Article A Keen Naturalist’s Dreamy Spring Garden Dr Sarala Waghray, originally a fisheries biologist and educator for long in India during her prime age, is an accomplished naturalist with immense zeal, commitment and dedication towards the ornamental plants and flowers. A naturalist, to my mind, is a person with immense zeal and commitment for the plant and animal life, and who spends […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 24, 2025July 9, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article Dhuandhar Falls Oozing Out A Divine Mist Editor’s Delight The beauty and grandeur of the marble rocks on the banks of Narmada River at Bhedaghat, Jabalpur in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India was earlier explored by me in a photoblog a few years ago. Bhedaghat is a small town in Jabalpur, which continues to be third largest city, a historical place, […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 23, 2025November 25, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article Adventure Safari to Kanha National Park Editor’s Delight The mystique of forests and wildlife has always fascinated me during life. Years ago, I had spectacular opportunity to be close to the nature and explore these fascinations during my near two years stint at Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, where I served as the Controller of Defence Accounts with main office there and almost […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 22, 2025November 25, 2025 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
​Ur-vogel – A Feathery Enigma ​A phantom on stone from the limestone bedWith the saurian heart and a feathered headThe creature represents popular missing linksIt bridges the gap between reptiles and birds. Believed to be first to claim the Jurassic airWhat a majestic witness of world once thereDinosaur like features teeth, long tail & clawsThen modern bird like flight wings […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh April 24, 2026April 24, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Jelly Fish ​Cosmopolitan in presence worldwideJellies drift upon the rhythmic tideNo scales, no fins yet we call it a fishA drifting phantom, a ghost of the sea. ​No heart to beat, no bones to breakThe gelatinous walls that pulses makeWith a radial symmetry, simple and oldFiery stinging threads in a trailing hold. ​A cycle of life just […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh April 23, 2026April 23, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Arctic Tern This soul is the world’s ultimate travelerA silver dart as the unbounded skyfarerArctic to Antarctic and back every yearEver chasing the sun in eternal summer. The globe-trotting trek in a hollow boneThrough the arial currents, seldom aloneWith narrow blade and a fork-tailed graceIt ferries the whole world in a tireless race ​From northern frost where […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh April 22, 2026April 22, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Nepenthes: A Velvet Grave Nepenthes lives in warm and tropical landsA masterpiece carnivore among the plantsA sculpted pitcher swings upon the vineCalling for all with frantic wings like a sirenTo rest a while as well taste a sugary treatOn its painted rim with nectar’s sweet deceit. The hunter doesn’t move, it doesn’t strikeWith a living cup where life & […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh April 21, 2026April 21, 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
​Ur-vogel – A Feathery Enigma ​A phantom on stone from the limestone bedWith the saurian heart and a feathered headThe creature represents popular missing linksIt bridges the gap between reptiles and birds. Believed to be first to claim the Jurassic airWhat a majestic witness of world once thereDinosaur like features teeth, long tail & clawsThen modern bird like flight wings […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh April 24, 2026April 24, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Jelly Fish ​Cosmopolitan in presence worldwideJellies drift upon the rhythmic tideNo scales, no fins yet we call it a fishA drifting phantom, a ghost of the sea. ​No heart to beat, no bones to breakThe gelatinous walls that pulses makeWith a radial symmetry, simple and oldFiery stinging threads in a trailing hold. ​A cycle of life just […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh April 23, 2026April 23, 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