Poem A flock of Pigeons Today, while snapping a flock of pigeonsRevived my childhood memory of a fableThat I read in Hindu classic Panchtantra…How a wise assembly of pigeons escapedFrom the machiavellian fowler’s dragnet! Ubiquitous through much of the planetFrom tropical forests to urban tower blocksPigeons are among the successful speciesWith fascinating and complex behavioursTo live as communal and gregarious […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 17, 2024November 17, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Rajnigandha Impact It’s been eons, I am not shy to concedeAt the very first sight I had been smittenWith your magnetic persona and charm…My life was then lackadaisical and naïve. But I was mostly insentient and unawareOf Ranigandha impact of your memoriesWhich, after departure, you left behind asIndelible marks, driving me for rest of life. This realization […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 17, 2024November 17, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem वह रिश्ता वह रिश्ता त्याग देना बेहतर हैजहाँ प्यार का अहसास न होफिर यह चाहे आपकी बात होया जिससे आपको अपेक्षा हो वह रिश्ता त्याग देना बेहतर हैआपसी सुख-दुख की बात होअथवा अंतरंगता का सवाल होजहाँ इनकी अहमियत ही न हो. वह रिश्ता त्याग देना बेहतर हैजिसमें स्वार्थ का बोलबाला होव्यक्ति जो बस आत्मकेंद्रित होजहाँ केवल खुद […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 16, 2024November 16, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Blinked Editor’s Choice You feel shy making an eye contactYou are scared even at a heartbeatStill you are stubborn maintaining itTo see and heal wounds of my heart. My boon companion since teenageQuoted this from a Bollywood songTeasing me to reveal if I hold on toSuchlike secret in my heart, lifelong. I am in a quandary […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 12, 2024November 12, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Twilight Saga After a slew of months and daysI got your glimpse in familiar waysA gorgeous attire in pink and blueWith divine aura, an enticing smile. As ever charming, chirpy and livelyYou kept teasing in umpteen waysWavered for long and turned awayTo vanish into oblivion, eventually. Perplexed me got up only to realizeIt was not real but […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 5, 2024November 7, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article Who is Liable for India-Canada Diplomatic Downturn? The ongoing India-Canada diplomatic row following the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, an erstwhile plumber, pro-Khalistani Sikh leader in British Columbia, Canada, and a designated terrorist by the Government of India for multiple terror and criminal activities, is a brilliant example how the short-sightedness, improvidence and myopic vision and action of an egoist political dispensation […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 4, 2024November 5, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Ishan In pretty little mouthYou don’t have teethI was in wondermentIshan, how do you eat? Your old great-grandpaIn-a-bowl, he kept teethI was in bewildermentAs to how did he eat? But now I realize… An old man and infantSail in the same boatBoth live without teethYet very well, they eat. Truly, in a cosmic cycleNature takes care […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 1, 2024November 1, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Divine Diwali Editor’s Choice It’s a season of the divine festival of lightsAuspicious Diwali with joy and happinessFor ordinary folks, it’s just a magic of lightsBut for Hindu masses, a “Festival of Lights”Worshipping auspicious deities with delightFor connoisseurs, it’s beautiful and bright. Diwali season is indeed a wonderful timeTo join hands with the family and friendsMutually, to […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 30, 2024October 30, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem कुछ रिश्ते.. सुख-चैन की परवाह किये बिनाएक लम्बा जीवन खपा दिया मैनेंकुछ रिश्तों को निबाहते रहने मेंबनाए रखकर, सजाने-संवारने में. कभी-कभी तो मुझे ऐसा भी लगा हैमानों एक लम्बी और काली सुरंग हैबिना रुके अनवरत दौड़ता रहा हूँ मैंजीवन की इस अंधी व निर्मम दौड़ में. किंतु आज जब मुड़कर देखता हूँतो मात्र एक अहसास भर होता […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 29, 2024October 29, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Love is What! Editor’s Choice It’s not difficult to find people aroundForever craving for attention of othersSeeking love and respect all the timeThat they seldom return to the others. So love is what! Love is not, just receiving from othersIt’s also love if you learn to give othersLove is not expecting others to standIt’s also love if you […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 28, 2024October 28, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
