Poem मौन का पथिक जगत् सराहे निस्सारों को, जिनका जीवन शोर बना,अहंकार की सीढ़ी चढ़कर, बस झूठा गौरव गान बना;क्षण-भंगुर जयकारों की जिन्हें जीवन भर प्यास रहे,रिक्त, व्याकुल उन आत्माओं के भाव सदा अतृप्त रहे। उनको मिथ्या यश की ख़ातिर व्यर्थ तड़पते पाता हूँ,देख तमाशा इस दुनिया का, मन ही मन मुस्काता हूँ;पीठ फेर उस अंधी दौड़ से, दूर […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 27, 2026June 27, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem निःशब्द प्रतिध्वनि न मुझे कोई आभास है, अब कोई सरोकार भी नहीं,ये शब्द तुम तक पहुँचें या खो जाएँ हवाओं में कहीं;सत्य एक शिलाखंड है – एकाकी, खुरदरा और निर्भ्रांत,जिस दिन तुम्हें खोया, मेरी दुनिया पर छा गई थी रात। लोग मुझे अक्सर कहते हैं, कि पाषाण सा अडिग हूँ मैंकिसे ज्ञात है, अपनी ही पीड़ा की […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 1, 2026May 1, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem A Voiceless Echo I have no inkling, nor much is left for me to careIf these words find your eyes or dissolve in the airThe stark truth is a monolith – sole, jagged and vastThe day that I lost you, the world’s shadow was cast. Now they call me strong, that I stand like a stoneFew know I […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh April 30, 2026April 30, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Passing Shadow Spent a lifetime chasing her—A soulmate, a captivating shadowWalking a step ahead alwaysThrough corridors of youthAnd afterwards, too. Years gathered decisivelyLike dust on forgotten journalsNow she lingers in the thresholdAs though our shared time & languageHas slipped in perpetuity from memory. So, I’m tied in knotsWith a recurring thought –This body a soul polishes with […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh March 5, 2026March 6, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem मौन की गूंज Editor’s Pick एक चिरंतन मौन की गूंज सुनी है कभी?साँसें रुक जाती हैं, जीवन ठहर जाता हैएक शाश्वत, निर्विशेष प्रेम की महागाथानहीं, खुशी तो नहीं, गौरवपूर्ण अवश्य है। हाँ, जीवनवृत्त कोई असाधारण नहीं थाऐसा कुछ अद्भुत या अनूठा भी नहीं थापर कोई आम दुनियावी भी नहीं रहा थाजो भी था देखें तो प्रचुर था बहुमूल्य […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh January 7, 2026January 7, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Whisper of Silence Editor’s Pick Ever listened to a whisper of silence?With the breath paused, life standstillEpic narrative of a legendary romanceNo, it’s not gleeful, still it’s graceful. Life didn’t stay extraordinaryLife wasn’t any unique marvel evenBut it didn’t occur run-of-the-mill eitherWhatever came in balance was bountiful. It was within latitude during lifeBe it the dawn, midnoon or […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh January 4, 2026January 6, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Maverick Once some maverick saidThe present changes pastAbsolutely and irreversiblySo looking behind is futileYou don’t find back in timeWhat was it when you left. I ponder, if it’s sacrosanctWhy it’s so and how comeThat in many cases, the pastReturns so often to haunt. As a matter of fact,It doesn’t bother me at allIt’s the ever-changing timeThat […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh September 3, 2025September 3, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem परा दृश्य तब भी उपस्थित होते हैं जब आँखें बंद हों बातें तब भी मैं तुमसे करता हूँ जब केवल तुम्हारी आकृति हो. मन की एकाग्रता में भी तुम्हारा प्रवेश क्षण की धार को लय देता है और तुम नितत जलती आँच से आलोकित मेरे हृदय को शीतल नमी का अहसास देते हो. बीहड़ जंगल की काली रात में भी मैं निर्भय हो तुम्हें ढूढता हूँ. प्रेम […] Written by Santosh K Nema August 13, 2025August 14, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Canopy Editor’s Choice It’s an early wintry morningMighty Sun yet to shower grace…As I go for a walk in solitudeOn so well-lit an earthen pathwayUnder the canopy of lush green treesMy mind engaged in morning musings. If one looks at the naturePerhaps nothing is perfectYet everything appears so perfectMany trees straight, some twistedA few even bent […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 14, 2024December 14, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Rose Bud The teenager’s prodigious query was:What is of actual worth and germaneA bud or the gorgeous florets of roseRed, yellow, peach, lavender, orange,Pink, purple, with a lot more colours;Of prismatic hues & subtle fragrance? The aged savant’s response was gentle:Both are slices of the universal life cycleA bud is as relevant as glooming flowerBeing an embodiment […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 11, 2024December 14, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Parochial He lives within his barriers of a narrow mindWhere envy grows and reason stays confined;A wounded vanity, disguised beneath disdainTurns every kindness into some offence again. He awfully strives to make his own notion reignWith a noise of hollow words and loud disdainAnd when he cannot equal those he enviesHe throws his sludge at the […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 24, 2026August 24, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Wood Frog Speaks I am but a little frog of the dense forest floorWhere Arctic blizzards terribly howl and roarThough winter wages a deadly, frozen warBut I am the master of the harsh winter’s moor. And ice surrounds the life that lies unseenAs I burrow beneath the forest’s fading greenMy heartbeats stop, no longer do I breatheMy liver […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 22, 2026August 22, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Stranded in The Grey You pacified your heart and reached the shoreLeaving me stranded in the midstream roarYou found your peace and left the tide behindLeaving a raging whirlwind storm in my mind. The wise proclaim the storm will fade awayYet shadows linger on, lengthening the greyThe world preaches its easy text, “move on”But twilight stretches, mocking at the […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 20, 2026August 20, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
A Megalomaniac’s Shadow With his swollen pride, he builds a castle of airDemanding every soul around to clap and adoreWearing a crown of borrowed light and false heightHe judges all with sheer arrogance and blind might. He ignores wise advice and fights with friend or foeHis ego casts a shadow where warmth cannot growFor his cravings of praise, […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 19, 2026August 19, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Archerfish The silver hunter scans the world of dayTo strike the target in its single sprayKnocking the insect from a leafy screen.Beneath mangrove bay where branches leanIts sharp eyes break the boundary line of lightCorrecting for the stream with flawless sight. Tongue pressed against mouth’s deep grooveIt locks the pressure in a narrow courseThen shoots a […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 18, 2026August 18, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Parochial He lives within his barriers of a narrow mindWhere envy grows and reason stays confined;A wounded vanity, disguised beneath disdainTurns every kindness into some offence again. He awfully strives to make his own notion reignWith a noise of hollow words and loud disdainAnd when he cannot equal those he enviesHe throws his sludge at the […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 24, 2026August 24, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Wood Frog Speaks I am but a little frog of the dense forest floorWhere Arctic blizzards terribly howl and roarThough winter wages a deadly, frozen warBut I am the master of the harsh winter’s moor. And ice surrounds the life that lies unseenAs I burrow beneath the forest’s fading greenMy heartbeats stop, no longer do I breatheMy liver […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 22, 2026August 22, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Stranded in The Grey You pacified your heart and reached the shoreLeaving me stranded in the midstream roarYou found your peace and left the tide behindLeaving a raging whirlwind storm in my mind. The wise proclaim the storm will fade awayYet shadows linger on, lengthening the greyThe world preaches its easy text, “move on”But twilight stretches, mocking at the […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 20, 2026August 20, 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