Poem Key to Happiness He, a longtime friend and confidanteOnly recently candidly confided in meThat he with no other liabilities now leftYet ample cash & resources at disposalOnly desire or object he nurtures in lifeIs to seek pleasure and happiness in life. I parried him: If only money and the mobilized resourcesAnd thus achieved such worldly pleasuresWere indeed a […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh February 27, 2024February 28, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Destined When I look back in retrospectThe only constant thought arisesYou were my first loss of life, thatTurned out to be painful last too! The only viable rationale I surmiseThat in all probability, may be trueFollowing your luckless departureI never aspired anything more in life. So, for this reason whatever cameI accepted it as destined gracefullyRather […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh February 25, 2024February 25, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article Ram Mandir Consecration: A Cultural Heritage Restored Recently, the ancient city of Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh, Bharat was once again in news globally for the Pran Pratishtha of the most popular deity (Sri Ram) in the Garbhagrih (Sanctum Sanctorum) and opening of the newly constructed magnificent Ram Mandir (Temple) for the darshan by the devotees. According to the traditional cultural and religious […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh February 24, 2024February 24, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem रात से रोमांस अपने से जो लोग है वो तो करते नहीं कभी कोई बात मुलाकात।दिन में कोई देख न ले, रात आती है लोगों को सुलाने के बाद।। धीरे धीरे चुपके चुपके आती है पास, तन्हा अकेले में रात।चांद रखता है पहरा उसके, आती है उसके ढलने उपरान्त।। राज दुलारी है पर दासियों को भी, लाती न […] Written by Surata Ram February 22, 2024February 22, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem The Republic Chorale Recalling on auspicious Republic Day, the 26th January 2024,How the shackles of foreign rule, our countless heroes tore.The brunt of unfathomable torture and humiliation they bore!We bow in reverence to the martyrs and earnestly we adore. But for their sacrifices, we wouldn’t have this gaiety and galoreEnjoying our freedom with a ceiling over us and […] Written by Surata Ram February 12, 2024February 12, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article Winter Dahlia From Author’s Garden Friends and acquaintances are also aware about this author’s love and fascination for flowers, and more particularly the Dahlia flowers. While in the government service for the long years, he had ample opportunity and ideal conditions to grow a variety of Dahlia flowering plants along with other flowers year after year in his very often […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh February 9, 2024March 24, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem At Home Editor’s Choice Everything that is scaledAs highest or lowestThat comes, construedAnd accepted as such in lifeBecomes nothing in the end. Conclusion!Yes, a solace at-home.Contours ascendedOr descended in the journeyWere inevitably in processOf extracting the best… They are to becomethe marks you left!Sounds spirituality!Yes – no, waste!Arrive “within” to reach rest. 19,123 total views, 10 views today Written by Santosh K Nema February 8, 2024February 8, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
A Fascinating Living Fossil It belongs to a timeless questWithout losing its own identityAn ancient mariner and silent witnessTo the rise and fall of dinosaursIn true sense, it’s the Titan of DeepIn sapphire caves where the currents rest. A relic of old yet remarkably trueScales like armour of silver and blueDwellers of the “Twilight Zone” of oceanA hollow cord […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 1, 2026May 1, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
निःशब्द प्रतिध्वनि न मुझे कोई आभास है, अब कोई सरोकार भी नहीं,ये शब्द तुम तक पहुँचें या खो जाएँ हवाओं में कहीं;सत्य एक शिलाखंड है – एकाकी, खुरदरा और निर्भ्रांत,जिस दिन तुम्हें खोया, मेरी दुनिया पर छा गई थी रात। लोग मुझे अक्सर कहते हैं, कि पाषाण सा अडिग हूँ मैंकिसे ज्ञात है, अपनी ही पीड़ा की […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 1, 2026May 1, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
A Voiceless Echo I have no inkling, nor much is left for me to careIf these words find your eyes or dissolve in the airThe stark truth is a monolith – sole, jagged and vastThe day that I lost you, the world’s shadow was cast. Now they call me strong, that I stand like a stoneFew know I […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh April 30, 2026April 30, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Symbiotic Grace On the white sand where the currents are warmA sessile titan is anchored away from the stormWhat a velvet mantle in turquoise and grey-goldA beguiling tale of solar light, a partnership hold. The giant clam has survived for millions of yearsWith mastery of disruptive colouration and ironiesIt’s no hunter of shadows and no seeker of […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh April 29, 2026April 29, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Pamban 1976 Where the Pamban span kissed the blueTethering, island to the Mandapam seashoreThe inquisitive student knelt; age twenty yearsTo study what the deep oceanic abyss shares. The local fishermen in patterned clothesWatched the boy from the college booksPresenting a crescent guard of quiet prideTo help him unlock the secrets of the tide. It was neither phantom, […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh April 28, 2026April 28, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
A Fascinating Living Fossil It belongs to a timeless questWithout losing its own identityAn ancient mariner and silent witnessTo the rise and fall of dinosaursIn true sense, it’s the Titan of DeepIn sapphire caves where the currents rest. A relic of old yet remarkably trueScales like armour of silver and blueDwellers of the “Twilight Zone” of oceanA hollow cord […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 1, 2026May 1, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
निःशब्द प्रतिध्वनि न मुझे कोई आभास है, अब कोई सरोकार भी नहीं,ये शब्द तुम तक पहुँचें या खो जाएँ हवाओं में कहीं;सत्य एक शिलाखंड है – एकाकी, खुरदरा और निर्भ्रांत,जिस दिन तुम्हें खोया, मेरी दुनिया पर छा गई थी रात। लोग मुझे अक्सर कहते हैं, कि पाषाण सा अडिग हूँ मैंकिसे ज्ञात है, अपनी ही पीड़ा की […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 1, 2026May 1, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
A Voiceless Echo I have no inkling, nor much is left for me to careIf these words find your eyes or dissolve in the airThe stark truth is a monolith – sole, jagged and vastThe day that I lost you, the world’s shadow was cast. Now they call me strong, that I stand like a stoneFew know I […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh April 30, 2026April 30, 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