एकांत जीवन में सबसे दुखद बातें थीपहले प्यार, इसके बाद दोस्ती खोनालेकिन फिर गुजरते समय के साथप्यार एक अमूर्त भावना बनकर रह गयामैंने दोस्ती को भी फीका पड़ते देखाऔर अंतर्मन में ही पाया एक दोस्त –मेरा खुद का एकांत। सच है, मुझे एकान्त बहुत प्रिय हैक्योंकि मुझे कभी ऐसा मीत नहीं मिलाजो मेरा इतना साथ दे […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh January 12, 2026January 12, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Sleeping Angel Editor’s Choice Wrapped in warm velvet magenta hue,My pretty little cutie-pie, a soul anew.Eyes closed, pinkish lips, a gentle sigh,Innocent face in slumber reigns high. Fingers curled, in a peaceful grasp,A whispered prayer, a loving clasp.Now, his world outside fades to hush,Winter’s magic wraps him in a blush. His curly hairs give, a serene delight,A […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh January 10, 2026January 11, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Real, Aren’t you! You are real, aren’t you!Yet you seem like a dreamWhy do you act like stranger…?I know well there you areSince even mundane breathingGives me a feeling of your existence. You are well within rightBut I cannot until now forgetThat angelic aura and fragranceThose little moments and emotionsRemembering, I lose myself every timeTime and again wish […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh January 10, 2026January 10, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Echo Don’t we knowWhere you are where am IIt has been an aeon sinceIn this lonely evening’s sharingWhat I say is just an echoOf an anxious heart and a bemused mindIt’s been too tiring & burdensomeCarrying the baggage so longOf our doings and undoings… To look dispassionatelyTidings of the blazing crimson skyHalf is with you; half […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh January 9, 2026January 9, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
मौन की गूंज Editor’s Pick एक चिरंतन मौन की गूंज सुनी है कभी?साँसें रुक जाती हैं, जीवन ठहर जाता हैएक शाश्वत, निर्विशेष प्रेम की महागाथानहीं, खुशी तो नहीं, गौरवपूर्ण अवश्य है। हाँ, जीवनवृत्त कोई असाधारण नहीं थाऐसा कुछ अद्भुत या अनूठा भी नहीं थापर कोई आम दुनियावी भी नहीं रहा थाजो भी था देखें तो प्रचुर था बहुमूल्य […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh January 7, 2026January 7, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
एकांत जीवन में सबसे दुखद बातें थीपहले प्यार, इसके बाद दोस्ती खोनालेकिन फिर गुजरते समय के साथप्यार एक अमूर्त भावना बनकर रह गयामैंने दोस्ती को भी फीका पड़ते देखाऔर अंतर्मन में ही पाया एक दोस्त –मेरा खुद का एकांत। सच है, मुझे एकान्त बहुत प्रिय हैक्योंकि मुझे कभी ऐसा मीत नहीं मिलाजो मेरा इतना साथ दे […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh January 12, 2026January 12, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Sleeping Angel Editor’s Choice Wrapped in warm velvet magenta hue,My pretty little cutie-pie, a soul anew.Eyes closed, pinkish lips, a gentle sigh,Innocent face in slumber reigns high. Fingers curled, in a peaceful grasp,A whispered prayer, a loving clasp.Now, his world outside fades to hush,Winter’s magic wraps him in a blush. His curly hairs give, a serene delight,A […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh January 10, 2026January 11, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Real, Aren’t you! You are real, aren’t you!Yet you seem like a dreamWhy do you act like stranger…?I know well there you areSince even mundane breathingGives me a feeling of your existence. You are well within rightBut I cannot until now forgetThat angelic aura and fragranceThose little moments and emotionsRemembering, I lose myself every timeTime and again wish […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh January 10, 2026January 10, 2026 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