Poem Sharad Purnima The Sharad Purnima offers a bright full moonAn apt blend of cosmic science and devotionAccording to an immemorial Sanatana traditionThis night, moon rays carry a healing vibration… People keep Kheer (rice pudding) under moonThat turns into a divine elixir, a magical potionNow here, milk symbolizes serenity and purityWhile rice stands for the prosperity and fertility. […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 6, 2025October 11, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article A Sordid Tale of Credal Abhorrence & Vandalism This writer, while growing through the teenage, learned from parents and other elders that we Hindus are followers of the Sanatana Dharma which is over ten millennia old and that our civilization and our culture is a product of an eternal way of life which is based on the core principles such as the Vasudhaiva […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh July 9, 2025July 13, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article The World of Fables & Legends – 20A Jewish Civilization: Glory, Fall & Renaissance When people talk about the oldest surviving cultures and religions in the world, the term Hinduism suo moto flashes in mind but it would be unfair not to mention the Judaism, Jewish people and Israel in this context. Perhaps, only few people would know that long before the arrival […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 13, 2024October 14, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article Ram Mandir Consecration: A Cultural Heritage Restored Recently, the ancient city of Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh, Bharat was once again in news globally for the Pran Pratishtha of the most popular deity (Sri Ram) in the Garbhagrih (Sanctum Sanctorum) and opening of the newly constructed magnificent Ram Mandir (Temple) for the darshan by the devotees. According to the traditional cultural and religious […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh February 24, 2024February 24, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Lotus Just as, in the Sanatana DharmaThe lotus flower verily epitomizesAs an icon of goodness and purityDespite its own origin in the mudThe leaves remaining untouchedBy the muddy and polluted water! An spiritually accomplished personIs equipoise in body, mind & actionAt all times pursuing sattvic gunasFor the goodness of people and selfWholly remaining uncorrupted fromThe confusion […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 30, 2023October 30, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Blog The Legend of Madalasa Upakhyana The Markandeya Purana is one of the eighteen Mahapuranas (Hindu texts), named after an ancient sage of same name. It is one of the oldest vintage Puranas with the original manuscript said to have about 9,000 verses but the surviving manuscripts have 137 chapters with about 6,900 verses. Among several important subjects on the Sanatana […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 25, 2023October 23, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Neelkanth Neelkanth, a common Indian rollerWhat a fascinating avian friend…!With dull turquoise crown and napeRather pinkish temple, chin & loresPart of head and back being brownBlue on the rump, with contrastingLight and dark blue feathers and tail. A much sought after feathered friendAmong Hindus during the festive seasonOf the Nav-Ratri & Dussehra celebrationWith the popular and […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 25, 2023October 25, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem हिंदी व्यथा यह है मेरे दुःख की बड़ी गाथा, सुनोगे तो रो लोगे पकड़ माथा।किस्मत में जो लिख दिया विधाता, टाल न सके कोई पिता माता।। रहने दो ढके मेरे जिगर के दाग, मत छेड़ो मैं हूं भाषा हिंदी।कभी थी मैं भी सुहागिन हिंद में, शोभायमान थी भाल पर बिंदी।। जब से फिरंगी भाषा हिंद आई, मेरी […] Written by Surata Ram September 23, 2023September 26, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Blog Holy Narmada from My Memoirs Besides holy Ganga River, if any other Indian river has ever really fascinated me more, it is Narmada River. While doing my Masters in Business Administration from the Jabalpur University during 2008-10, I had opportunity to visit this river on many occasions at several places in Madhya Pradesh including its place of origin “Amarkantak” of […] Written by Anubhuti May 13, 2023July 12, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article The World of Fables and Legends – 25 Other Miscellaneous Civilizations In the previous parts of this series, almost all important civilizations were dealt with that evolved and flourished to a certain glory during the long human history with unique social, cultural and religious attributes on this green planet but lost at some point owing to unfavourable climatic, geopolitical or any other reasons. […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh January 8, 2023August 8, 2023 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
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