Article Resolute India Avenges Pulwama Attack The Incident It was a cold and breezy day of 14th February 2019 in the northern most Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir and a large convoy of the para-military Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in over 75 vehicles was moving from Jammu to Srinagar on the national highway 44. As the road was closed […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 30, 2020September 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article Rafale: Vested Interests Impinging National Security Ever since the Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) was signed in September 2016 between the governments of India and France for the supply of 36 Rafale fighter aircraft in fly-away condition, the grand old party of India has made every effort to scandalize and portray it as the biggest ever defence scam. Finding no significant talking issues […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 30, 2020September 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article CBI: A Caged Parrot or Wild Vulture In the recent past, the opposition political parties in India have been very vocal in their allegations that the Centre government is misusing agencies like the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) for the political vendetta to harm them. It is true that many high profile cases are being actively pursued by […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 30, 2020September 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article Events That Changed Destiny of Nation – 11 Implementation of Mandal Commission Report in 1990 Continued from “The Kargil War of 1999” Making provision of the caste based reservation in the Indian Constitution was intended for protecting the oppressed classes from the caste based discrimination and providing them opportunities for the sustained development and progress. In ancient India Varna System, the society was […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 30, 2020September 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article Declining Ethics and Morality in Public Life Many Indian politicians and celebrities appear to be in a sharp competition of setting nadirs of the unethical conduct in the day-to day public life and political discourse. So it was not surprising when a veteran Karnataka politician of the India’s grand old party stoked this controversy of a rather unconventional variety while speaking against […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 30, 2020September 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article Selective Dissent is Bad for Democracy The four basic principles of democracy are known as justice, equity, freedom and representation as the basic indicators of the liberty and human rights in any democratic society. Justice ensures fairness to keep society in order by protecting the rights of people wronged or suffered inter alia by punishing the wrong-doers; equity is the concept […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 30, 2020September 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article Intolerance in India: A Propaganda or Reality! The Jinn of intolerance which was last set loose in 2015 after Narendra Modi became Prime Minister of India in the NDA Government in May 2014, was corked back in the bottle but not before taking a heavy toll in terms of looming controversy, disparage and communal disharmony. The omen shows that the Jinn is […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 30, 2020September 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article Rafale Deal Truth Unraveled: Judicial Review There is a popular proverb “A liar has no legs to stand upon” which essentially implies that the falsehood cannot stand truth for long but what if it has wings instead because then it is far more swift and versatile to escalate untruth and disinformation over a large area and population without constraints of time […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 30, 2020September 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article The Kartarpur Sahib Corridor A Peace Initiative or Strategic Googly The event was quoted as a historic day by many on either side of the troubled border owing to bitter Indo-Pak relations when Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan organized a gala groundbreaking (Foundation Laying) ceremony on 28 November 2018 for opening of the Kartarpur Saheb Corridor for the Indian […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 30, 2020October 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article Aborigines: Let Sentinelese be Spared of Evangelism Recently, the Indian mainstream media and Press was buzzed with two sensational news items: the one that made headlines was an American national killed by an aborigine tribe in India’s Andaman and Nicobar islands; and the other was about a19 months old victim of pellet guns used by the Indian Army in Kashmir. While the […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 30, 2020September 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
A timeless Echo Editor’s Pick We never weren’t the friends we wereTime brought a rough change in the weatherThus seized in the tempest’s blinding galeI allowed my inner conscience guide my sail. Something that happened was indeed a phaseA saga in itself and a long-lasting eclipseBut it evaporates now, with so many changesAs the heart doesn’t care about […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 4, 2026June 5, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Silver Lyre of Gondwana An age-old songsmith from Gondwana’s dawnThrough moist Australian forests stepping onMidst luxuriant ferns and moss, rich clay floorsA Lyrebird weaves the melody that life restores. A silver lyre of feathers proudly crowns its graceWith lacy plumes and fine antennae in spaceThe finest artist of the rich fauna in the forestA hundred wild voices live within […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 3, 2026June 3, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Pearlescent Spiral What a curled pyramid made of boneIt survives within the salt waters’ reef aloneA silent shadow from the ocean’s dawnThis living fossil of million years drifts on As Indo-Pacific reef and shadowy depth divideNautilus navigates the vertical dark and tideIts unique siphuncle allows to sink or riseWhile it is fully secure within its vault inside. […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 3, 2026June 3, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Armoured Ascetic The little armoured soul walks the earthBears a shell of shields from day of birthNot rigid stone but the bands that bendIntertwine flexible skin from end to endWith banded shield and armoured crownIt keeps its watchful gaze often cast down. Using mighty claws and digging powerThey can fashion the earth within an hourDeep labyrinth homes […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 2, 2026June 2, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Monarch of Spines & Clay An avid ant-eater, it’s spiny and brownEchidna keeps its careful gaze cast downWith a moving shield of pale-hued spearIt strolls untouched by predators’ fearAlso seldom in hurry, it does not fightYet capable of vanishing from open sight. Egg-laying mammal with a sensitive noseIt snuffles where the ant or termite goesWith claws that breach the hardest […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 2, 2026June 2, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
A timeless Echo Editor’s Pick We never weren’t the friends we wereTime brought a rough change in the weatherThus seized in the tempest’s blinding galeI allowed my inner conscience guide my sail. Something that happened was indeed a phaseA saga in itself and a long-lasting eclipseBut it evaporates now, with so many changesAs the heart doesn’t care about […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 4, 2026June 5, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Silver Lyre of Gondwana An age-old songsmith from Gondwana’s dawnThrough moist Australian forests stepping onMidst luxuriant ferns and moss, rich clay floorsA Lyrebird weaves the melody that life restores. A silver lyre of feathers proudly crowns its graceWith lacy plumes and fine antennae in spaceThe finest artist of the rich fauna in the forestA hundred wild voices live within […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 3, 2026June 3, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Pearlescent Spiral What a curled pyramid made of boneIt survives within the salt waters’ reef aloneA silent shadow from the ocean’s dawnThis living fossil of million years drifts on As Indo-Pacific reef and shadowy depth divideNautilus navigates the vertical dark and tideIts unique siphuncle allows to sink or riseWhile it is fully secure within its vault inside. […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 3, 2026June 3, 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