Poem Eve of New Year Here’s yet another eve of a New YearPrecursor to dawn of a new beginningEnthusiasts ready to join celebrationsWith the renewed passion and vigourFresh commitments and resolutions. For the sake of acquittances and kin Perforce I would join gala like othersYet with a heavy heart I wonderWhy on this cheery eve of 2025…? There is no […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 31, 2024January 1, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Acceptance At the dawn of his life spanHe subscribed to “holding on” toA relation with the desirable soulWhom he truly loved and adoredReckoning it as vital need of hourFor a contented and blissful living… As this was not to happen everHe remained very upset and sadYearning for love, absence & losslFor so long during a spell […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 17, 2024December 17, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Snippersnapper He is mean and insignificantYet pretentious as so cardinaland germane –A snippersnapper in true sense. 9,163 total views, 27 views today Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 16, 2024December 16, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Jeevan-Mukt As long as I have a wantI have a reason for livingFor satisfaction is death:Quote credited to GB Shaw. The day a man feels contentedHis body and soul are in peaceThe purpose of the life is metUndoubtedly, he is jeevan-mukt. Note: George Bernard Shaw is a big name as an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 15, 2024December 15, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Canopy Editor’s Choice It’s an early wintry morningMighty Sun yet to shower grace…As I go for a walk in solitudeOn so well-lit an earthen pathwayUnder the canopy of lush green treesMy mind engaged in morning musings. If one looks at the naturePerhaps nothing is perfectYet everything appears so perfectMany trees straight, some twistedA few even bent […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 14, 2024December 14, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Quilt This has been an aeon ever sinceIn pursuit of a life blissful & serene. At the crack of dawn, as sun risesEscalating the lukewarm sunshineThe cozy warmth of the solar raysInspires him to take a firm resolve… Of letting the bygones be bygonesLay aside his past in time to comeTo secure mind and heart in […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 12, 2024December 14, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Rose Bud The teenager’s prodigious query was:What is of actual worth and germaneA bud or the gorgeous florets of roseRed, yellow, peach, lavender, orange,Pink, purple, with a lot more colours;Of prismatic hues & subtle fragrance? The aged savant’s response was gentle:Both are slices of the universal life cycleA bud is as relevant as glooming flowerBeing an embodiment […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 11, 2024December 14, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Snitcher A Snitcher often proves in disguiseMore an adversary rather than an allyTruly, hence, he’s described so aptlyAs a canary, a betrayer or a squealerAs well as mentioned contemptuously –A deep throat, stoolpigeon or blabberEven ridiculed as the rat collaboratorHere are some traits for any onlooker. He may pretend to be subtle on faceBut indulges in […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 8, 2024December 8, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article Deep State: The Invisible Hands of Disruption Although the unethical and illegal interference in the internal matters of the developing countries by the state and non-state actors in some countries of the developed West is not a new phenomenon but two incidents having a devastating impact on South Asian countries biz. India and Bangladesh during the last two years made this author […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 7, 2024December 9, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Dotage Editor’s Choice Dotage is a sense of growing oldHas its own remarkable attributesSlowly yet firmly one tends to loseMaterial attachment and affectionToward things, folks, even own kin,Inclusive of long-cherished dreams. The usual greed, inclination or urgeTo create and secure a niche for selfEven at cost of a wrangle or conflicts,Declines; the person is now inclinedTo […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 5, 2024December 6, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
खास अंतर Editor’s Pick सूर्यास्त का समय एक सुनसान समुद्र तट –वह आश्चर्य से देख रहा थास्थानीय निवासी झुककर कुछ उठाताऔर फिर दूर पानी में फेंक देता थावह इसी काम की पुनरावृत्ति में लगा था। उसने जिज्ञासावश पूछा – आप क्या कर रहे हैं?स्थानीय निवासी ने जवाब दिया – भाटा हैतारामछलियाँ तट पर आ गई हैंमैं उन्हें वापस […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 2, 2025December 2, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
बहीखाता मैं अक्सर सोचता रहता हूँक्या तुम भी कभी याद करते होहम कभी-कहीं मिले थे एक बारकुछ साझे पल और स्थान साक्षी हैं। तुम खुद तो आगे बढ़ गए थेपर कुछ स्मृतिचिह्न पीछे छोड़ गएवे अधूरे सपने और अधूरी इच्छाएँमैंने जीवन भर एक अंधे की तरह उनका पीछा किया। जीवन के इस बहीखाते मेंमेरे हिस्से में […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 2, 2025December 2, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
A Visit to Alma Mater for Alumni Meet 2025 Revisiting the past always carries a mixed baggage and emotions for the most people and I do not wish to claim being a different person. As an alma mater of the University of Lucknow, India, I carry umpteen moments and sweet and sour memories of joy and sorrow during those formative years. I had joined […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 30, 2025December 5, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Transcending Love Editor’s Pick Resounding echoes of the absenceMuffled whispers of the memoriesLifeless beats of the hollowed heartAre aide-memoire of one’s dire loss Throbbing agony of an aching soulMelancholy of an ever longing heartPining sensation of a nostalgic waitLive eternal legacy of one’s yearning An intense and timeless aching voidAn unbearable, gnawing emptinessA lonesome heart’s imposing strainMirror […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 28, 2025November 29, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Trust Like A Kid In a lifetime, if you trust someoneTrust like a little-one, babe in armsWhen an affectionate father throwsHim (or her) to a height up in the air… Rather than being scared or cryingCarefree little kid smiles and laughsDue to cutie pie’s innate confidenceFor sure, father would take in arms. Like twin, together go Love and trust […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 26, 2025November 26, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
खास अंतर Editor’s Pick सूर्यास्त का समय एक सुनसान समुद्र तट –वह आश्चर्य से देख रहा थास्थानीय निवासी झुककर कुछ उठाताऔर फिर दूर पानी में फेंक देता थावह इसी काम की पुनरावृत्ति में लगा था। उसने जिज्ञासावश पूछा – आप क्या कर रहे हैं?स्थानीय निवासी ने जवाब दिया – भाटा हैतारामछलियाँ तट पर आ गई हैंमैं उन्हें वापस […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 2, 2025December 2, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
बहीखाता मैं अक्सर सोचता रहता हूँक्या तुम भी कभी याद करते होहम कभी-कहीं मिले थे एक बारकुछ साझे पल और स्थान साक्षी हैं। तुम खुद तो आगे बढ़ गए थेपर कुछ स्मृतिचिह्न पीछे छोड़ गएवे अधूरे सपने और अधूरी इच्छाएँमैंने जीवन भर एक अंधे की तरह उनका पीछा किया। जीवन के इस बहीखाते मेंमेरे हिस्से में […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 2, 2025December 2, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
A Visit to Alma Mater for Alumni Meet 2025 Revisiting the past always carries a mixed baggage and emotions for the most people and I do not wish to claim being a different person. As an alma mater of the University of Lucknow, India, I carry umpteen moments and sweet and sour memories of joy and sorrow during those formative years. I had joined […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 30, 2025December 5, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
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
Happiness Happiness is a bowl of gold;Which people using a smile hold!!It creates fun in life’s every fold;As a smile is a person’s beautiful resource.We people are ocean drops…Who should enjoy this world with jumps and hops!!But often fail to realize the importance of a smile….That it does have the power to take us ahead many […] Written by Ananya Kapoor April 5, 2022April 5, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Soul on Fire A relationship lifelongThat he admired so dearAnd cherished in his heartYet unable to fathom it everAnd call it with certain onenessIf it was a friendship or love…Also when the saga endedLeaving abstract in essenceWas it the love or friendship? What he knows for sureHe always valued this bondEven more than his lifeNurtured every possessionWhether material […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 23, 2020October 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked