Poem The Eternal Truth Throughout the vast span of human livesMost of them thrive on physical comfortsWhile cribbing for the unfulfilled desiresDriven by the lust, greed and selfishnessAs discontented self, keep troubling othersIn many cases to the core of recklessness. The ubiquitous reality of the universe isPhysical world is merely a grand illusionAll living bodies comprising of perishableFive gross […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 20, 2024November 20, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem ज्योति दर्शन है दीपावली यह बात सब जानते है, कि तन है कच्चा गागर।इसमें निवास करता है, ‘वो’ ख़ुशी का महासागर।। सीमित में असीमित, करती दीपावली है उजागर।मैने कुछ भी नहीं कहा, इस शाश्वत में मिलाकर।। मैं खुशी का सागर हूं, आप हैं खुशी के महासागर।इस सागर में महासागर, मिल जाओ तुंरत आकर।। हस्ती में है हसीन हस्ती, हम […] Written by Surata Ram November 17, 2024November 17, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem A flock of Pigeons Today, while snapping a flock of pigeonsRevived my childhood memory of a fableThat I read in Hindu classic Panchtantra…How a wise assembly of pigeons escapedFrom the machiavellian fowler’s dragnet! Ubiquitous through much of the planetFrom tropical forests to urban tower blocksPigeons are among the successful speciesWith fascinating and complex behavioursTo live as communal and gregarious […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 17, 2024November 17, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Rajnigandha Impact It’s been eons, I am not shy to concedeAt the very first sight I had been smittenWith your magnetic persona and charm…My life was then lackadaisical and naïve. But I was mostly insentient and unawareOf Ranigandha impact of your memoriesWhich, after departure, you left behind asIndelible marks, driving me for rest of life. This realization […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 17, 2024February 11, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem वह रिश्ता वह रिश्ता त्याग देना बेहतर हैजहाँ प्यार का अहसास न होफिर यह चाहे आपकी बात होया जिससे आपको अपेक्षा हो वह रिश्ता त्याग देना बेहतर हैआपसी सुख-दुख की बात होअथवा अंतरंगता का सवाल होजहाँ इनकी अहमियत ही न हो. वह रिश्ता त्याग देना बेहतर हैजिसमें स्वार्थ का बोलबाला होव्यक्ति जो बस आत्मकेंद्रित होजहाँ केवल खुद […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 16, 2024November 16, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Blinked Editor’s Choice You feel shy making an eye contactYou are scared even at a heartbeatStill you are stubborn maintaining itTo see and heal wounds of my heart. My boon companion since teenageQuoted this from a Bollywood songTeasing me to reveal if I hold on toSuchlike secret in my heart, lifelong. I am in a quandary […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 12, 2024November 12, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Twilight Saga After a slew of months and daysI got your glimpse in familiar waysA gorgeous attire in pink and blueWith divine aura, an enticing smile. As ever charming, chirpy and livelyYou kept teasing in umpteen waysWavered for long and turned awayTo vanish into oblivion, eventually. Perplexed me got up only to realizeIt was not real but […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 5, 2024November 7, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Ishan In pretty little mouthYou don’t have teethI was in wondermentIshan, how do you eat? Your old great-grandpaIn-a-bowl, he kept teethI was in bewildermentAs to how did he eat? But now I realize… An old man and infantSail in the same boatBoth live without teethYet very well, they eat. Truly, in a cosmic cycleNature takes care […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 1, 2024November 1, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Divine Diwali Editor’s Choice It’s a season of the divine festival of lightsAuspicious Diwali with joy and happinessFor ordinary folks, it’s just a magic of lightsBut for Hindu masses, a “Festival of Lights”Worshipping auspicious deities with delightFor connoisseurs, it’s beautiful and bright. Diwali season is indeed a wonderful timeTo join hands with the family and friendsMutually, to […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 30, 2024October 30, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem कुछ रिश्ते.. सुख-चैन की परवाह किये बिनाएक लम्बा जीवन खपा दिया मैनेंकुछ रिश्तों को निबाहते रहने मेंबनाए रखकर, सजाने-संवारने में. कभी-कभी तो मुझे ऐसा भी लगा हैमानों एक लम्बी और काली सुरंग हैबिना रुके अनवरत दौड़ता रहा हूँ मैंजीवन की इस अंधी व निर्मम दौड़ में. किंतु आज जब मुड़कर देखता हूँतो मात्र एक अहसास भर होता […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 29, 2024October 29, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Gazelle Across sun-baked desert as winds blow freeWild Chinkara makes the dunes his homeIn Thar’s harsh barrens the heatwaves chaseBut he roams through sands with a quiet grace. With ringed horns rising gently towards skyHe avidly watches as the desert winds pass byWith the dark eyes soft as velvet in the heatThen leaps far away on […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh September 13, 2026September 13, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Jewel Caterpillar Upon the rain-drenched foliage of vivid greenA living jewel glimmers in full bright and stainIn the pellucid beads of amber, gold and redSmart and quiet crawler makes its forest bed. Caterpillar is not venomous in its glass designWhile clear gelatinous armour reflects its shineYet a false alarm to predatory birds passing byWhat a glowing beacon […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh September 11, 2026September 11, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Silent Co-Farer We couldn’t perambulate through life togetherNor could live our vivid dreams as a dreamer;Yet somehow, through the lasting days and yearsA part of me kept walking with you as co-farer. And whenever life, with its tempting waysTried to entice my feet towards errant ways;I found you standing midway with gazing eyesA restraint what you’d think […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh September 10, 2026September 10, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Hindu, Hinduism and Hindustan: Part LXXXVI Misconception and Misunderstandings -II (A) Philosophy and Metaphysics (Contd…) (2) Hinduism lacks a single central core or historical unity This narrative is a typical way of Western ethos of describing Indian ancient history and culture. During the British colonial era, the rulers, Western historians and scholars purportedly depicted it a civilization with narrow vision largely […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh September 9, 2026September 9, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Sleek Mariners Sleek and robust body, with shades of steel and greyA distinct and torpedo snout capable of making sprayA curved, falcate dorsal fin cuts sharp across the blueWith the belly in lighter tones of pale and whitish hue. Through the blowhole vent, it draws the sudden airThen dives beneath the waves without a single careWith its […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh September 1, 2026September 1, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Gazelle Across sun-baked desert as winds blow freeWild Chinkara makes the dunes his homeIn Thar’s harsh barrens the heatwaves chaseBut he roams through sands with a quiet grace. With ringed horns rising gently towards skyHe avidly watches as the desert winds pass byWith the dark eyes soft as velvet in the heatThen leaps far away on […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh September 13, 2026September 13, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Jewel Caterpillar Upon the rain-drenched foliage of vivid greenA living jewel glimmers in full bright and stainIn the pellucid beads of amber, gold and redSmart and quiet crawler makes its forest bed. Caterpillar is not venomous in its glass designWhile clear gelatinous armour reflects its shineYet a false alarm to predatory birds passing byWhat a glowing beacon […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh September 11, 2026September 11, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Silent Co-Farer We couldn’t perambulate through life togetherNor could live our vivid dreams as a dreamer;Yet somehow, through the lasting days and yearsA part of me kept walking with you as co-farer. And whenever life, with its tempting waysTried to entice my feet towards errant ways;I found you standing midway with gazing eyesA restraint what you’d think […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh September 10, 2026September 10, 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