Article Republic Day Parade 2016 Tableaus This year on 26th January, India celebrated its 67th Republic day. With the intelligence information gathered that terrorist groups from across the border are out to spoil the fun and grace of the occasion with their sabotage and disruptive activities, the security was very tight and high alert across the capital and more particularly in […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 28, 2020September 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article Basil – The Sacred Tulsi Basil falls under the category of herbs. It is a small plant which is branched, erect and two to three feet tall. Leaves are usually green with toothed margins and dotted with minute oil glands. When crushed, leaves give a strong fragrant scent. The flowers are small, usually purplish in slender spiked clusters. It bears […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 28, 2020October 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article Covid-19: A Silver Lining for Climate Change While the human life and economy has suffered a great disruption and loss worldwide on account of the coronavirus pandemic, it also opened a debate if there is a silver lining for the environment protection and climate change. With the travel by road, rail and air severely declined across the globe, and construction activities slowed […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 28, 2020September 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article Namami Gange: Philosophy & Programme The mighty Himalayas is the place for the origin of the Ganga which is one of the three major river systems of India. In terms of altitude, climatic variation, land use, flora and fauna, social and cultural life of the Indian subcontinent, Ganga has been a cradle of human civilization ever since the ancient times. […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 28, 2020September 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article Saving The Saviour When my grandma was on the death bed and breathing last at home, the kulpurohit (family priest) was summoned in the wee hours under whose supervision rituals like some donation in charity and recitation of Vedic mantras were performed. Finally, the grandma was made to inhale Gangajal (holy water) for the peaceful departure of her […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 28, 2020October 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article Save Environment, Save Planet In the universe, perhaps the earth is only known planet to have livable environment for the animal and plant life. Till about the end of the nineteenth century, there was a perfect harmony and balance between the nature and human populace but things started rapidly changing in the twentieth century. With advent of the modern […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 28, 2020October 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article The Great Indian Bustard The Great Indian Bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps) or Indian Bustard is a magnificent large bird with crane like appearance due to its long legs and horizontal body. This heavy bodied flying bird is a native of India and surrounding regions in Pakistan. I recall I came to know about the bird more than three decades back in […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 28, 2020October 14, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article Do We Care for Life Over two years ago, I had shifted to this new government locality in the heart of the city. A two-fold motivation was responsible for my decision. The one reason of course was the fact that the massive flat was better designed and comfortable than the previous one, the other and main reason was that this […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 28, 2020October 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article Festival of Colours Holi, also known as festival of colours, is predominantly a festival of Hindus. Importance wise perhaps it would only be next to Diwali but in some parts, particularly in the northern India, it is celebrated with even more enthusiasm and fanfare. It marks the end of the winter season and arrival of the spring symbolic […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 28, 2020October 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article Tamso Ma Jyotirgamaya Every civilization on this planet has its own ancestral legacies and unique characteristics and traits. The religion has, since time immemorial, been one of the most dominant factors in determining the socio-economic environment and structure at all points of time for any human race or community. Many religious and ethnic communities don’t allow or keep […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 28, 2020September 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
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
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
Snippersnapper He is mean and insignificantYet pretentious as so cardinaland germane –A snippersnapper in true sense. 613 total views, 4 views today Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 16, 2024December 16, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
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
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
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
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
Snippersnapper He is mean and insignificantYet pretentious as so cardinaland germane –A snippersnapper in true sense. 613 total views, 4 views today Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 16, 2024December 16, 2024 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
समय मेरा समय चुप है अपनी निष्ठुरता लिए बदल रहा है निरंतर. तुम समय हो मेरे समय जिसने प्यार दिया अनंत डुबोकर किया एकाकार खुशियों से अमृत सुख की स्मृतियों से साँस साँस में चलती अनवरत सामीप्य की अव्यक्त अनुभूतियों से. समय मेरा दूर असंबद्ध सा अबदर्शक सा बन बदल रहा है सहारे तन के मन के तुझसे जो बंधे थे अडिग अटूट […] Written by Santosh K Nema March 3, 2022March 5, 2022 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, 2021March 22, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked