Poem Misfortune Precious things in lifeThat I aspired and soughtGod was so graciousAnd kind enough to grant… My misfortune and faultThat I couldn’t hold itThe friendship and loveBoth for eternity I lost. 36,531 total views, 68 views today Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh February 2, 2021September 21, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Mirage Like some creaturesOn this magnificent planetOut of the sheer instinctand fascinationChase the dancing shadowsOn illuminated objects or wall… On the same analogyAll along during lifeUnder some sort ofA magic spell with allIngenuity, love and careHe kept chasing a shadow… It was much laterIn the approaching twilightThat he realizedAll these years in lifeHe was in a […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh February 1, 2021September 21, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Shadows Some wise man saidThe time flies over usBut leaves behindA shadow of its own… In twilight I now realizeNo use in running afterThe shadow(s) in lifeThat time has left behind Instead realize your ownWhich is always with youAs your intellect and soulTo guide and advise you… But you constantly failTo listen or recognizeUnder false pretensionAnd […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh January 31, 2021September 21, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Piece of Advice An inflated egoAnd avariceWith recurringIrritationAngerResentmentAnd hateMake you illAnd insecure… So always tryTo nurtureHeart and mindWithGoodwillForgivenessCompassionAnd loveFor cure. Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh January 3, 2021October 7, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem You Forget Me But… I may not live longFor one last rendezvousWith dusk looming largeIn the twilight zoneI have but one wishYou forget meBut remember those songs… A series of mistakesThat I made in lifeLeave neither any chanceNor any more hopeI have but one cravingYou forget meBut remember those days… I know for sureWe cannot unite nowWhen the dark […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 24, 2020September 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem You and Me What you were in dilemma to giveI didn’t have courage to press for itWe remained helpless and silentThrough love, friendship and pain. Yet your love and friendshipRemained a source of inspirationTo cope with the vagaries of lifeAnd to live with an aim lifelong… The pain that you left behind –My closest companion and allySo long […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 24, 2020September 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Yet Again in Life It has been agesYet I do not knowThere are momentsWhy I still miss you in life… No passion or romanceLeft in this relationshipYet I do not knowWhy I still care for you in life… What I lost for realIn our forgotten pastOften I try to pick in dreamsBut I still miss your smile in life… […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 24, 2020October 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem X-Chromosome It’s a X-chromosomeOr a Y-chromosomeOf the manWhen combines withAny X-ChromosomeOf the woman,Really determinesThe fate of foetusA male or female. Yet people obsessedWith centuries oldIrrational gender biasAnd sex discriminationAlways blame it onThe prospective motherFor deliveringA daughterIn place ofA son,In yet anotherCase ofAn extreme paradox. 35,983 total views, 65 views today Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 24, 2020October 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Womb An unborn child isComfortable and cozySecured from the hostileEnvironment and evil eyesSo long he (or she) staysIn the womb of the mother… The struggle startsThe moment he comes outWith the surroundingEnvironmental hazardsDisease and prodding evil eyesTo live lifelong in mortal fear. 36,827 total views, 87 views today Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 24, 2020October 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Malice to None In the spectrum of lifeEveryone aspires for loveAnd fulfillmentYet has no control overSuccess and failureUnion and separationLoss and gainAnd consequentPleasure and pain. Like two sides of a coin,Emotions in our life,Positive and negative,are interwoven. Some conjure it predeterminedRelate it to a former existenceSome say it’s sheer luckSome call it just a chanceOthers ascribe it toOne’s […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 23, 2020October 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
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
Silver Lyre of Gondwana An age-old songsmith from Gondwana’s dawnThrough moist Australian forests stepping onMidst luxuriant ferns and moss, rich clay floorsA Lyrebird weaves the melody that life restores. A silver lyre of feathers proudly crowns its graceWith lacy plumes and fine antennae in spaceThe finest artist of the rich fauna in the forestA hundred wild voices live within […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 3, 2026June 3, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Pearlescent Spiral What a curled pyramid made of boneIt survives within the salt waters’ reef aloneA silent shadow from the ocean’s dawnThis living fossil of million years drifts on As Indo-Pacific reef and shadowy depth divideNautilus navigates the vertical dark and tideIts unique siphuncle allows to sink or riseWhile it is fully secure within its vault inside. […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 3, 2026June 3, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Armoured Ascetic The little armoured soul walks the earthBears a shell of shields from day of birthNot rigid stone but the bands that bendIntertwine flexible skin from end to endWith banded shield and armoured crownIt keeps its watchful gaze often cast down. Using mighty claws and digging powerThey can fashion the earth within an hourDeep labyrinth homes […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 2, 2026June 2, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Monarch of Spines & Clay An avid ant-eater, it’s spiny and brownEchidna keeps its careful gaze cast downWith a moving shield of pale-hued spearIt strolls untouched by predators’ fearAlso seldom in hurry, it does not fightYet capable of vanishing from open sight. Egg-laying mammal with a sensitive noseIt snuffles where the ant or termite goesWith claws that breach the hardest […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 2, 2026June 2, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
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
Silver Lyre of Gondwana An age-old songsmith from Gondwana’s dawnThrough moist Australian forests stepping onMidst luxuriant ferns and moss, rich clay floorsA Lyrebird weaves the melody that life restores. A silver lyre of feathers proudly crowns its graceWith lacy plumes and fine antennae in spaceThe finest artist of the rich fauna in the forestA hundred wild voices live within […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 3, 2026June 3, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Pearlescent Spiral What a curled pyramid made of boneIt survives within the salt waters’ reef aloneA silent shadow from the ocean’s dawnThis living fossil of million years drifts on As Indo-Pacific reef and shadowy depth divideNautilus navigates the vertical dark and tideIts unique siphuncle allows to sink or riseWhile it is fully secure within its vault inside. […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 3, 2026June 3, 2026 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 11, 2025 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