Article AKAM: The Unsung Heroes of Indian Freedom Struggle (Revised on 28 December 2022) India is celebrating the 75th year of Independence from the British colonizers as the year of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsava (AKAM) for a yearlong ceremonial treat. The most important feature of these celebrations is to rediscover and recognize the contribution of numerous unsung heroes of the freedom struggle lost […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh January 30, 2022December 28, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Time Time is like a flowing waterEndless, eternal that never stopsThe time you are experiencingIs gone the very next momentYou cannot feel you cannot experienceThis very time again, once it is gone. So is our life and sooner the betterThat we realize what is gone, is goneInstead of brooding over the pastInstead of speculating over the […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh January 23, 2022November 19, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article Hindu, Hinduism and Hindustan: Part LXIX Mahavakyas – Great sayings It is of common knowledge that several civilizations had more or less independently evolved and prospered in various parts of the world thousands of years ago predominantly as Agrarian societies for a long time. While most such civilizations sought the material prosperity and bliss but, in all likelihood, the Indian civilization […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh January 23, 2022November 19, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Culture This world has no other nationWith so copious cultural diversityYet bound by a formidable unityA unique and unambiguous blendOf different customs and traditionsIn this oldest surviving civilization. Alas some dark forces, their minionsAre out to wreck the age-old traditionsOf the Bhartiya culture and religionsPeace, harmony and prosperity of nationWith their exotic and ill-conceived notionOf the […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh January 16, 2022November 19, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Makar Sankranti So much cultural diversityYet bound by eternal unityA unique and distinct blendOf practices and traditionsSo much pious and cherishedThe festival of Makar SankrantiCoinciding with the Solar cycleOf the Capricorn or Makara rashi… Festival one but umpteen namesUttarayan, Maghi or just Sankranti:Shishur Sankraat in Jammu & Kashmir;Makar Sankranti or even KhicheriIn Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh,As well […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh January 15, 2022November 19, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article Religious Conversion: A Major Threat to India’s Survival – Part V The Final Elegy on Civilizational Crisis In the previous four episodes, ample evidence and illustrations were provided to sustain the truth how the consecutive Islamic invaders and settlers starting from the Mahmud of Ghazni in the eleventh century onwards brutally and systematically attempted to destroy the thousands of years old Sanatana culture and religion of […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh January 10, 2022November 19, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Reverie On those cold wintry morningsWhile cuddled in my comfy reclinerUnder the bright and warm sunshineBeguiled and lost in your pious reverieNostalgia of shared yesteryears’ memoriesOften sweeps over my thoughts and senses. The eyes shut yet mind goes meanderingYour awesome persona with twinkling eyesYour fairy charm with elegant angelic auraOur one last rendezvous, short yet affableThen […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh January 5, 2022November 19, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article The World of Fables and Legends – 17 Marvels of the Far East (Ancient China) Continued from Previous Page There is no unanimity among the historians and scholars about any single most ancient civilization being the cradle of civilization in the world as, ordinarily, this term shall be used for the for the geographical entity where the human civilization is believed to have […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh January 3, 2022November 19, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Existence Deep in the eternity of mind,A rhythmic call continues.Bits of life by-gone,Spark diluting the reality.The strings without-consciousness,Play on un-composed, unsung.Life goes on performing the routines,In the midst of tangibles and intangibles.There you go torn, camouflaging The nebula of fulfillment.The bondage of I’s and My’s churns, Squeezing to the state of solitude.Infinite is the spectrum,That is drawn in […] Written by January 3, 2022November 19, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem अस्तित्व मस्तिष्क की अनंत गहराइयों में,अहिर्निश लयबध्द चलती एक पुकार.स्मृतियाँ बीते जीवन की,कौंधती भ्रमित करती यथार्थ.तार अवचेतन ही स्पंदित होते,मूक अगद्य थम जाते.जीवन दैनन्दिनी में बीता जाता,स्पृश्य-अस्पृश्य के बीच.टूटा-टूटा, कटा-बटा-सा चलता अस्तित्व,प्रछन्न उपलब्धियों की छाँव तले.मंथन ‘मैं’ और ‘मेरे’ बंधनों का,रसहीन कर ला छोड़ता है अकेला.द्रष्टि का अनंत विष्तीर्ण पटल,नयनाभिराम, मनमस्तिक में अंकित,बहुरंगी, वैविध्यमय, अबूझ,नव, नव-नव, […] Written by Santosh K Nema January 3, 2022November 19, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Whisper of Silence Editor’s Pick Ever listened to a whisper of silence?With the breath paused, life standstillEpic narrative of a legendary romanceNo, it’s not gleeful, still it’s graceful. Life didn’t stay extraordinaryLife wasn’t any unique marvel evenBut it didn’t occur run-of-the-mill eitherWhatever came in balance was bountiful. It was within latitude during lifeBe it the dawn, midnoon or […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh January 4, 2026January 6, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
नववर्ष दिव्य आभा मानिंद है, यह सृष्टि का सुन्दर रूपयह दर्पण भी है, मानव की विवेकानुभूति अनूपघड़ी के बारह बजे, खुलते कितने ही पृष्ठ सफेदमानों क्षितिज पर हैं भविष्य की गाथा रचते छन्द. पुराना वर्ष थम गया, आधी रात के कोलाहल मेंनये का आगमन हुआ, प्रकाश की प्रथम पुंज मेंदिनों की एक कोमल डोर, बीते समय […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh January 2, 2026January 2, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
New Year 2026 Here comes the spark, elegant creationThat represents wholly, man’s discretionA clock strikes 12, unfolds blank pagesNew vistas open to create future’s tales. A gentle tide of days shines on the yoreLeave behind what is not needed moreOld year recedes in a whisper mid nightNew one arrives with the sun’s first light. As the new dawn […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 31, 2025December 31, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Accursed Editor’s Pick A person stands tall, faceless and accursedAn accused and lost, unbound & unchainedWith the saga whispered, and truths untoldWill the shadows ever unclog or fate unfold! Innocent or guilty, the apex court to decideWhile one awaits on the crossroads of fateHis life remains suspended in endless greyWith truths and lies tangled, a solemn […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 29, 2025January 9, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Winter Blues: Cope with Polluted Atmosphere Morning walk and outdoor exercises are strongly recommended by both the health experts as well as many elders/wise men owing to an age-old tradition, belief and actual accrued benefits. It is widely recognized that a person doesn’t need any special efforts or preparation for this in lieu of the accrued benefits for boosting physical and […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 28, 2025December 31, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Whisper of Silence Editor’s Pick Ever listened to a whisper of silence?With the breath paused, life standstillEpic narrative of a legendary romanceNo, it’s not gleeful, still it’s graceful. Life didn’t stay extraordinaryLife wasn’t any unique marvel evenBut it didn’t occur run-of-the-mill eitherWhatever came in balance was bountiful. It was within latitude during lifeBe it the dawn, midnoon or […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh January 4, 2026January 6, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
नववर्ष दिव्य आभा मानिंद है, यह सृष्टि का सुन्दर रूपयह दर्पण भी है, मानव की विवेकानुभूति अनूपघड़ी के बारह बजे, खुलते कितने ही पृष्ठ सफेदमानों क्षितिज पर हैं भविष्य की गाथा रचते छन्द. पुराना वर्ष थम गया, आधी रात के कोलाहल मेंनये का आगमन हुआ, प्रकाश की प्रथम पुंज मेंदिनों की एक कोमल डोर, बीते समय […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh January 2, 2026January 2, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
New Year 2026 Here comes the spark, elegant creationThat represents wholly, man’s discretionA clock strikes 12, unfolds blank pagesNew vistas open to create future’s tales. A gentle tide of days shines on the yoreLeave behind what is not needed moreOld year recedes in a whisper mid nightNew one arrives with the sun’s first light. As the new dawn […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 31, 2025December 31, 2025 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