Poem Gulmohar Feast Majestic Gulmohar has started budding againBlooming in the early summer and monsoonGulmohar petals unfold so brightly on treesIt’s like a dream and nostalgia of the teenageUnder its canopy, a boy had once confessedFor the girl so pretty, he loved and cherished. Beautiful flowers blossom with such a graceSpreading a magical spell all over the placeSerenading […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 17, 2020October 7, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Greed and Avarice Then he shared a one bedroom homeWith his parents and three siblings,Yet was enough space left for guestsWith a lot of camaraderie and care. Now he owns a five bedroom houseOne room each for self, two children,Occasionally visiting parents and guestsYet always cribs about inadequate space. Well, greed and avarice indeedRender us devoid of sensitivityThey […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 17, 2020October 7, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Gratitude So much gratitudeI owe you forever in life Your poignant memoriesCreated a compulsive workaholicYour evocative thoughtsInspired me through this long journeyYour enormous lossTaught me endurance and toleranceYour endearing friendshipBlessed me with goodwill and compassionAnd your ethereal and sublime loveMade me affectionate and affable in life. 20,851 total views Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 17, 2020October 7, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Serene Up above is serene blue sky Down below lush green planet Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 17, 2020October 7, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Grasp The Present It is often saidOur life is a book,Each phase of lifeA chapter of the bookAnd the birth and deathRepresent prologue and epilogue. But unlike a bookLife goes only one wayA person can’t revisitThe chapters of his lifeExcept in memories and thoughts. A person can’t foreseeWhat is in store at the endBefore its due timeAnd what […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 17, 2020October 8, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Goodbye Friend A long time ago, in the adolescent ageDestiny had it a quiet rendezvous stageEver since I loved you in silenceAnd adored you from a distance. Too many words remained unspokenToo many things remained undoneA tale of so many unfulfilled wishesA saga of so many shattered dreams. On edge of dreams I often see your faceSomewhere […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 17, 2020October 7, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Global Warming In history of planet for millions yearsNature has played its balancing roleThere was a time when planet was very hotAnd none but dinosaurs were the real bossMillions years later came the ice ageTurning the earth into an ice sphereScientist and thinkers have opinionsYet none is certain of exact reasons. But the human race is solely […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 17, 2020October 7, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Give Me Back Give me a little sunshineTo lighten my pathGive me some raindropsFor a respite from drought. Give me some spaceI now need a breatherGive me another chanceTo set right my failure. Give me your moonshineTo brighten my soulGive me back your loveFor I crave to live again. 20,813 total views Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 17, 2020October 7, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Gentleman Swami VivekanandaWhile staying in the United StatesWas once walking downThrough a street in ChicagoClad in untailored saffron clothes,A lady raised apprehensionWith her fellow kinsIf he was a gentleman. The Swami overhearingHer unsolicited remarksSlowly walked up to herSought an excuse to tell her –While in her countryThe tailor makes a gentlemanBut in his countryIt’s the character […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 17, 2020October 7, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Generation Gap Otherwise sober and courteousDuring the last six daysOf my stay in MoscowMy Russian ChauffeurWas late by half an hourVisibly upset and troubledOn inquiry he explainedThe cause for his delayAnd inconsistent behaviorWas his fourteen year old daughterWho contrary to his advice and reprimandWas insistent and defied to go outAnd stay late night partyingWith other adolescents of […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 17, 2020October 8, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
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
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
Who is Liable for India-Canada Diplomatic Downturn? The ongoing India-Canada diplomatic row following the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, an erstwhile plumber, pro-Khalistani Sikh leader in British Columbia, Canada, and a designated terrorist by the Government of India for multiple terror and criminal activities, is a brilliant example how the short-sightedness, improvidence and myopic vision and action of an egoist political dispensation […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 4, 2024November 5, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
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
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
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
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
Who is Liable for India-Canada Diplomatic Downturn? The ongoing India-Canada diplomatic row following the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, an erstwhile plumber, pro-Khalistani Sikh leader in British Columbia, Canada, and a designated terrorist by the Government of India for multiple terror and criminal activities, is a brilliant example how the short-sightedness, improvidence and myopic vision and action of an egoist political dispensation […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 4, 2024November 5, 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
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
ज्यों-ज्यों बूड़ो श्याम रंग बसन्त विहार कालोनी की परंपरानुसार... Written by Gita Singh February 22, 2021September 21, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked