Poem Marriage After many years of marriageMy best friend came calling on meI asked how life is between the twoHe said it’s trust and understandingThings are all well between usAnd our life is so smooth and easyTo me he appeared a bit mystifyingSo I said if he could be little specificHe took a deep breath and smiledMy […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 21, 2020October 8, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem KISS Chief Guest at a dinner partyHe was about to deliverHis speech as guest speakerWhen prompt came a noteFrom his wife sitting atThe other end of the table. The guest sitting only next to himWas impressed with the ‘KISS’Scribbled on this piece of paper.He smiled – You are the lucky oneFor having such a loving wifeSending […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 20, 2020October 8, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Khichdi Unable to resist cravingsHe called her from workIn the evening to inquireAbout tonight’s yummy cuisine. She responded with loveFine long-grained white riceOf the hand-picked basmatiFrom emerald green lap of Dehradun… In a thrilling combo withThe tender golden lentilsGently simmered overThe smouldering kiss of flames… Served with dollopsOf fragrant salted butterFreshly chopped onion flakesWith yoghurt, fresh […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 20, 2020October 8, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Intolerance Thanks to the wisdom and talentOf Indian intellectuals and mediaThese days the wind of intoleranceIn the country, is furious and fast. So many authors, actors and artistsIn protest against alleged intoleranceAre returning symbols of achievementBack to the federal government so fast. I am keen to join this elite bandwagonSo I wish if life too in […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 20, 2020October 8, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article A Messiah’s Jail Diary Sitting on the mattress in his small cell in the Central Jail, while scribbling something on the pages of his diary he as if whispers to self that may be some day he will have to write his memoirs to clear the webs and for the larger benefit of the common man in view of […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 17, 2020September 27, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article Elephantine Teeth There is an old Hindi saying – Haathi ke daant, khane ke aur, dikhane ke aur (Elephants’ teeth…one set for eating another for display). I have no idea about the origin of this phrase…perhaps it might be as old as Adam and Eve’s progeny. But there is no doubt that the genesis of the phrase […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 17, 2020September 27, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem His Worry Even at the age of seventy-sixHe is quite lively and smartEat, drink and be merry his ethosFinding him anxious and lowI routinely enquired aboutHis health and well-being. He blinked for a momentThen replied as follows: Continuous morning walksSupplemented with umpteen pillsAre not bringing relief these days-Sugar is getting out of controlBlood pressure is shooting upAnd […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 17, 2020October 8, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Hiccups Nervous and worriedHe enquired from the pharmacistIf he had something for hiccups.The pharmacist was prompt.In response to his query,He slapped him hard on his face… Angry, he demanded an explanationAs to why he has misbehaved…The pharmacist was cool in his reply,I’m sure you don’t have hiccups anymore.To this came his embarrassed responseNo, but it’s my […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 17, 2020September 27, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Facebook Friends Not very long backEveryone had friendsAnd known foesMostly of their ageAnd when friends withAn elder or a younger,He or she was more ofA guide and mentorThan a friend reallyHands-in-glove. In the Facebook eraThe progressive attribute isEveryone is a friendA five years oldA ninety years youngAll men and womenEven not so wise AssOr a treacherous wolfBy […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 17, 2020October 7, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Entertainment Sometimes I feelWhy to visitA theatre, multiplexMonument or zoo parkOr even exotic abroadFor entertainmentAnd lose in the processHard-earned money, a lot? When so muchEntertainment for freeIs provided bindaasDay in and day outBy elected representativesThrough their utterancesHigh-pitched melodramaCollective and solo acts. 20,797 total views, 4 views today Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 16, 2020October 7, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
वह रिश्ता वह रिश्ता त्याग देना बेहतर हैजहाँ प्यार का अहसास न होफिर यह चाहे आपकी बात होया जिससे आपको अपेक्षा हो वह रिश्ता त्याग देना बेहतर हैआपसी सुख-दुख की बात होअथवा अंतरंगता का सवाल होजहाँ इनकी अहमियत ही न हो. वह रिश्ता त्याग देना बेहतर हैजिसमें स्वार्थ का बोलबाला होव्यक्ति जो बस आत्मकेंद्रित होजहाँ केवल खुद […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 16, 2024November 16, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Blinked Editor’s Choice You feel shy making an eye contactYou are scared even at a heartbeatStill you are stubborn maintaining itTo see and heal wounds of my heart. My boon companion since teenageQuoted this from a Bollywood songTeasing me to reveal if I hold on toSuchlike secret in my heart, lifelong. I am in a quandary […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 12, 2024November 12, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Twilight Saga After a slew of months and daysI got your glimpse in familiar waysA gorgeous attire in pink and blueWith divine aura, an enticing smile. As ever charming, chirpy and livelyYou kept teasing in umpteen waysWavered for long and turned awayTo vanish into oblivion, eventually. Perplexed me got up only to realizeIt was not real but […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 5, 2024November 7, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Who is Liable for India-Canada Diplomatic Downturn? The ongoing India-Canada diplomatic row following the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, an erstwhile plumber, pro-Khalistani Sikh leader in British Columbia, Canada, and a designated terrorist by the Government of India for multiple terror and criminal activities, is a brilliant example how the short-sightedness, improvidence and myopic vision and action of an egoist political dispensation […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 4, 2024November 5, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Ishan In pretty little mouthYou don’t have teethI was in wondermentIshan, how do you eat? Your old great-grandpaIn-a-bowl, he kept teethI was in bewildermentAs to how did he eat? But now I realize… An old man and infantSail in the same boatBoth live without teethYet very well, they eat. Truly, in a cosmic cycleNature takes care […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 1, 2024November 1, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
वह रिश्ता वह रिश्ता त्याग देना बेहतर हैजहाँ प्यार का अहसास न होफिर यह चाहे आपकी बात होया जिससे आपको अपेक्षा हो वह रिश्ता त्याग देना बेहतर हैआपसी सुख-दुख की बात होअथवा अंतरंगता का सवाल होजहाँ इनकी अहमियत ही न हो. वह रिश्ता त्याग देना बेहतर हैजिसमें स्वार्थ का बोलबाला होव्यक्ति जो बस आत्मकेंद्रित होजहाँ केवल खुद […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 16, 2024November 16, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Blinked Editor’s Choice You feel shy making an eye contactYou are scared even at a heartbeatStill you are stubborn maintaining itTo see and heal wounds of my heart. My boon companion since teenageQuoted this from a Bollywood songTeasing me to reveal if I hold on toSuchlike secret in my heart, lifelong. I am in a quandary […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 12, 2024November 12, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Twilight Saga After a slew of months and daysI got your glimpse in familiar waysA gorgeous attire in pink and blueWith divine aura, an enticing smile. As ever charming, chirpy and livelyYou kept teasing in umpteen waysWavered for long and turned awayTo vanish into oblivion, eventually. Perplexed me got up only to realizeIt was not real but […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 5, 2024November 7, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Hindu, Hinduism and Hindustan: Part LXXV Pilgrimage-I Nearly all communities and religions in the world attach significance to places which have some connection with any worldly or supernatural act(s) or event(s) of the divine (God) or His messenger(s); the birth, enlightenment or death of founder and saints; sites of the spiritual calling or awakening; supposedly a dwelling or living place of […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 31, 2022November 17, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Gulmohar Again In a life dull and forlornOwing to devastation and fearCaused by the alien coronavirusAs I venture out after weeksFrom my humble yet safe homeIn this rather isolated yet sheltered lane… Oh! It’s the month of May againThe time for Gulmohar to go greenAnd blooming full swing againIn the lane flanked by umpteenGulmohars forming a canopy […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 11, 2021November 8, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Whose God is This Anyway? God (Brahman) is the highest... Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh February 24, 2021March 22, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ज्यों-ज्यों बूड़ो श्याम रंग बसन्त विहार कालोनी की परंपरानुसार... Written by Gita Singh February 22, 2021September 21, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked