Blog Be Fair and Transparent During my long years in government service, I have so often noticed this typical syndrome of being opaque and biased in dealings among many officers. While climbing the ladder of material success in terms of promotions and increments, the ingredients of arrogance and ego in persona keep increasing while the levels of trust and accessibility […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 3, 2020June 1, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Blog Avoid Being Reactionary A majority of human beings, by sheer instinct, are reactionary in nature. This perhaps also comes from their social upbringing and ethos. We always tend to remember that so and so he, she or they have done this good or evil to me or my people and this has to be returned back either in […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 3, 2020September 26, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Blog Arrogance & Ego: Worst Enemies During my long years in bureaucracy, I have always found it intriguing how the basic attributes of a person can change overnight with a change in portfolio. I have seen how people who were at junior and middle levels so sociable and accessible, show sudden change on the same parameters in senior appointments that surprises […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 3, 2020September 26, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Blog Academicians Take Plunge in Ayodhya Dispute Ayodhya dispute is perhaps the longest and most complex civil suits in the annals of the legal and judicial history of India if not in world as it dragged almost seventy years in various courts including the Supreme Court of India, where it was pending for the last eight years. While hearing petitions, the apex […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 3, 2020September 26, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Blog A Tribute to The Guide Dr SC Baugh was my research guide for the doctorate degree in science. He is no more having passed away nearly three decades back: A teacher and scientist who was utmost sincere, forthright and honest to the core. Besides, he was a perfectionist who would repeat and revise an experiment and/or a draft umpteen times […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 3, 2020October 16, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Blog A New Dawn for Indian Muslim Women As an Indian, today I really feel very happy and elated for the Muslim women of the country who have finally won a long battle against social inequality, discrimination and exploitation continued for centuries in the name a religious code. A constitutional bench comprising of five supreme court judges in a majority verdict today banned […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 3, 2020September 26, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Blog A Historic Day for Muslim Women 30 July 2019 can indeed be called a historic day because after over two years of socio-political battle and bickering over the abolition of the medieval and retrograde practice of triple talaq (divorce) prevalent in Muslim community in India, the Bill was finally passed by the Upper House (Rajya Sabha) of Indian Parliament to abolish […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 3, 2020September 26, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Blog A Friend in Need is a Friend indeed He is a senior executive in a multinational firm, very active on social media and often spends several hours in interacting / chatting with his friends, the list of which runs into thousands. I remember a few weeks back he told me that he has over fifteen hundred friends on Facebook alone. Similarly on Twitter, […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 3, 2020September 26, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Portuguese Man o’ War Neither reckon it by a single formNor seek one rhyme in a single partInstead, a choir of countless livesUnited to work for a common quest. It doesn’t have a recognizableHeart, brain, lungs, shell or bonesYet together they become a whole –Like many minds that keep one alive. One part spreads feast beneath the seaThe other […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 1, 2026August 1, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Rafflesia’s Parable No garden soil or forest floor holds its placeAs it rests inside a tree trunk’s quiet spaceIt has no wings to fly across the sky so blueYet it appears to world totally fresh and new. No living roots or green leaves one will findFar from the crowd, it hides away from mindOn the fallen wood […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh July 30, 2026August 1, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Touch-me-not Even a gentle touch triggers instant joltAnd my swelling bases empty forthrightThe closing leaflets shield against the foeA shrewd defence within a silent show. Folks may call me timid, or call me shyFor I fold instantly when fingers draw nighMany would say that I fear the worldA logic why tender leaves in silence curled. It’s […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh July 28, 2026July 28, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Sentinels of the Savanna The giraffe is a fascinating creature to seeOne of the most wondrous that ever could beWith seven neck bones just like you and meIt can lift head upto twenty feet high and free. Inside the chest, a massive heart is foundWhich might weigh full twenty-five poundThen it has special valves inside efficient brainTo […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh July 27, 2026July 27, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Ostrich: Myth and Might A feathered-friend unique in many waysOstrich finds freedom not in cloudsBut where the endless grasslands swayPossess only two toes and large eyesThe largest and heaviest living birdFlightless yet the fastest running biped. Neither it boasts an eagle’s soaring prideNor over canyon depths they ever glideInstead their powerful legs loudly proclaimThe dusty desert tracks as their […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh July 27, 2026July 27, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Portuguese Man o’ War Neither reckon it by a single formNor seek one rhyme in a single partInstead, a choir of countless livesUnited to work for a common quest. It doesn’t have a recognizableHeart, brain, lungs, shell or bonesYet together they become a whole –Like many minds that keep one alive. One part spreads feast beneath the seaThe other […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 1, 2026August 1, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Rafflesia’s Parable No garden soil or forest floor holds its placeAs it rests inside a tree trunk’s quiet spaceIt has no wings to fly across the sky so blueYet it appears to world totally fresh and new. No living roots or green leaves one will findFar from the crowd, it hides away from mindOn the fallen wood […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh July 30, 2026August 1, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Touch-me-not Even a gentle touch triggers instant joltAnd my swelling bases empty forthrightThe closing leaflets shield against the foeA shrewd defence within a silent show. Folks may call me timid, or call me shyFor I fold instantly when fingers draw nighMany would say that I fear the worldA logic why tender leaves in silence curled. It’s […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh July 28, 2026July 28, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
आस सूख चुके हैं प्रेमपात्र सब, मदिरा की गागर दे दो भूल चुका हूँ कौन कौन है, विस्मृति का आश्रय दे दो. ईश्वर सबकुछ भूल गया है, कृष्ण नही अब रथ पर हैंसत्य-प्रेम की राहों पर हम, फिर भी काँटे पथ पर हैं. जीवन बंधा-बंधा सा क्यों है, हाहाकार मचा यह क्यों है मानव संबंधों के तलतम में, यह भूकंपी […] Written by Santosh K Nema May 15, 2022November 18, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
आत्मिक लाख समझाने पर भी नहीं समझता आईना मेरा अंदर की टूटती नसें भी उकेर दीं बनाकर उसने दरकती लकीरें वो जो बैठे हैं गहरे दिल में मेरे आईना मेरा उन्हें भी हूबहू दिखाता है. कैसे छिपाऊँ दर्दे-दिल को सामने जब बैरी-मितवा हो ऐसा चुप हूँ मैं, चुप हैं वो, मंजर है खामोशी का यह कैसा. दिल की जिद है रग-रग में […] Written by Santosh K Nema April 19, 2022April 19, 2022 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
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