Poem Condolence Folks give priority to attend a funeralBe it somebody’s cremation or burialThey are so liberal in their condolenceIn saying generous words for the gone. But I find it quite odd and paradoxicalCeremonious send off after one’s goneSo much admiration at occasion of lossThey could do when the person is alive. 20,513 total views, 14 views today Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 1, 2024December 1, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Seven ‘Rs’ If you are willing to trustYou stand a good chance to earnA genuine kinship and friendship. You are willing to sacrificeYou stand a better chance to maintainA healthy and harmonious relationship. If you are willing to care forYou stand the best chance to sustainThe long and committed companionship. So, it’s for you to rememberrealize, recognize, […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 30, 2024November 30, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Morning Musing When you are an early riserYou learn from rising morning sun Darkness & obstacles don’t last forever. Image (c) Jaipal Singh 21,546 total views, 34 views today Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 30, 2024November 30, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Megalomania A sycophant and touchy to the coreUnusually foppish and vain in attireToo mercurial and moody in natureShallow yet pompous, and derisiveFor quite a few, a bother and bustle…He suffers with megalomania in a sense. A savant said it’s a delusive attribute…Quite akin to a serious mental illnessClose to a madness for the greatnessWith a proclivity […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 27, 2024September 3, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Self-Absorbed From mundane material perspectiveHe is blessed with many attainmentsNeeded for a reasonably snug livingYet he lives under funny propensitiesOf being wronged, as he’s vulnerableThereby gullible by so many personsSuch as his close friends and relativesWho arguably keep playing mind-game. All this has made him a vexed personaFrustrated and unhappy, he perceivesHis real well-wishers as his […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 26, 2024November 26, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Enchantress Enchantress! For sureAn enchantress she wasWith a magnetic charmHer aura so divineAnd a captivating smile..It’s not astonishingHe impromptu fell forHer looks and demeanourYearning and pining for herFor all time to come in life. Image: AI-generated artwork 19,760 total views, 20 views today Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 25, 2024February 11, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article Hindu, Hinduism and Hindustan: Part LXXXIII Hindu Mythology In simple terms, the study of myths can be defined as the Mythology but in common parlance, the term all encompasses the tales and narratives usually associated with the supernatural powers, gods and goddesses, prophets, and even the legendary kings, warriors and saints, etc. in the ancient literature of civilizations, associated with their […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 24, 2024December 1, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Prisoner for Life Editor’s Pick As if descended from skiesOn vista, she appearedwith musings so profound,and stooped to conquerwith her angelic aura,beguiling beauty,and captivating smile… Upright and sinless,he stumbled onto Enchantress’ fairy charm, and tempting miensfalling like an easy sinecureonly to remain a prisonerof her thoughts for life. Image: AI-generated artwork 22,477 total views, 15 views today Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 21, 2024February 11, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem The Eternal Truth Throughout the vast span of human livesMost of them thrive on physical comfortsWhile cribbing for the unfulfilled desiresDriven by the lust, greed and selfishnessAs discontented self, keep troubling othersIn many cases to the core of recklessness. The ubiquitous reality of the universe isPhysical world is merely a grand illusionAll living bodies comprising of perishableFive gross […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 20, 2024November 20, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem ज्योति दर्शन है दीपावली यह बात सब जानते है, कि तन है कच्चा गागर।इसमें निवास करता है, ‘वो’ ख़ुशी का महासागर।। सीमित में असीमित, करती दीपावली है उजागर।मैने कुछ भी नहीं कहा, इस शाश्वत में मिलाकर।। मैं खुशी का सागर हूं, आप हैं खुशी के महासागर।इस सागर में महासागर, मिल जाओ तुंरत आकर।। हस्ती में है हसीन हस्ती, हम […] Written by Surata Ram November 17, 2024November 17, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Parochial He lives within his barriers of a narrow mindWhere envy grows and reason stays confined;A wounded vanity, disguised beneath disdainTurns every kindness into some offence again. He awfully strives to make his own notion reignWith a noise of hollow words and loud disdainAnd when he cannot equal those he enviesHe throws his sludge at the […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 24, 2026August 24, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Wood Frog Speaks I am but a little frog of the dense forest floorWhere Arctic blizzards terribly howl and roarThough winter wages a deadly, frozen warBut I am the master of the harsh winter’s moor. And ice surrounds the life that lies unseenAs I burrow beneath the forest’s fading greenMy heartbeats stop, no longer do I breatheMy liver […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 22, 2026August 22, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Stranded in The Grey You pacified your heart and reached the shoreLeaving me stranded in the midstream roarYou found your peace and left the tide behindLeaving a raging whirlwind storm in my mind. The wise proclaim the storm will fade awayYet shadows linger on, lengthening the greyThe world preaches its easy text, “move on”But twilight stretches, mocking at the […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 20, 2026August 20, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
A Megalomaniac’s Shadow With his swollen pride, he builds a castle of airDemanding every soul around to clap and adoreWearing a crown of borrowed light and false heightHe judges all with sheer arrogance and blind might. He ignores wise advice and fights with friend or foeHis ego casts a shadow where warmth cannot growFor his cravings of praise, […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 19, 2026August 19, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Archerfish The silver hunter scans the world of dayTo strike the target in its single sprayKnocking the insect from a leafy screen.Beneath mangrove bay where branches leanIts sharp eyes break the boundary line of lightCorrecting for the stream with flawless sight. Tongue pressed against mouth’s deep grooveIt locks the pressure in a narrow courseThen shoots a […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 18, 2026August 18, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Parochial He lives within his barriers of a narrow mindWhere envy grows and reason stays confined;A wounded vanity, disguised beneath disdainTurns every kindness into some offence again. He awfully strives to make his own notion reignWith a noise of hollow words and loud disdainAnd when he cannot equal those he enviesHe throws his sludge at the […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 24, 2026August 24, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Wood Frog Speaks I am but a little frog of the dense forest floorWhere Arctic blizzards terribly howl and roarThough winter wages a deadly, frozen warBut I am the master of the harsh winter’s moor. And ice surrounds the life that lies unseenAs I burrow beneath the forest’s fading greenMy heartbeats stop, no longer do I breatheMy liver […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 22, 2026August 22, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Stranded in The Grey You pacified your heart and reached the shoreLeaving me stranded in the midstream roarYou found your peace and left the tide behindLeaving a raging whirlwind storm in my mind. The wise proclaim the storm will fade awayYet shadows linger on, lengthening the greyThe world preaches its easy text, “move on”But twilight stretches, mocking at the […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 20, 2026August 20, 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