Blog Panorama of Life What your mind perceives and eyes see may not necessarily be the case all the time. Life is strange and at times carries some unbelievable than what one would normally imagine or accept …!! It may perhaps take only a moment to have crush on someone, an hour to like and a day to develop […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 24, 2020September 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Blog Let Kashmir be Given A Chance for Peace Other day I was listening to a Pakistani journalist candidly speaking about a controversial Indian student activist of the Jawaharlal Nehru University namely Shehla Rashid who is well known for her anti-India tirade and open support to condemned terrorists and their nefarious activities in Kashmir and elsewhere in India. In essence what he said was […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 24, 2020September 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Blog Learning from Mistakes All of us commit mistakes. Sometimes one has to pay a heavy price for a mistake committed in terms of losing a loved one, a friend, a job or opportunity in life. Depending upon emotional and/or intellectual level, recovery of some people is fast and they move ahead in life while for some others it […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 24, 2020September 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Blog It’s Your Choice How You Take Life I have known this gentleman for a very long period through almost our entire professional life of more than thirty years. Only recently he superannuated after more than thirtyfive years service as a senior ranking official in the Government. While in service, I recall whenever we met I mostly found him unhappy with the people […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 24, 2020September 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Blog It’s Not Spicy Enough As the election fever in India for the sixteenth Lok Sabha (Parliament) pitches towards the climax, attacks and counter attacks of the leaders and candidates of the rival parties on each other are also increasingly becoming sharper and uglier. This election will perhaps be remembered in history for having been fought not for the futuristic […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 24, 2020September 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Blog 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 December 24, 2020September 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Blog First In First Out FIFO i.e. First-in First-out is basically an accounting technique ordinarily used in day to day management of inventory and/or financial matters. This could, however, serve as a wonderful tool too for performing the duties and responsibilities by those who believe in the principles of equity, fairness and transparency in public life in managing their day […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 24, 2020September 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Blog Freedom of Expression or sedition! Many fellow Indians must have forgotten by now the August 2018 arrest of five so-called civil rights activists by the Pune (Maharashtra) police in a nationwide crack-down for their alleged Maoist links in connection with the ‘Elgaar Parishad’ and ‘Bhima-Koregaon Violence’ about a year back. The police had then produced the arrested individuals in different […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 24, 2020September 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Blog Desperation Could Cause Disaster II In my earlier blog of the same title, Dr KS Raghavan, while generally agreeing with the contents and my reply to his initial remarks, inter alia made following additional observations – “You have your viewpoints which incidentally in line with Amit Shah. I don’t contest that. But I don’t share your optimism as of today.” […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 24, 2020September 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Blog Desperation Could Cause Disaster Prime Minister Imran Khan’s speech in the 74th session of the United Nation General Assembly (UNGA) on 27 September 2019 could easily be categorized as hysterical outburst of a desperate leader and head of a state. He reportedly spoke for about fifty minutes as against allotted time of fifteen minutes despite constant reminder of time […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 24, 2020September 22, 2021 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
भारतीय रक्षा स्पेक्ट्रम: एक खरीदार से विक्रेता तक गाथा आत्मनिर्भरता और निर्यात उछाल की पिछले एक दशक से अधिक समय के दौरान, भारत का रक्षा निर्यात देश की रणनीतिक और आर्थिक आकांक्षाओं और विकास के एक महत्वपूर्ण स्तंभ के रूप में उभरा है, जो इसके रणनीतिक उपकरणों और हथियारों की घरेलू रक्षा निर्माण क्षमताओं के निरंतर हो रहे बदलाव को दर्शाता है। “मेक […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 1, 2026June 1, 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
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
भारतीय रक्षा स्पेक्ट्रम: एक खरीदार से विक्रेता तक गाथा आत्मनिर्भरता और निर्यात उछाल की पिछले एक दशक से अधिक समय के दौरान, भारत का रक्षा निर्यात देश की रणनीतिक और आर्थिक आकांक्षाओं और विकास के एक महत्वपूर्ण स्तंभ के रूप में उभरा है, जो इसके रणनीतिक उपकरणों और हथियारों की घरेलू रक्षा निर्माण क्षमताओं के निरंतर हो रहे बदलाव को दर्शाता है। “मेक […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 1, 2026June 1, 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