Poem Symphony of Symbiosis Born when the deep Earth was still youngWhile the human race was nowhere roamingLichens conquered even the barest stoneIn an ancient symbiotic life, they stood alone. The architecture base provided by a fungusAnd an alga or bacterium for photosynthesisWhile fungus provided shelter and moistureAlga captured sunlight for food manufacture. Be it frozen poles or hot […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 16, 2026May 16, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem You Like or Love! To like someonegives a feel like cozyingunder the shade ofA Bodhi or Sandalwood treeor beneath a salubrious spring sky –in tranquillity and solace;words arrive effortlessly,laughter travels without restraint,and silence seldom feels heavy.Two hearts walk in tandemwithout wavering or fear of footprints.Affection wears a simple face:a smile remembered,a message well taken,a warmth that asks for littleand […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 15, 2026May 15, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Atlantic Salmo Salar A silver flash born in gravel bedsWhere mountainous fresh waters glimmerSpindle-shaped body with bronze parr marksFor speed and camouflage from predatorsInhabitant of cold North Atlantic streamsAs domicile where the young life dreams. In and around Greenland coastal currentsA critical foraging ground of these fishesMapping hundreds of miles from riversThey feed, they grow pretty long and […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 14, 2026May 14, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Silverine of Sargasso In weed-tangled Sargasso Sea, it sees dawn of lifeBorn in alkaline, away from the land and strifeTiny leptocephalus drifts on the current of tideAcross the far and wide ocean, fish hitch a ride. With the pulse of tide, under moon’s eye paleIt rises to the river’s mouth to turn in Glass EelIn fresh green water, […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 13, 2026May 13, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Untold Truth Long years are a chasm, an unbridgeable gapYet those small, fragile tidbits refuse to stopThey rise in my loneliness, they flicker and playLeaving the heart perplexed in restless disarray. The fragile links that we forged in youthful heartThose soft, tangled threads that remind our pastIn a phantom touch, the untold truth whispersAnd takes away […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 12, 2026May 12, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem An Emerald Animalcule It’s a primal spark from life’s early dawnWhere plant and animal lines are drawnNeither a beast nor a bloom, it lives betweenWith the emerald light and predator’s keen. In stagnant waters where sunlight gleamsIt dives through the dark and murky streamsWith emerald guts and a lashing tailA ruby-red eyespot guides it past the veil. A […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 12, 2026May 12, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Lungfish: Survival Instinct A primordial relic, lungs and gills combinedThe gills of ancestors, often dormant and stillYield to the lung with a desperate willThe Lungfish survives in water and land of a kindIt presents the bridge that the ages have crossedA “connecting link” in the universal nature’s trailWith primitive skeletal fins, lungs and heartThe fish presents a lineage […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 12, 2026May 12, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Amorphous Goblin Unicellular entity within the domainA kingdom where no walls are knownNeither bone nor shell or muscleAlso without a definite structural frameA shape-shifting invisible goblin aboundRather infinite forms can be foundIn fact, a sovereign that knows no bound, It’s akin to amorphous gel, a fluid fireNo muscles are there for the silent strideBut only the pressure […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 11, 2026May 11, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Sentinels of Frozen South Underneath a sky of silver and shifting bluePenguins stand as icons of the absolute iceSurvive on a land where nothing growsAs there is nothing but snow that seldom meltsThey glide through the crystals of frozen whiteWith their rhythmic sway and dance with pride. The wizards of a flightless dance of persistenceWith feathers locked like armour […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 11, 2026May 11, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem The Monarch of Gir In vast Gir forests, the golden monarch reignsWith flowing mane and strength in his veinsWhere Teaks stand tall, the shadows stretch thinHe is the golden warrior of the parched ravine. A sturdy chest and claws like the sharpened steelHe hunts with an elegance and strike of silent zealAnd walks in jungle with a velvet, impressive […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 11, 2026May 11, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Beat the Blues: Wellness Strategies After Sixty Understanding the landscape of life after 60 years requires looking beyond alarmist headlines and recognizing aging for what it truly is i.e., a natural and continuous process of organic, morphological and physiological evolution. As the human body and mind mature, natural shifts occur across the musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, metabolic systems and state of mind—ranging from altered […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 25, 2026October 26, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Scaly-Foot Snail Deep within the ocean where reigns endless darkThe scaly-foot snail braves thermal currents’ sparkWhere sulphur plumes and caustic vapours riseThese iron-armoured crawlers survive and thrive. No common fragile shell protects its crawling formInstead, a metallic fort is built against the stormBorn out of iron sulphides, forged in deep-sea firesWhere the ocean’s crushing weight in vain […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 23, 2026October 23, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Emerald Swindler We call this creature the emerald swindlerWho robs the alga of its vital green colourA gentle leaf-like drifter in the tidal scene Unfurling its back to catch the sun’s sheen. It splits the cell, yet holds the green heartForgoing its food intake for a higher partBy indulging in kleptoplasty, an amazing artIt merges with plants […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 22, 2026October 22, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Rajnigandha: An Eternal Flame Editor’s Pick So pure, so delicate in ivory whiteIts bloom shuns splendour of the lightSecretly in its core, away from all sightLies love burning through endless night. No splendid display, not a word to sayYet subtle fragrance travels far awayLike the love that asks for nothing moreYet it endures where it bloomed before. Each tender […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 20, 2026October 20, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Shape-Shifting Titan A translucent vagabond of the stagnant pondMapping the shadows of the depths beyondBody has no rigid contour, chassis or shellWith a plasmic universe inside a single cell. A shape-shifting titan of gel and liquid streamAn ever-shifting silhouette, a living-flowing dreamIt extends pseudopodia, pushing outward wideWhere the quiet, drifted water-currents glide. Engulfing unwary prey in a […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 19, 2026October 19, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Beat the Blues: Wellness Strategies After Sixty Understanding the landscape of life after 60 years requires looking beyond alarmist headlines and recognizing aging for what it truly is i.e., a natural and continuous process of organic, morphological and physiological evolution. As the human body and mind mature, natural shifts occur across the musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, metabolic systems and state of mind—ranging from altered […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 25, 2026October 26, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Scaly-Foot Snail Deep within the ocean where reigns endless darkThe scaly-foot snail braves thermal currents’ sparkWhere sulphur plumes and caustic vapours riseThese iron-armoured crawlers survive and thrive. No common fragile shell protects its crawling formInstead, a metallic fort is built against the stormBorn out of iron sulphides, forged in deep-sea firesWhere the ocean’s crushing weight in vain […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 23, 2026October 23, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Emerald Swindler We call this creature the emerald swindlerWho robs the alga of its vital green colourA gentle leaf-like drifter in the tidal scene Unfurling its back to catch the sun’s sheen. It splits the cell, yet holds the green heartForgoing its food intake for a higher partBy indulging in kleptoplasty, an amazing artIt merges with plants […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 22, 2026October 22, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Hindu, Hinduism and Hindustan: Part LXXV Pilgrimage-I Nearly all communities and religions in the world attach significance to places which have some connection with any worldly or supernatural act(s) or event(s) of the divine (God) or His messenger(s); the birth, enlightenment or death of founder and saints; sites of the spiritual calling or awakening; supposedly a dwelling or living place of […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 31, 2022November 17, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Gulmohar Again In a life dull and forlornOwing to devastation and fearCaused by the alien coronavirusAs I venture out after weeksFrom my humble yet safe homeIn this rather isolated yet sheltered lane… Oh! It’s the month of May againThe time for Gulmohar to go greenAnd blooming full swing againIn the lane flanked by umpteenGulmohars forming a canopy […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 11, 2021November 8, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Whose God is This Anyway? God (Brahman) is the highest... Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh February 24, 2021September 15, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ज्यों-ज्यों बूड़ो श्याम रंग बसन्त विहार कालोनी की परंपरानुसार... Written by Gita Singh February 22, 2021September 21, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked