Poem Touchstone Editor’s Choice What is great and extraordinaryIn loving and romancing, someoneOnly to break up after a whileFor whatever mundane reasons…? But following this moving apartIf one still eternally continuesTo yearn and love the personThat is the real test and criterionSay a touchstone, what is love! Alas! This is one stark reality He ruminates now in solitudeWhich […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh March 12, 2024October 15, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Key to Happiness He, a longtime friend and confidanteOnly recently candidly confided in meThat he with no other liabilities now leftYet ample cash & resources at disposalOnly desire or object he nurtures in lifeIs to seek pleasure and happiness in life. I parried him: If only money and the mobilized resourcesAnd thus achieved such worldly pleasuresWere indeed a […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh February 27, 2024February 28, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Destined When I look back in retrospectThe only constant thought arisesYou were my first loss of life, thatTurned out to be painful last too! The only viable rationale I surmiseThat in all probability, may be trueFollowing your luckless departureI never aspired anything more in life. So, for this reason whatever cameI accepted it as destined gracefullyRather […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh February 25, 2024February 25, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem रात से रोमांस अपने से जो लोग है वो तो करते नहीं कभी कोई बात मुलाकात।दिन में कोई देख न ले, रात आती है लोगों को सुलाने के बाद।। धीरे धीरे चुपके चुपके आती है पास, तन्हा अकेले में रात।चांद रखता है पहरा उसके, आती है उसके ढलने उपरान्त।। राज दुलारी है पर दासियों को भी, लाती न […] Written by Surata Ram February 22, 2024February 22, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem The Republic Chorale Recalling on auspicious Republic Day, the 26th January 2024,How the shackles of foreign rule, our countless heroes tore.The brunt of unfathomable torture and humiliation they bore!We bow in reverence to the martyrs and earnestly we adore. But for their sacrifices, we wouldn’t have this gaiety and galoreEnjoying our freedom with a ceiling over us and […] Written by Surata Ram February 12, 2024February 12, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem At Home Editor’s Choice Everything that is scaledAs highest or lowestThat comes, construedAnd accepted as such in lifeBecomes nothing in the end. Conclusion!Yes, a solace at-home.Contours ascendedOr descended in the journeyWere inevitably in processOf extracting the best… They are to becomethe marks you left!Sounds spirituality!Yes – no, waste!Arrive “within” to reach rest. 5,605 total views, 18 views today Written by Santosh K Nema February 8, 2024February 8, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem राम महिमा चिर काल तक आप सबको पेश है मेरी हर शुभ प्रभात,बाइस जनवरी को भारत में, घटी बड़ी ऐतिहासिक बात।भावना मेरी परम सुखी हों सबके कुटुंब तात और मात,सीता जैसी भार्या हों आपकी, हों लक्षमण जैसे भ्रात।राम होकर भी राम को ढूंढते, क्यों हम दिन और रात,काम सा नहीं राम जग में, काम में बसती है […] Written by Surata Ram January 27, 2024January 27, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem सियापा यह ना पूछो हमसे इस दुनिया मेंहमने क्या-क्या होते हुए देखा है! दोस्त अचानक दुश्मन बन जाते हैंऔर दुश्मन, दोस्त दिखने लगते हैंफिर दुश्मन के दुश्मन मिलकरदोस्ती का स्वांग करते नजर आते हैं। रिश्ते जब स्वार्थ पर आधारित होंइन आँखों पर पट्टी चढ़ जाती हैजीवन भर के संबंध, सच्चे हितैषी हानिकारक प्रतिद्वंदी नजर आते हैं। फीके, […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh January 12, 2024January 12, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem जाने क्यों लोग न जाने क्यों कुछ लोग बात-बात पर दोस्त कहकरफिर दोस्ती की दुहाई देकरदोस्ती जैसे पवित्र बंधन कोबेशर्मी से शर्मसार करते हैंजाने क्यों कुछ लोग..! इनके जीवन का सत्य तो हैकि खुद के संसारी जीवन मेंचाहिए इन्हें बस कुछ चाटुकारजो उनके आडम्बर पूर्ण जीवन उनके ओछे मन एवं अहं काकेवल पोषण मात्र करते रहें। सच में यही हैं […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh January 11, 2024January 12, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Company Destiny bestowed him with a fuller lifeBrimful of the wisdom and knowledgeWith abundance of galore and glitteratiSo also a quota of sorrow and sufferingYet he remained still vacillating for longBetwixt if it’s the journey or destination! Realization came only in latter part of lifeHaving reached near equanimity of mindPost an honest & extensive self-appraisalAs a […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh January 11, 2024January 11, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Rose Bud The teenager’s prodigious query was:What is of actual worth and germaneA bud or the gorgeous florets