Poem A True Friend One who walks beside you, with selfless love and grace,Honest words, a transparent heart, trust finds its place.He guards thy secrets in heart, a rock-solid shield to stay,Turns into a guiding torch, whenever thy footsteps stray. With patience in his gentle soul, and wisdom to forgive,A bond built as bedrock of trust, together two vow […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 6, 2026August 6, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem सच्चा मित्र हर कदम पर जो साथ दे, निस्वार्थ जिसका प्यार हो,सच्ची जुबान, साफ़ दिल और एतबार का आधार हो।हमारे राज़ जो दिल में छुपा ले, चट्टान सी ढाल बने,राह भटके जब कदम, तो सही मार्ग की मशाल बने। सहनशीलता का भाव हो, और क्षमा करने की समझ,मित्रता जो विश्वास की नींव पर हो, हर घड़ी, हर […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 6, 2026August 6, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Friends That We Were We were friends, separated and built own spheresBeneath the steady laws of the rolling yearsNew identities were anchored to obligate spheresBound by diverse fortunes, duties and highways. The world commands a script for what we areAnd a strict decorum for our unmapped fireBy counting the distance, questioning our lineTo freeze our spirit rendering lesser sanguine. […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 5, 2026June 5, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem A timeless Echo Editor’s Pick We never weren’t the friends we wereTime brought a rough change in the weatherThus seized in the tempest’s blinding galeI allowed my inner conscience guide my sail. Something that happened was indeed a phaseA saga in itself and a long-lasting eclipseBut it evaporates now, with so many changesAs the heart doesn’t care about […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 4, 2026June 5, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem A Friend’s Friendship People say, happiness is built on friendsAcross the long road of twists and bendsSo much has changed since we’re youngThe songs we knew so remained unsung. The cruel time have pulled us both apartAcross spells of harsh cold, heat and dustBut warmth didn’t weaken towards theeI so often wish, one day you will sure see. […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 10, 2026May 10, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Friendship is Happiness Editor’s Pick You said once with a smile half-lit but free:“True happiness in life is having friends…as wonderful as thee.”The quote was simple, and passing probablyYet somewhere deep within my mind and soulThese words were rooted perpetually. Ever since, life took a bizarre turn and courseThe days and years have wandered farThrough thick and thin […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 10, 2026May 10, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Mending Bonds He is no longer afraid of the loneliness of roadsNor the hidden trauma that his silence breedsWhat rips his soul during midnight’s bitter stingThe feeling of a villain status in her altered sight. He walks through days with basalt in his chestA quiet volcanic ruin where old memories restOne who once eulogized friendship as a […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 8, 2026May 8, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem गुब्बारे कभी-कभार एक छोटी सीनोकझोंक अथवा वाक्कलहजीवन भर के अर्जित स्नेहऔर बेशकीमती दोस्ती-यारानाको भी चोटिल कर जाती है… यदि आप सच में प्यार करते होतो ऐसे में बिना देरी के सक्रिय होकरविश्वास वापस लाने की खुद पहल करें…दोस्त गुब्बारों जैसे ही होते हैंयदि आप कसकर नहीं पकड़तेतो वे कभी भी टूट सकते हैहमेशा के लिए छूट […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 20, 2025December 20, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem 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
Poem चिरस्थायी मैत्री Editor’s Choice अब जिन्दगी ढलान पर हैन जाने, इस जीवन की शाम कब हो जाय, कुछ पता नहींएक दिन जाना तो सभी को हैपर कौन कब चल दे, क्या जानेकल का ठिकाना क्या, पता नहींतो चलो क्यों न एक बारसंवाद कायम कर लें फिर सेहम मित्र बन जाएं पहले जैसे… पहले जैसी ही परवाह करेंएक-दूसरे की, […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 14, 2024October 14, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Joy and Pain Happiness and joy are emotionsthat produce conscious feelingsof safety, peace and vibrant energy,Combined with euphoria and gratitude;yet they are transient and fleeting,brain chemistry resets after a while,emotional fatigue sets in,and one returns to his baseline. In stark defiance,Pain touches the human hearteven more closely than joy,it silently walks beside man,like a shadow without a voice;a […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh September 28, 2026September 28, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
A Glazed Artisan A rigid vault where vivid hues gleamA hardened crown at nature’s extremeEight clustered eyes ready to scan the airAnd six-pointed horns to guard her lair. A vivid gold and crimson-pointed crownAbove the tangled leaves of forest brownBeneath, her hidden spinnerets alignTo weave vault of the choicest design. Unmoving as a stone of polished glazeEntrapping flight […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh September 26, 2026September 27, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Parrot Pitcher In overcast mires, as ancient mosses creepIt’s a quiet mimic where the waters sleepThe Parrot Pitcher rears its painted head—A crimson, low-slung, living, verdant bed. Upon its globose cowl, a hooked beak standsTempting the wanderers, a honey trap expandsWhile clear, translucent windows trick the lightA maze of colour in the damp, dark night. Down below, […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh September 26, 2026September 26, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
My Journey to the South Block and Beyond Autobiography by Somi Tandon It was a pleasure to read the autobiography of Ms. Somi Tandon, my senior colleague and a retired civil servant from the Indian Defence Accounts Service. Like many other accomplished women from various walks of life, she acknowledges that her father, Late Shri Prem Chand Tandon, was her greatest inspiration and […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh September 25, 2026September 27, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Who Hesitated Once Years ago, in the tender age of life,he stood before a door hesitant,and uncertain that might have openedto unleash happiness for a lifetime –An endless spring of joywith a lifetime painted in gold. But waited, and let the moment pass;the door closed; and opportunity lost.A numbing ache incurred lasting foreverthat he carried in silence for […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh September 19, 2026September 19, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Joy and Pain Happiness and joy are emotionsthat produce conscious feelingsof safety, peace and vibrant energy,Combined with euphoria and gratitude;yet they are transient and fleeting,brain chemistry resets after a while,emotional fatigue sets in,and one returns to his baseline. In stark defiance,Pain touches the human hearteven more closely than joy,it silently walks beside man,like a shadow without a voice;a […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh September 28, 2026September 28, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
A Glazed Artisan A rigid vault where vivid hues gleamA hardened crown at nature’s extremeEight clustered eyes ready to scan the airAnd six-pointed horns to guard her lair. A vivid gold and crimson-pointed crownAbove the tangled leaves of forest brownBeneath, her hidden spinnerets alignTo weave vault of the choicest design. Unmoving as a stone of polished glazeEntrapping flight […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh September 26, 2026September 27, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Parrot Pitcher In overcast mires, as ancient mosses creepIt’s a quiet mimic where the waters sleepThe Parrot Pitcher rears its painted head—A crimson, low-slung, living, verdant bed. Upon its globose cowl, a hooked beak standsTempting the wanderers, a honey trap expandsWhile clear, translucent windows trick the lightA maze of colour in the damp, dark night. Down below, […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh September 26, 2026September 26, 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