Poem The Everlasting Echo Editor’s Pick Lived with the guilt through these long, fading yearsWhen my teenage silence buried the deepest truthsSeized by shadows of my shyness and tender fearsI chose to hide my inner voice with a thousand words. I watched many couples moving on to tie their knotYet time dissolved the passion they had soughtThe seven vows […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 11, 2026August 11, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem The Beautiful Story Editor’s Pick Sitting amid the hollow space of timeWhere even hours forgot to chimeSuddenly, the dusty curtains drewAnd the faded ink began to seep anewThe reels of yesteryear began to unwindUnleashing shadows of joy and pain abound. A reflection, I had lost you long agoand sustained that loss like a wound:An incertitude of youthA thousand […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 10, 2026August 11, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Timeless Bond Your path is for you to freely chooseTo stay, to walk away, or to changeNeither my heart had designs to loseNor mind ever played a clever game. A mind may count profit, loss, and careBut heart opts for a quiet, endless prayerAnd love was born without a soundWherever life may find you bound. No matter […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 24, 2026May 24, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Obstinate Love A lifetime taught me— Love surprises like a thunderboltAt times arrives – effortless, unseenBut it blooms in silenceTurning a deep, stable tie-in over timeWithout asking how or when. When it comes to expressionSo often words falter—Tongue trembles, heart overflowsFor love, when deepest and loveliestRefuses the prison of speechTurns to an agony of unspokenAnd the time…They […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh March 31, 2026March 31, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Rajnigandha Revisited Rajnigandha, night’s sultry whispererUnfolding like an endless esoteric prayerA green stalk, greenish buds and white petalsTo love’s velvety addiction, its fragrance unfurls. For many, it’s a bloom in night’s dark masqueradeBut for him, an egress to memories’ moonlit shadeA symbol of emotions wrapped tight in ivory petalsEchoes of love’s whispers in night’s euphoric surge. In […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh February 3, 2026February 10, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Transcending Love Editor’s Pick Resounding echoes of the absenceMuffled whispers of the memoriesLifeless beats of the hollowed heartAre aide-memoire of one’s dire loss Throbbing agony of an aching soulMelancholy of an ever longing heartPining sensation of a nostalgic waitLive eternal legacy of one’s yearning An intense and timeless aching voidAn unbearable, gnawing emptinessA lonesome heart’s imposing strainMirror […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 28, 2025November 29, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Only You and Me Editor’s Favourite With the passage of timeThe love and longing for youSubsided to a quite serene,Silent and adoring passion…Like a still and crystal clear waterOf a fathomless lake at dawn. But as it occurs to any reservoir,Even if the miniature pebble stoneIs thrown into a calm and still lakeIt destabilizes and agitates waterUndulating waves rise […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh September 4, 2025February 11, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem प्रेमगीत Editor’s Pick यह मात्र एक और हृदयग्राही धुन नहीं हैअपितु मेरे दिल और आत्मा की पुकार हैएक शाश्वत, निर्दोष और निर्मल प्रेम की। यह बस एक और वेदनापूर्ण क्रंदन नहीं हैबल्कि मेरी वास्तविक व्यथा का फ़साना हैजो फ़क़त आपकी विरक्ति से गहराया है। शायद आज इस खालीपन की अनुभूति न होपर किसी दिन आपको अहसास […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh January 16, 2025November 26, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Instinct Editor’s Choice Life taught him so many lessonsOf this, the most amazing being… His instinct and attribute: Of a plenty courage and enduranceTo sport laugh and smile on his lipsWhile losing the dearest one adored And following the loss… Even more nerve and forbearanceTo keep still laughing and get goingWith the purpose and mission in […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 29, 2024August 30, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Rendezvous Again Editor’s Choice He so very often remembersTheir fateful summer afternoonWhen she bade a final good-byeMost likely never to meet again… As she was walking afar from lifeHe watched her moves transfixedIf he would be able to see her againWas the only moot question in mind… Quiet and dispassionate in his looksAgitated and sad in mind […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 7, 2023August 7, 2023 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
आस सूख चुके हैं प्रेमपात्र सब, मदिरा की गागर दे दो भूल चुका हूँ कौन कौन है, विस्मृति का आश्रय दे दो. ईश्वर सबकुछ भूल गया है, कृष्ण नही अब रथ पर हैंसत्य-प्रेम की राहों पर हम, फिर भी काँटे पथ पर हैं. जीवन बंधा-बंधा सा क्यों है, हाहाकार मचा यह क्यों है मानव संबंधों के तलतम में, यह भूकंपी […] Written by Santosh K Nema May 15, 2022November 18, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
आत्मिक लाख समझाने पर भी नहीं समझता आईना मेरा अंदर की टूटती नसें भी उकेर दीं बनाकर उसने दरकती लकीरें वो जो बैठे हैं गहरे दिल में मेरे आईना मेरा उन्हें भी हूबहू दिखाता है. कैसे छिपाऊँ दर्दे-दिल को सामने जब बैरी-मितवा हो ऐसा चुप हूँ मैं, चुप हैं वो, मंजर है खामोशी का यह कैसा. दिल की जिद है रग-रग में […] Written by Santosh K Nema April 19, 2022April 19, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
समय मेरा समय चुप है अपनी निष्ठुरता लिए बदल रहा है निरंतर. तुम समय हो मेरे समय जिसने प्यार दिया अनंत डुबोकर किया एकाकार खुशियों से अमृत सुख की स्मृतियों से साँस साँस में चलती अनवरत सामीप्य की अव्यक्त अनुभूतियों से. समय मेरा दूर असंबद्ध सा अबदर्शक सा बन बदल रहा है सहारे तन के मन के तुझसे जो बंधे थे अडिग अटूट […] Written by Santosh K Nema March 3, 2022March 5, 2022 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