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 35,241 total views, 13 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
Poem Splash It’s once again hereThe Festival of colorsThe music of celebrationEveryone having fun and frolicAt home, workplace and on roadsDrenched in splash of rainbow colors. It appears only I am lostIn body, mind and thoughtsWhere are those golden daysWhen we together had funDipped in a hue of trust and loveWith magnificent splash of colors But while […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 23, 2020October 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem New Year Eve Editor’s Choice Here comes a greetings’ seasonMerrymaking and celebrationEmails, SMSs have replacedThe age old greeting cardsAlthough still preferred by a few. Night long partiesMany sponsored programmesBoth Sober as well as wildIn homes, clubs, hotels and farms…Eat, drink and danceTill fatigue overtakes to the hiltTheir body, mind and soul. People make resolutionsSet targets for self and […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 22, 2020January 6, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Incredible Congregation The complexity and coloursOf the Indian culture are so uniqueThe variety and ways the people lookThe language, cuisine and dress codeThe fairs, festivals, music and danceEvery thing is so different and changesEvery hundred to hundred-fifty miles. And you have a feel of all this in one placeOn a visit to Allahabad during the MahakumbhAn incredible […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 19, 2020October 8, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Holi The festive occasion of HoliBrings in fun, frolic and joyRainbow colours of all huesCall everyone to unite and enjoy Vibrant colours of Holi spreadMessages of peace and happinessRenewing bonds and relationshipWith mutual love and friendship Holi also ushers in the spring seasonWith blooming flowers of all hues,It’s Nature’s way to teach harmonyRather than just to […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 17, 2020October 8, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
शुचिता का संताप सत्य की ईंटों से, उसने भव्य मंदिर था रचा,छल-कपट के वेग से, जो सर्वदा रक्षित बचा;लोग जिसकी निष्ठा को नमन करते हर घड़ी,पर स्वयं के ही भाग्य से, प्रबल जंग है छिड़ी। बंधा रहा जो व्यक्ति सदा सत्य की मर्यादा से,अपराधी सिद्ध हुआ, एक प्रियजन के दुराव से;तमाम नतमस्तक हैं, जिसके अडिग चरित्र पर,हारा वह […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 5, 2026May 5, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Integrity Crisis He built a temple, now very foundation rocksIn a life transparent where no shadow standsThe world shelters & shines in his steady lightWhile his own sun descends into a dark night. He remains a shield that even strangers trustYet see his own gold that turns to spectre rustNo lesion is deeper, no regret more profoundThan […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 4, 2026May 4, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
A Permian Ancestor In the wild as well gardens of stoneA shadow remains from the ancient ageWith leaves like fans, of a delicate greenA witness to eras that people has not seenNo flowers to offer, no fragrance to shedIt stands on the soil where titans once tread. A flyover through the eons, a singular lineSo much gold in […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 3, 2026May 3, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Armored Sentinel On ancient sands with the tides lowAn armoured relic walked from days of yoreWith ten legs scrambling in a rhythmic danceMoving across the sand with a backward glanceAlso ten compound eyes – complex and brightFor finding its way through the day and night. A silent guest and ageless sentinel of shoresThe living fossil as also […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 2, 2026May 2, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
A Fascinating Living Fossil It belongs to a timeless questWithout losing its own identityAn ancient mariner and silent witnessTo the rise and fall of dinosaursIn true sense, it’s the Titan of DeepIn sapphire caves where the currents rest. A relic of old yet remarkably trueScales like armour of silver and blueDwellers of the “Twilight Zone” of oceanA hollow cord […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 1, 2026May 1, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
शुचिता का संताप सत्य की ईंटों से, उसने भव्य मंदिर था रचा,छल-कपट के वेग से, जो सर्वदा रक्षित बचा;लोग जिसकी निष्ठा को नमन करते हर घड़ी,पर स्वयं के ही भाग्य से, प्रबल जंग है छिड़ी। बंधा रहा जो व्यक्ति सदा सत्य की मर्यादा से,अपराधी सिद्ध हुआ, एक प्रियजन के दुराव से;तमाम नतमस्तक हैं, जिसके अडिग चरित्र पर,हारा वह […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 5, 2026May 5, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Integrity Crisis He built a temple, now very foundation rocksIn a life transparent where no shadow standsThe world shelters & shines in his steady lightWhile his own sun descends into a dark night. He remains a shield that even strangers trustYet see his own gold that turns to spectre rustNo lesion is deeper, no regret more profoundThan […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 4, 2026May 4, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
A Permian Ancestor In the wild as well gardens of stoneA shadow remains from the ancient ageWith leaves like fans, of a delicate greenA witness to eras that people has not seenNo flowers to offer, no fragrance to shedIt stands on the soil where titans once tread. A flyover through the eons, a singular lineSo much gold in […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 3, 2026May 3, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
दशानन दहन प्रतिवर्ष दशानन दहन किया, मन के रावण का नाश नहीं,अगनित सीता अपहृत होती, निज मर्यादा का भास नहीं।हम एक जलाते दशकंधर, शत दशकंधर पैदा होते,करते जो दहन मन का रावण, हर गली में रावण न होते। इस शक्ति पर्व का हेतु है क्या, है ब्यर्थ दिखावे की शक्ती,निर्बल को संबल दे न सके, अन्याय से […] Written by Gajendra Pal Singh October 5, 2022November 17, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Happiness Happiness is a bowl of gold;Which people using a smile hold!!It creates fun in life’s every fold;As a smile is a person’s beautiful resource.We people are ocean drops…Who should enjoy this world with jumps and hops!!But often fail to realize the importance of a smile….That it does have the power to take us ahead many […] Written by Ananya Kapoor April 5, 2022April 5, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Soul on Fire A relationship lifelongThat he admired so dearAnd cherished in his heartYet unable to fathom it everAnd call it with certain onenessIf it was a friendship or love…Also when the saga endedLeaving abstract in essenceWas it the love or friendship? What he knows for sureHe always valued this bondEven more than his lifeNurtured every possessionWhether material […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 23, 2020October 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked