Article 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
Poem दीपोत्सव Editor’s Choice सहयोग परस्पर हो सबका सब को त्योहार मनाने दें।हर आँगन को आलोकित कर सबको उल्लास मनाने दें। इस तरह मनाएं दीप पर्व, अंतर का तम सब मिट जाये।अज्ञान मिटे अर्न्तमन का, जीवन का घन तम हट जाये।मावस की काली रजनी ज्यों, है तिमिर मोह का अभ्यंतर-सबको इस पावन दीप पर्व पर वैदिक यज्ञ […] Written by Gajendra Pal Singh October 25, 2022November 17, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Darkness to Light I look around on this auspicious dayDiwali, the festival of lights and cheerAll the houses, buildings & installationsBe it in the vicinity or even far off placesDecorated with the glaring and glimmeringSkirt lights of all hues; red, blue green, et alStrings of LED lights as well traditional diyasRegalia, gifts, sweets, sparklers and fireworksA season of […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 24, 2022November 17, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article How Credible Is 2022 World Hunger Report on India! The Global Hunger Index (GHI) annual report for 2022 released about a week back has reflected India poorly almost at the bottom of the list so prepared with a ranking of 107 in a list of 121 countries. The report is annually published by two Western NGOs, namely the ‘Concern Worldwide’ and ‘Welt Hunger Hilfe’. […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 22, 2022November 17, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem अधरों से कुछ मत कहना दर्द संजोये रखना दिल में अधरों से कुछ मत कहना।हँस-हँस कर कितना कोई पूँछे सीने में भींचे रहना।कहने से हासिल क्या होगा इठलायेंगे सभी मगर-बांट न लेगा लेशमात्र कोई खुद को ही सब है सहना। रखना सदा छुपाए इसको अपनी पलकों के अंदर।चारों ओर हो तिमिर घनेेरा बिछे हुए कांटे पथ पर।घोर उदासी के बादल […] Written by Gajendra Pal Singh October 17, 2022November 17, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article The World of Fables and Legends – 24 Hindu Literature, Legends & Mythology Unlike other Western or Far East civilizations, the ancient Indian literature, legends and mythology is so vast and rich that it needs altogether a separate piece of writing to do some justice with it. For instance, in the erstwhile old world civilizations, Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey as well as Sumerian […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 16, 2022November 17, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem पावस पावस की मधुरिम रातों में, प्रिय याद तुम्हारी आयी है,संस्मरण पुराने जो बिस्मृत, सब संग वो अपने लायी है।वो मधुर घड़ी, संबन्ध नये, मन वीणा की झंकार नवल,दो अनजानों का मधुर मिलन, एकात्म आत्मा का पावन। क्या भूलूॅं और क्या याद करूॅं, हर पृष्ठ अलौकिक है लगता,रातें लगतीं मधुचन्द्र सरिस, मधुमास सरिस हर दिन लगता।काया […] Written by Gajendra Pal Singh October 11, 2022November 17, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem दिल के तारों को छुआ क्या? भोर होने से प्रथम ही टूटते हैं स्वप्न सारे।खो रहे हैं नील नभ में शब्द जैसे रात्रि तारे।पोंछ कर दृग बिंदुओं को सच को सीने में छुपाये-पतित को पावन बनाने में पराजित अश्रु खारे। अनछुई इस देह ने स्पर्श के जो जख्म खाये।तन बदन की वेदना को उर पिटारी में संजोये।देखती कातर नयन से जो […] Written by Gajendra Pal Singh October 6, 2022November 17, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem दशानन दहन प्रतिवर्ष दशानन दहन किया, मन के रावण का नाश नहीं,अगनित सीता अपहृत होती, निज मर्यादा का भास नहीं।हम एक जलाते दशकंधर, शत दशकंधर पैदा होते,करते जो दहन मन का रावण, हर गली में रावण न होते। इस शक्ति पर्व का हेतु है क्या, है ब्यर्थ दिखावे की शक्ती,निर्बल को संबल दे न सके, अन्याय से […] Written by Gajendra Pal Singh October 5, 2022November 17, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article Midnight Crackdown on the Popular Front of India The all India crackdown and the five-year ban imposed on the Popular Front of India (PFI) by the Government of India on 28 September 2022 did not come as a surprise to many nationalist and patriotic Indians. Such signals were already received with the outfit already being on radar of the National Investigating Agency (NIA), […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 3, 2022November 17, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Beat the Blues: Wellness Strategies After Sixty Understanding the landscape of life after 60 years requires looking beyond alarmist headlines and recognizing aging for what it truly is i.e., a natural and continuous process of organic, morphological and physiological evolution. As the human body and mind mature, natural shifts occur across the musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, metabolic systems and state of mind—ranging from altered […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 25, 2026October 26, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Scaly-Foot Snail Deep within the ocean where reigns endless darkThe scaly-foot snail braves thermal currents’ sparkWhere sulphur plumes and caustic vapours riseThese iron-armoured crawlers survive and thrive. No common fragile shell protects its crawling formInstead, a metallic fort is built against the stormBorn out of iron sulphides, forged in deep-sea firesWhere the ocean’s crushing weight in vain […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 23, 2026October 23, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Emerald Swindler We call this creature the emerald swindlerWho robs the alga of its vital green colourA gentle leaf-like drifter in the tidal scene Unfurling its back to catch the sun’s sheen. It splits the cell, yet holds the green heartForgoing its food intake for a higher partBy indulging in kleptoplasty, an amazing artIt merges with plants […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 22, 2026October 22, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Rajnigandha: An Eternal Flame Editor’s Pick So pure, so delicate in ivory whiteIts bloom shuns splendour of the lightSecretly in its core, away from all sightLies love burning through endless night. No splendid display, not a word to sayYet subtle fragrance travels far awayLike the love that asks for nothing moreYet it endures where it bloomed before. Each tender […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 20, 2026October 20, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Shape-Shifting Titan A translucent vagabond of the stagnant pondMapping the shadows of the depths beyondBody has no rigid contour, chassis or shellWith a plasmic universe inside a single cell. A shape-shifting titan of gel and liquid streamAn ever-shifting silhouette, a living-flowing dreamIt extends pseudopodia, pushing outward wideWhere the quiet, drifted water-currents glide. Engulfing unwary prey in a […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 19, 2026October 19, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Beat the Blues: Wellness Strategies After Sixty Understanding the landscape of life after 60 years requires looking beyond alarmist headlines and recognizing aging for what it truly is i.e., a natural and continuous process of organic, morphological and physiological evolution. As the human body and mind mature, natural shifts occur across the musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, metabolic systems and state of mind—ranging from altered […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 25, 2026October 26, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Scaly-Foot Snail Deep within the ocean where reigns endless darkThe scaly-foot snail braves thermal currents’ sparkWhere sulphur plumes and caustic vapours riseThese iron-armoured crawlers survive and thrive. No common fragile shell protects its crawling formInstead, a metallic fort is built against the stormBorn out of iron sulphides, forged in deep-sea firesWhere the ocean’s crushing weight in vain […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 23, 2026October 23, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Emerald Swindler We call this creature the emerald swindlerWho robs the alga of its vital green colourA gentle leaf-like drifter in the tidal scene Unfurling its back to catch the sun’s sheen. It splits the cell, yet holds the green heartForgoing its food intake for a higher partBy indulging in kleptoplasty, an amazing artIt merges with plants […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 22, 2026October 22, 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, 2021September 15, 2026 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