Poem Concrete Jungle The metro city I live in is a concrete jungleSkyscrapers and huge buildings are its treesConcrete flyovers, blacktop roads are pathwaysRevving trucks and cars with the whirring sirensAre omnipresent carnivores – tigers and hyenasAnd bikers and barefoot as deers and antelopes. The concrete jungle lives and flourishesEverything else is turning dirty and darkNo more green […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 16, 2020October 7, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Compulsion Like a poor strayAnd forlorn soaring birdWithout navigational instinctOr a resting placeIn the high seasTakes a recourse toThe sailing ship.It flies away to a distanceIn search of better avenuesOr the main landYet finding noneUnder compulsionComes back on the deckOf the good old shipThe only supportLest it too may be lost. I am no good than the […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 16, 2020October 7, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Companion Long wintry nights –Subtle and sublime RajnigandhaMy companion in solitude 37,548 total views, 26 views today Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 16, 2020October 7, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Colours Editor’s choice When you were around in lifePink and blue were my favouriteThen you had far away goneColours in life did not remainWhat was still left behindIt’s all only black and white. May you live in everlasting blissI have accepted loss with graceIn this long journey without coloursHoli too has neither flair nor flavourYou look […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 16, 2020April 7, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Collateral Damage Every time the saint would pick himHe was stung hard by the scorpionDespite an insurmountable painThe former would make a fresh bidFor rescuing the latter once againIn the river from getting drowned. Having watched this for some timeA curious onlooker asked the saintWhy he was trying so hard to saveSuch an evil and ungrateful verminGiving […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 16, 2020October 7, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Cocoon If I am not on FacebookYou should not surmiseThat I am a loner alrightWith no need of friends in life. If I am not on LinkedInYou should not surmiseThat I lack professionalismFor opportunities or ideas in life. If I am not on TwitterYou should not surmiseThat I have nothing to tweetOn global topical issues in […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 16, 2020October 7, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Clever or Wise Till sometime beforeI was probably cleverSo I wished people to changeTo my worldview and vibe… Now I am wise for sureWith my world view clearSo instead of changing peopleI just wish myself to change. 36,963 total views, 25 views today Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 16, 2020October 7, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Circumstances Friends turn into enemiesEnemies turn into friendsWith change in circumstancesIt makes all the difference. A famous thinker said it onceWhen two persons are friendsWhen one of them misconductsLet the other be more patient. In the changed circumstancesOne may maintain his toleranceAnd when it becomes unbearableOne must withdraw to a distance. Like happiness and sadnessFriendship and […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 16, 2020October 7, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Child Labour In a contemporary popular movieA cheerful and chirpy child BishnuRuns to supply hot water on demandTo the inmates staying in the lodge. This reminds me of countless ‘Bishnus’With innocence of their childhood lostLargely employed in the informal sectorAs domestic help, in factories and farms. I wonder if children or their guardiansHave knowledge or any clue […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 16, 2020October 7, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Chemistry The couple have a fine chemistrySo wonderful so also apt and wittyHe always does what she desiresShe always does what she desires. 40,007 total views, 20 views today Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 16, 2020February 29, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Steadfast Harbour Editor’s Choice The river sang song, sacred and sublimeBut ambivalent banks withdrew in uneaseA few passing clouds, one shadowed turnMade sacrosanct waters open to question. The pristine lotus closed before the dawnConvinced the sun had lost its orientationSteady banyan grieved to see vine unwindRumours cast heavy shadows on her mind. So too the human heart […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 22, 2026June 22, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
मेरा ईश्वर बनाम आपका ईश्वर अनादि काल से दुनिया भर के विद्वानों, दार्शनिकों और धार्मिक गुरुओं ने विभिन्न संस्कृतियों और धर्मों में अलग-अलग नामों और रूपों में ईश्वर की प्रकृति और गुणों की व्याख्या और वर्णन किया है। वास्तव में, आधुनिक युग में दो अब्राहमिक (Abrahamic) धर्मों के विद्वानों और अनुयायियों ने तो आक्रामक रूप से अक्सर यह दावा, और […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 21, 2026June 21, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Atta Nation Akin to tiny green umbrellas walking in a lineAttas cut out perfect leaf-discs, working overtimeEach one carries a heavy load, marching in a rowGuided by a scent trail to their colony below. They carry the harvest home, a burden of leavesInto the dark where the Great Fungus weavesThis not for ingestion, but as substrate and […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 20, 2026June 20, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Tailorbird A clever tailorbird with its needle beakHarvests silken threads from branch & boughShe weaves the live green leaves to meetConcealing nature’s quiet vow.With spider and moth silk, and fibresPunches the edge and pulls slender threadShe finely stitches a single, living cradleThus forms a warm and comfortable bed. No loom she needs, nor complex warp & […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 19, 2026June 19, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Art of Living The past still breathes within todayTomorrow learns from present’s wayOne loom, one thread & cloth, one sunWhy lament for what time has spun? Let joy and bliss arrive with open doorsLet sorrow and regret rest upon the floorsThe heart grows wise, quiet and deepWhen both as guests, it learns to keep. Hold the material world, […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 18, 2026June 18, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Steadfast Harbour Editor’s Choice The river sang song, sacred and sublimeBut ambivalent banks withdrew in uneaseA few passing clouds, one shadowed turnMade sacrosanct waters open to question. The pristine lotus closed before the dawnConvinced the sun had lost its orientationSteady banyan grieved to see vine unwindRumours cast heavy shadows on her mind. So too the human heart […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 22, 2026June 22, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
मेरा ईश्वर बनाम आपका ईश्वर अनादि काल से दुनिया भर के विद्वानों, दार्शनिकों और धार्मिक गुरुओं ने विभिन्न संस्कृतियों और धर्मों में अलग-अलग नामों और रूपों में ईश्वर की प्रकृति और गुणों की व्याख्या और वर्णन किया है। वास्तव में, आधुनिक युग में दो अब्राहमिक (Abrahamic) धर्मों के विद्वानों और अनुयायियों ने तो आक्रामक रूप से अक्सर यह दावा, और […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 21, 2026June 21, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Atta Nation Akin to tiny green umbrellas walking in a lineAttas cut out perfect leaf-discs, working overtimeEach one carries a heavy load, marching in a rowGuided by a scent trail to their colony below. They carry the harvest home, a burden of leavesInto the dark where the Great Fungus weavesThis not for ingestion, but as substrate and […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 20, 2026June 20, 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