adopted by the Chinese state department and media is leaving hardly any room for a negotiated peaceful settlement. If their aggressive overture in showing firepower through military exercises […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 29, 2020September 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article Doklam: The Tri-Junction Standoff Sino-Indian Relations Occasional trespassing, scuffle and strife, deliberate or unintentional, between the troops of India and China is not a new feature. The ill-defined border, growing economic and military status, traditional territorial disputes with neighbours and the tendency of accepting or refuting past agreements at convenience has earned enough notoriety to China which so often trespasses its […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 29, 2020September 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article Indo-Pak Relations – V Sports, Culture & Religion Having said earlier that the cultural and sports activities exchange besides the expansion of trade could play substantive role in improving relations of India and Pakistan, the obvious question is as to how this could be achieved when there is so much of mutual suspicion and animosity at political and military level. Free and frequent […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 29, 2020September 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article Indo – Pak Relations -III Barriers of Economy & Trade While adequate military power is necessary for every nation to secure its land and maritime boundaries against any external aggression and assisting the government in the events of natural disasters and/or internal threats, the focus of governance should be a comprehensive growth including important sectors like social security, education, health & sanitation, infrastructure, agriculture and […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 29, 2020October 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article Indo-Pak Relations – III Nuclear Rivalry So far as India’s nuclear policy or aspirations are concerned, it is envisioned in one of the early statements of Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru when he said, “As long as the world is constituted as it is, every country will have to devise and use the latest devices for its protection. I have no doubt India […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 29, 2020September 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article Indo-Pak Relations -II State Sponsored Terrorism There is an old saying you can’t choose your neighbours. Indian Ex-prime minister Atal Bihari Bajpai once said you can change friends but not neighbours, in the context of a need for the peaceful and harmonious co-existence of India with its neighbours, particularly Pakistan and China. The secular and democratic India shares this destiny with […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 29, 2020September 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article Indo-Pak Relations – I Partition & Wars Pre-Partition Saga Nothing could be more paradoxical than a scholar and poet singing “Saare Jahan Se Achchha Hindostan Hamara; Hum Bulbulen Hain Iski Ye Gulistan Hamara…” (Our Hindustan is best in the world; we are nightingales in our Rose Garden ) and only in a couple of years so radicalises as to propound the two-nation […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 29, 2020September 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article AAP: A People’s Movement Gone Haywire The movement India Against Corruption led by the social activist Anna Hazare was a phenomenal success in its initial phase. Though the movement did not last long but it gave birth to a political party led by Mr Arvind Kejriwal giving a new hope and assurance of a transparent and corruption free governance. The Aam […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 29, 2020September 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Lithops – A Living Stone It looks like a stone upon the desert floorOften unnoticed where the dry winds roarIt wears neither branches nor leaves or shadeBut twin green vessels that will never fade. Lithops’ mottled skin disguises what is there,Its life concealed within the desert’s glareIt hoards the precious water when it comesAnd saves each drop before the heat […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 26, 2026August 26, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Assurance His each stumbled step in life became a silent guideWith every blunder of bygone days now set asideAnd there is no room for any mistrust or any dreadA profound wisdom clears the road that lies ahead. Be assured, his spirit is authentic and motives pureHe has a grounded mind that acts as its own cureWith […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 25, 2026August 26, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Swamp Monarch The twelve-horned prince moves with wild graceThrough the misty reeds and marsh’s silent spaceThe morning dew and fog becomes a shifting veilAs the golden sunlight awakes the wetland trail. A golden crown of pointed antlers shines so brightWhen the marshland ruler steps quietly into lightThrough the misty reeds his amber coat will gleamAn untamed and […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 25, 2026August 25, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Parochial He lives within his barriers of a narrow mindWhere envy grows and reason stays confined;A wounded vanity, disguised beneath disdainTurns every kindness into some offence again. He awfully strives to make his own notion reignWith a noise of hollow words and loud disdainAnd when he cannot equal those he enviesHe throws his sludge at the […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 24, 2026August 24, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Wood Frog Speaks I am but a little frog of the dense forest floorWhere Arctic blizzards terribly howl and roarThough winter wages a deadly, frozen warBut I am the master of the harsh winter’s moor. And ice surrounds the life that lies unseenAs I burrow beneath the forest’s fading greenMy heartbeats stop, no longer do I breatheMy liver […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 22, 2026August 22, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Lithops – A Living Stone It looks like a stone upon the desert floorOften unnoticed where the dry winds roarIt wears neither branches nor leaves or shadeBut twin green vessels that will never fade. Lithops’ mottled skin disguises what is there,Its life concealed within the desert’s glareIt hoards the precious water when it comesAnd saves each drop before the heat […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 26, 2026August 26, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Assurance His each stumbled step in life became a silent guideWith every blunder of bygone days now set asideAnd there is no room for any mistrust or any dreadA profound wisdom clears the road that lies ahead. Be assured, his spirit is authentic and motives pureHe has a grounded mind that acts as its own cureWith […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 25, 2026August 26, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Swamp Monarch The twelve-horned prince moves with wild graceThrough the misty reeds and marsh’s silent spaceThe morning dew and fog becomes a shifting veilAs the golden sunlight awakes the wetland trail. A golden crown of pointed antlers shines so brightWhen the marshland ruler steps quietly into lightThrough the misty reeds his amber coat will gleamAn untamed and […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 25, 2026August 25, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
आस सूख चुके हैं प्रेमपात्र सब, मदिरा की गागर दे दो भूल चुका हूँ कौन कौन है, विस्मृति का आश्रय दे दो. ईश्वर सबकुछ भूल गया है, कृष्ण नही अब रथ पर हैंसत्य-प्रेम की राहों पर हम, फिर भी काँटे पथ पर हैं. जीवन बंधा-बंधा सा क्यों है, हाहाकार मचा यह क्यों है मानव संबंधों के तलतम में, यह भूकंपी […] Written by Santosh K Nema May 15, 2022November 18, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
आत्मिक लाख समझाने पर भी नहीं समझता आईना मेरा अंदर की टूटती नसें भी उकेर दीं बनाकर उसने दरकती लकीरें वो जो बैठे हैं गहरे दिल में मेरे आईना मेरा उन्हें भी हूबहू दिखाता है. कैसे छिपाऊँ दर्दे-दिल को सामने जब बैरी-मितवा हो ऐसा चुप हूँ मैं, चुप हैं वो, मंजर है खामोशी का यह कैसा. दिल की जिद है रग-रग में […] Written by Santosh K Nema April 19, 2022April 19, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
समय मेरा समय चुप है अपनी निष्ठुरता लिए बदल रहा है निरंतर. तुम समय हो मेरे समय जिसने प्यार दिया अनंत डुबोकर किया एकाकार खुशियों से अमृत सुख की स्मृतियों से साँस साँस में चलती अनवरत सामीप्य की अव्यक्त अनुभूतियों से. समय मेरा दूर असंबद्ध सा अबदर्शक सा बन बदल रहा है सहारे तन के मन के तुझसे जो बंधे थे अडिग अटूट […] Written by Santosh K Nema March 3, 2022March 5, 2022 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