of roseRed, yellow, peach, lavender, orange,Pink, purple, with a lot more colours;Of prismatic hues & subtle fragrance? The aged savant’s response was gentle:Both are slices of the universal life cycleA bud is as relevant as glooming flowerBeing an embodiment […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 11, 2024December 14, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Snitcher A Snitcher often proves in disguiseMore an adversary rather than an allyTruly, hence, he’s described so aptlyAs a canary, a betrayer or a squealerAs well as mentioned contemptuously –A deep throat, stoolpigeon or blabberEven ridiculed as the rat collaboratorHere are some traits for any onlooker. He may pretend to be subtle on faceBut indulges in […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 8, 2024December 8, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Deep State: The Invisible Hands of Disruption Although the unethical and illegal interference in the internal matters of the developing countries by the state and non-state actors in some countries of the developed West is not a new phenomenon but two incidents having a devastating impact on South Asian countries biz. India and Bangladesh during the last two years made this author […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 7, 2024December 9, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Dotage Editor’s Choice Dotage is a sense of growing oldHas its own remarkable attributesSlowly yet firmly one tends to loseMaterial attachment and affectionToward things, folks, even own kin,Inclusive of long-cherished dreams. The usual greed, inclination or urgeTo create and secure a niche for selfEven at cost of a wrangle or conflicts,Declines; the person is now inclinedTo […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 5, 2024December 6, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Condolence Folks give priority to attend a funeralBe it somebody’s cremation or burialThey are so liberal in their condolenceIn saying generous words for the gone. But I find it quite odd and paradoxicalCeremonious send off after one’s goneSo much admiration at occasion of lossThey could do when the person is alive. 2,189 total views, 21 views today Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 1, 2024December 1, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Rose Bud The teenager’s prodigious query was:What is of actual worth and germaneA bud or the gorgeous florets of roseRed, yellow, peach, lavender, orange,Pink, purple, with a lot more colours;Of prismatic hues & subtle fragrance? The aged savant’s response was gentle:Both are slices of the universal life cycleA bud is as relevant as glooming flowerBeing an embodiment […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 11, 2024December 14, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Snitcher A Snitcher often proves in disguiseMore an adversary rather than an allyTruly, hence, he’s described so aptlyAs a canary, a betrayer or a squealerAs well as mentioned contemptuously –A deep throat, stoolpigeon or blabberEven ridiculed as the rat collaboratorHere are some traits for any onlooker. He may pretend to be subtle on faceBut indulges in […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 8, 2024December 8, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Deep State: The Invisible Hands of Disruption Although the unethical and illegal interference in the internal matters of the developing countries by the state and non-state actors in some countries of the developed West is not a new phenomenon but two incidents having a devastating impact on South Asian countries biz. India and Bangladesh during the last two years made this author […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 7, 2024December 9, 2024 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
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
Greed For Power Among all temptations in life of a man, perhaps the greed for power is the strongest one. The obvious reasons appear to be that when one is empowered, all other luxuries and antiquities of life automatically fall in line. Hence it is not surprising that people craving for the power adopt and exploit all overt […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 7, 2020September 26, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
A Fairy Tale Like a fairy descended from the paradiseShe was beautiful no less than Snow WhiteLike an angel she was generous and kindThe flowers bloomed whenever she smiled. She was standing my way with open armsAnd I knew well this was real not a dreamYet kept struggling to overcome my inertiaAnd in the process I rendered her […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 21, 2020March 13, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked