Poem This Night Time and again every yearThis night comes only onceTo make it memorable alrightMy earnest appeal to all of youInstead of toiling and tiring selfOver dance and booze partiesIn a hotel, bar and county clubOr some sea beach and resortWhy not make better use of timeWith family, person or peopleYou love and depend most in lifeHave […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 31, 2021November 19, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Deepawali Deepawali, the Festival of LightsCarries same significance to HindusAs Christmas among the ChristiansOr Eid al-Fitr for Muslims worldwideHindus make preparations for weeksTo clean homes and buy new clothesLight houses with diyas and kandilsDraw kolams or rangolis at entranceExchange greetings, gifts and sweets…The spirit or essence remainingTamso Maa Jyotir Gamaya, meansTake me from darkness to light. […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 4, 2021November 10, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem New Year 2021 On this day every yearEuphoria is generatedWith eat, drink and danceFollowed by some resolution… Say no more celebrationAnd no more felicitationWhat is use of a resolutionWhich is promptly forgotten… So please don’t fix targetsAnd don’t make resolutionAccept each day with humilityAs opportunity with exultation. Courtesy: Pinterest 29,206 total views, 4 views today Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh January 1, 2021October 7, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem 31 December In each yearthis auspicious dayand colorful nightcomes only once So I wishwith their loved oneeach one to make merryand a blissful time. Image source: Internet (Public Domain) 29,709 total views, 7 views today Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 31, 2020October 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article Festival of Colours Holi, also known as festival of colours, is predominantly a festival of Hindus. Importance wise perhaps it would only be next to Diwali but in some parts, particularly in the northern India, it is celebrated with even more enthusiasm and fanfare. It marks the end of the winter season and arrival of the spring symbolic […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 28, 2020October 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article Tamso Ma Jyotirgamaya Every civilization on this planet has its own ancestral legacies and unique characteristics and traits. The religion has, since time immemorial, been one of the most dominant factors in determining the socio-economic environment and structure at all points of time for any human race or community. Many religious and ethnic communities don’t allow or keep […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 28, 2020September 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Yet Another Diwali Tamso Ma Jyotirgamaya;Take me to light from darkness –From the darkness of ignoranceTo the light of wisdom and knowledge In the darkest night of the yearAway from light into darknessIt is only in the utter darknessThat we yearn for enlightenment. Year after year people light diyasBut if everyone could only learnAttachment takes us to darknessAnd […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 24, 2020October 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Vasant Panchami The day marks the end ofProlonged winter bluesIt’s an occasion to flauntOur clothes in yellow hues. An auspicious day to worshipDivine Goddess SaraswatiAnd share yellow sweetsOn happy Vasant Panchami. Image (c) GettyImages 29,350 total views, 6 views today Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 23, 2020October 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem The Light of wisdom The darkest new moon nightIs yet again on the anvilAn occasion to commemorateThe symbolic triumph ofKnowledge over ignoranceGood over evil and hope over despair. While cleaning and decoratingOur homes and surroundingsLighting candles and lampsLet us not forget on this occasionThat more than the external doingWe need to do our inner cleansing The inner cleansing of […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 23, 2020October 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Tamso Ma Jyotirgamaya Deepavali decorationsExternal manifestationsAmple sweets and giftsRows of lampsFlames of candlesMagnificent fireworksInvitation to Goddess LakshmiTo bring prosperity and wealth. In this glare and glitter,How many really realizeOn the auspicious dayFar more significant isThe removal of inner darknessAnd ignorance of mind…? The lights of physical worldAre not even worthA ray of inner light of selfThat brings the […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 23, 2020October 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Anger & Mistrust Among human negative attributesAnger and mistrust are twosomesWith a potential of colossal impactIn inflicting a maximum discomfort. They foster the culture of suspicionTrigger in mind alarm & trepidationRender isolated to cause lonelinessErode relationships and friendships. The consequent impact is disastrousTraumatized with torn relationshipsLoss of confidence and self-respectThereby forging a toxic environment. And what it means […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 18, 2025November 18, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
India-US Relations Blowing Hot & Cold: A Review The United States of America (USA) is often hailed as the oldest democracy in the world while Bharat (India) is undoubtedly the largest democracy with a comprehensive written Constitution incorporating all essential attributes of a genuine democracy. Besides, India is also the oldest civilization in the world while the US, with Europeans as main settlers, […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 16, 2025November 17, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Lie A lie is a lie, a dark and stark untruthIt cannot ever stand before the truthYet there is an age old popular sayingA lie travels halfway around the worldWhile truth tightens laces of its shoes. Notwithstanding this, when someonePrefers to repeat a lie time and againIt succeeds in creating doubt in mindsOf many people or […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 12, 2025November 16, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
What Is Amiss? Two friends link-up after an aeonPromptly came forth a realizationOne is still on very same horizonWhile maybe the other moved on… Amiss is what in this relationshipOne-time great love & friendshipA relation is impaired by mistrustUnder cloud is their bond of trust. So what is left for a rapprochementOne is now wise, au courant of […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 5, 2025November 7, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Self-Communion All along his mundane life, he shined wellAlmost in every sphere, every walk of lifeAs a learner during academics, he did wellHis works bringing laurels not only for selfBut also for advisers and institution as wellHe was consistently adjudged outstandingIn his professional merit and work all alongFor outcome based notable performances. For the extra-curricular activities […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 3, 2025November 4, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Anger & Mistrust Among human negative attributesAnger and mistrust are twosomesWith a potential of colossal impactIn inflicting a maximum discomfort. They foster the culture of suspicionTrigger in mind alarm & trepidationRender isolated to cause lonelinessErode relationships and friendships. The consequent impact is disastrousTraumatized with torn relationshipsLoss of confidence and self-respectThereby forging a toxic environment. And what it means […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 18, 2025November 18, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
India-US Relations Blowing Hot & Cold: A Review The United States of America (USA) is often hailed as the oldest democracy in the world while Bharat (India) is undoubtedly the largest democracy with a comprehensive written Constitution incorporating all essential attributes of a genuine democracy. Besides, India is also the oldest civilization in the world while the US, with Europeans as main settlers, […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 16, 2025November 17, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Lie A lie is a lie, a dark and stark untruthIt cannot ever stand before the truthYet there is an age old popular sayingA lie travels halfway around the worldWhile truth tightens laces of its shoes. Notwithstanding this, when someonePrefers to repeat a lie time and againIt succeeds in creating doubt in mindsOf many people or […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 12, 2025November 16, 2025 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