Poem Eve of New Year Here’s yet another eve of a New YearPrecursor to dawn of a new beginningEnthusiasts ready to join celebrationsWith the renewed passion and vigourFresh commitments and resolutions. For the sake of acquittances and kin Perforce I would join gala like othersYet with a heavy heart I wonderWhy on this cheery eve of 2025…? There is no […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 31, 2024January 1, 2025 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 Independence Day Once again, the nation is in a mood to enjoyWith patriotic fervour the Independence DayA recurring saga on 15 August since countryAcquired freedom from British rule & slavery. There are people taking freedom as a ticketFor arbitrary, bacchanal and unruly conductOne can see many others too, truly liberatedConducting in a fashion resolute and steadfast. In […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 15, 2024August 30, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem होली मुबारक हार्दिक होली मुबारक, हो आप सबको।मैं सबके आनंद की, अर्ज करूं रब को।। अमृत पान नसीब हो, हर जुबां लब को।सजाए चांद सितारे, आपकी हर शब को।। देख सकें हर सबब में, भी बेसबब को।श्रृष्टि हित में छोड़ें, अपने मतलब को।। आपकी हर ख्वाइश को, मैं रखूंगा रब को।बता सकते हो, जब फुरसत हो आपको।। […] Written by Surata Ram March 26, 2024March 26, 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 New Year & Macrocosm Editor’s Choice I am in stupor gazing into the aeons‘New Year Day‘ comes once in a yearCarrying renewed hopes & aspirationsFor the better and a healthier tomorrow… Across the globe, most people indulge intoCelebrations in a joyful and exuberant wayTaking fresh commitments and resolutions:The planet is standstill for one whole day! Did anything really ever […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 31, 2023December 31, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Bhaiya Dooj A ceremonial earthen pot in the plateIs symbolic to puja made by my sisterOn the occasion of the Bhaiya DoojAs part of the Dipawali celebrations. The puja falls on the second lunar dayOf the Shukla Paksha (bright fortnight)Of Kartika, the auspicious eight monthOf the Vikram Samvat Hindu Calendar. Celebrated in the various parts* of BharatThis […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 16, 2023November 16, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Diwali Again Festival of Light is here yet againCarrying ample hope and optimismFor peace, prosperity and wellnessAnd to revive a few soulful thoughts. Regarding triumph of divine over evilIn as well as victory of light over darkIn essence, this implies a simple truthOf knowledge prevailing on ignorance. Celebrations fit so well on occasion…People light their homes with […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 12, 2023November 13, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Moon Landing Editor’s Choice The wise people are but only thoseWho learn from their earlier failuresSo also that this is a universal truthOur ISRO scientists knew it always The seeds of an august and rare eventWere sown at the opportune momentWhen despite ISRO team’s sincere effortChandrayaan-2 crashed at last moment Learning from the faults and errors lastThis […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 24, 2023August 26, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem नववर्ष स्वप्न भी आवश्यक हैं, जोदेते हैं पंख, गति और उड़ानहमारे आवेगों एवं संवेगों कोइच्छाओं और आकांक्षाओं कोऔर आज जब मैं पलटता हूँअतीत के पन्नों को, यादों को…लगता है मैं भी एक स्वप्नदृष्टा हूँ तो आज इस वर्ष की विदाईवेलाएवं नववर्ष के वंदन-अभिवादन के उत्साह एवं समारोह पर बसयही हार्दिक चिंतन और शुभेच्छा हैकि आपके सपनों को […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh January 1, 2023August 8, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Parochial He lives within his barriers of a narrow mindWhere envy grows and reason stays confined;A wounded vanity, disguised beneath disdainTurns every kindness into some offence again. He awfully strives to make his own notion reignWith a noise of hollow words and loud disdainAnd when he cannot equal those he enviesHe throws his sludge at the […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 24, 2026August 24, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Wood Frog Speaks I am but a little frog of the dense forest floorWhere Arctic blizzards terribly howl and roarThough winter wages a deadly, frozen warBut I am the master of the harsh winter’s moor. And ice surrounds the life that lies unseenAs I burrow beneath the forest’s fading greenMy heartbeats stop, no longer do I breatheMy liver […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 22, 2026August 22, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Stranded in The Grey You pacified your heart and reached the shoreLeaving me stranded in the midstream roarYou found your peace and left the tide behindLeaving a raging whirlwind storm in my mind. The wise proclaim the storm will fade awayYet shadows linger on, lengthening the greyThe world preaches its easy text, “move on”But twilight stretches, mocking at the […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 20, 2026August 20, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
A Megalomaniac’s Shadow With his swollen pride, he builds a castle of airDemanding every soul around to clap and adoreWearing a crown of borrowed light and false heightHe judges all with sheer arrogance and blind might. He ignores wise advice and fights with friend or foeHis ego casts a shadow where warmth cannot growFor his cravings of praise, […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 19, 2026August 19, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Archerfish The silver hunter scans the world of dayTo strike the target in its single sprayKnocking the insect from a leafy screen.Beneath mangrove bay where branches leanIts sharp eyes break the boundary line of lightCorrecting for the stream with flawless sight. Tongue pressed against mouth’s deep grooveIt locks the pressure in a narrow courseThen shoots a […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 18, 2026August 18, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Parochial He lives within his barriers of a narrow mindWhere envy grows and reason stays confined;A wounded vanity, disguised beneath disdainTurns every kindness into some offence again. He awfully strives to make his own notion reignWith a noise of hollow words and loud disdainAnd when he cannot equal those he enviesHe throws his sludge at the […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 24, 2026August 24, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Wood Frog Speaks I am but a little frog of the dense forest floorWhere Arctic blizzards terribly howl and roarThough winter wages a deadly, frozen warBut I am the master of the harsh winter’s moor. And ice surrounds the life that lies unseenAs I burrow beneath the forest’s fading greenMy heartbeats stop, no longer do I breatheMy liver […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 22, 2026August 22, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Stranded in The Grey You pacified your heart and reached the shoreLeaving me stranded in the midstream roarYou found your peace and left the tide behindLeaving a raging whirlwind storm in my mind. The wise proclaim the storm will fade awayYet shadows linger on, lengthening the greyThe world preaches its easy text, “move on”But twilight stretches, mocking at the […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 20, 2026August 20, 2026 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, 2020February 10, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked