Poem New Year & Macrocosm Editor’s Choice I am in stupor gazing into the aeons‘New Year Day‘ comes once in a yearCarrying renewed hopes & aspirationsFor the better and a healthier tomorrow… Across the globe, most people indulge intoCelebrations in a joyful and exuberant wayTaking fresh commitments and resolutions:The planet is standstill for one whole day! Did anything really ever […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 31, 2023December 31, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Beholder Editor’s Choice Like a silent and vain onlookerHow much I can behold and endure! When I see one merrily gaslights othersDespite being well groomed & educatedInstead of utilizing his energies for goodHe gets kick out of manipulating psycheOf his usual friends and acquaintances –An unkind behavior, haughty and inane… How much I can behold and […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 30, 2023December 30, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Blessed Many so often crib and complainI am such a deadhead and boreThat I do not socialize with themAnd prefer to be a loner in life… What they fail to fathom outIs that whenever I am ‘all alone’I am in blessed company of someWho are not visible to them! As a matter-of-factly, while aloneRather than feeling […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 29, 2023December 29, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Amiss Over a span, during all these yearsThe temporal business is as usualMusical notes remain all the sameFlowers ooze out same fragranceAnd so remains the riot of coloursDuring the spring and fall seasons… The easterly and westerly breezesCarry on to alternate the same wayThe dew drops in winter cling on toThe grass, twigs and leaves of […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 15, 2023December 16, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Fireflies The demons of past houndHis tormented and forlorn life…A pining of cherished desiresA saga of tattered dreams. Then, in the wildernessOf his muddled mindHer thoughts & memoriesShimmer like fireflies! 6,578 total views, 8 views today Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 6, 2023December 6, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem आत्मशांति दूसरों को करने से पहले, ख़ुद अपने को नमन करो।उजड़े हिये को कर आबाद, ईश्वर का भजन करो।। कंकालों की लीक पूज कर, आत्मा का दमन न करो।यश नाम की चिंता से बच कर उससे बहिर्गमन करो।। गुलामी के स्वर्ण मुकुट से अच्छा है प्यार कफन करो।संघर्ष करने का साहस नहीं, तो खुद को दफ़न […] Written by Surata Ram December 6, 2023December 6, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Demise The very thought Of demise is so painful… Yet away fromIllusion & delusionThis is ultimateAnd immutable truthThat relieves oneFrom all miseries, painAnd sufferingsOf mundane lifeIn the material world. 5,862 total views, 16 views today Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 1, 2023December 1, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
आसन्न सपने आते हैं मुझे भयावह से डरावने देखता हूँ दृश्य-कल्पित खुली-खुली आँखों से सूखे-सूखे रूखे-रूखे विशाल जंगल मुरझाए वृक्षों पर अधचिपकी सी खुरदुरी छाल ठूंठ-मूक खड़े अकेले झुंड में बिन बहार स्थिर स्पंदनहीन विवश सहने नियति के प्रहार. देखे हैं मैंने जहाँ होते थे कभी जीवन से भरे रंग-बिरंगे हरे-हरे झूमते-नाचते लहलहाते-खिलखिलाते गीत गाते खुशबू बिखराते झुंड वृक्षों के गूँथे हुए सामीप्य के चुंबन में बतियाते-टकराते आपस […] Written by Santosh K Nema September 3, 2024September 3, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Disintegration Editor’s Choice How many know, our own lifeBecomes contented and blissfulWhile we look at people & thingsDispassionately with all fairness Conversely, when we start lookingAt the things with a coloured visionMore than affecting people aroundIt leads to our own disintegration Morally and materiallyAlbeit slowly but surely. 855 total views, 44 views today Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh September 1, 2024September 1, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Instinct Editor’s Choice Life taught him so many lessonsOf this, the most amazing being… His instinct and attribute: Of a plenty courage and enduranceTo sport laugh and smile on his lipsWhile losing the dearest one adored And following the loss… Even more nerve and forbearanceTo keep still laughing and get goingWith the purpose and mission in […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 29, 2024August 30, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
चक्रवात दरिया बीच एक दिन, सहसा उठा चक्रवात।जो थे मझधार मौजों पे, उन्हें न लगा आघात।।जो खड़े साहिल पे थे, डूबे मस्ती में दिन रात।पल में प्रलय होने लगा, डूबने लगे हाथो हाथ।। जो चल रहे थे वो बच गए, कुशल रास्ता खोकर।जो खड़े थे वो फना हो गए, खड़े ही खाकर ठोकर ।।जो मझधार में […] Written by Surata Ram August 28, 2024August 28, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Bangladesh Upheaval: Students Revolution or Sponsored Anarchy! Over a month-long turmoil in Bangladesh allegedly led by the students on the issue of reservation in jobs for certain categories reached to an anticlimax when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was made to resign and leave country on a short notice. While television visuals showed large crowds on the roads in Bangladesh capital Dhaka and […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 24, 2024August 25, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
आसन्न सपने आते हैं मुझे भयावह से डरावने देखता हूँ दृश्य-कल्पित खुली-खुली आँखों से सूखे-सूखे रूखे-रूखे विशाल जंगल मुरझाए वृक्षों पर अधचिपकी सी खुरदुरी छाल ठूंठ-मूक खड़े अकेले झुंड में बिन बहार स्थिर स्पंदनहीन विवश सहने नियति के प्रहार. देखे हैं मैंने जहाँ होते थे कभी जीवन से भरे रंग-बिरंगे हरे-हरे झूमते-नाचते लहलहाते-खिलखिलाते गीत गाते खुशबू बिखराते झुंड वृक्षों के गूँथे हुए सामीप्य के चुंबन में बतियाते-टकराते आपस […] Written by Santosh K Nema September 3, 2024September 3, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Disintegration Editor’s Choice How many know, our own lifeBecomes contented and blissfulWhile we look at people & thingsDispassionately with all fairness Conversely, when we start lookingAt the things with a coloured visionMore than affecting people aroundIt leads to our own disintegration Morally and materiallyAlbeit slowly but surely. 855 total views, 44 views today Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh September 1, 2024September 1, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Instinct Editor’s Choice Life taught him so many lessonsOf this, the most amazing being… His instinct and attribute: Of a plenty courage and enduranceTo sport laugh and smile on his lipsWhile losing the dearest one adored And following the loss… Even more nerve and forbearanceTo keep still laughing and get goingWith the purpose and mission in […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 29, 2024August 30, 2024 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, 2020March 13, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked