Poem Adjective Of late, a friend catechized me:Is there such a paucity of wordsThat you are generously usingAdjectives as title of poesies? I parried rather ungrudgingly:Look, I often use it consciouslyAs qualifiers could indeed beAn apt choice for a poem’s title… First of all, it can intrigue readersProvide an evocative and incisiveSummary of the rhyme’s theme…It’s centre […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh September 7, 2025September 7, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Blessed Many so often crib and complainI am such a deadhead and boreThat I do not socialize with themAnd prefer to be a loner in life… What they fail to fathom outIs that whenever I am ‘all alone’I am in blessed company of someWho are not visible to them! As a matter-of-factly, while aloneRather than feeling […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 29, 2023December 29, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Growing Old Editor’s Choice I so often marvel…Why people are apprehensiveGrowing old and hiding thingsThat naturally come with ageAlso I find no logic or rationaleIn their so frequent and fond…Wild exclamations and outcriesSuch as age is just a number, orWe are the recycled teenagers! One must grasp this lesson of lifeFrom the cosmos & nature aroundWhat is […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 24, 2022November 4, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Warfare Any war betweenTwo nations, orTwo civilizations,And even betweenRaces or communitiesIs a serious tragedyAnd a heinous crimeAgainst the humanity. But for somePowerful and greedyPeople and countriesIt comes like an opportunityTo shine image and popularity,Own authority and influenceMake business and profiteeringBy offering mere lip sympathiesAnd lucrative sale and supplyOf war machinery and equipment. Actually any warIs an […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh March 31, 2022March 31, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem 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
Poem The Big Mirror It has been long backHaving read story of a dogWho accidentally ran intoA museum enveloped withUmpteen mirrors and mirrorsUp, down and all side walls… Sighting a pack of dogsSurrounding from all sidesWhich were own reflectionThus frightened and frozenDog kept barking and fightingFinally fell tired and lifeless So it applies to human beingsThe entire world is […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 10, 2021November 10, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem The Only One Strange enoughThough he was keeping silence all the timeYet he spoke today perhaps unintentionallyWith melancholic tunes and gestures.He told me I am changingFrom inside and outsideAnd the changes are Sometimes hazy and rarely clear.He said he can’t describe The changes precisely I’m going throughStill he is sure of their unpredictability. I am gone different so much That he hesitates […] Written by November 7, 2021November 10, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Ephemeral The days and yearsOf our ephemeral lifeAre passing awaySlowly in a time span So we shall tryTo make ourselves betterIn every momentTill we die. 28,308 total views, 89 views today Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 1, 2021November 1, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Greatness Blues Editor’s Favourite Trees don’t surviveUp on the high mountain,Neither plants grow up thereNor a blade of grass takes root. It’s only snow all over thereWhite like the sheet of shroudAnd as cold as the death itself.So playful and cackling riverFor this inevitable nemesisSilently cries on her fate. A height whose mere touchTurns flowing water to […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh September 29, 2021December 25, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Transient We like or love... Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh March 8, 2021October 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
अंधेरा जीवन में अंधेरा है अंधेरा घना हैपर अब अंधेरे से डर नहीं लगताकिशोरावस्था की आहट सेजीवन के अब अंतिम पड़ाव तकपहले भी अंधेरे से समागम हुआ थाकभी प्रकाश की चमक-दमकफिर लम्बे अंधकार का साम्राज्य एक नि:शेष जीवन बीता हैअंधेरों के बीच अंधेरे से जूझते हुएपर कभी हार नहीं मानी… हाँ क्षण भर के लिए थोड़ी निराशा और […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 19, 2025October 19, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Distancing By the nature and temperamentI was not reactionary even in pastYet events in life with kin & confrereFully changed the philosophy of life. Now when someone misconductsI usually avoid giving any reactionInstead of any conflict or discussionI just keep a distance from the person. I know nothing is gained by arguingMelodrama and histrionics of no […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 9, 2025October 9, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
अनादर स्वभावत: प्रतिक्रियावादीतो मैं पहले भी बहुत कम थासमय और रिश्तों के अनुभवों नेतो जीवनदर्शन ही बदल डाला है अब जब कोई अनादर करता हैमैं प्रतिक्रिया देने से बचता हूँवाद-विवाद तो बिल्कुल ही नहींव्यक्ति से मात्र दूरी बना लेता हूँ बहस से कुछ हासिल नहीं होताअतिनाटकीयता सृजनात्मक नहींबिना दोष माफी मांगना हल नहींखुद को छोटा करने […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 7, 2025October 7, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Sharad Purnima The Sharad Purnima offers a bright full moonAn apt blend of cosmic science and devotionAccording to an immemorial Sanatana traditionThis night, moon rays carry a healing vibration… People keep Kheer (rice pudding) under moonThat turns into a divine elixir, a magical potionNow here, milk symbolizes serenity and purityWhile rice stands for the prosperity and fertility. […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 6, 2025October 11, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Status Quo I wishfully yearnedAnd strived as well forThe true happiness in lifeHaving said that, but whatActually came to my share Was an enduring sorrowWith a heartache for life… As a consequence Instead of getting overly Vexed or overwroughtI learnt to live the status quoTelling my mind and heartOkay, that’s also welcome And just about right for me. 3,179 total views, […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh September 26, 2025October 16, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
अंधेरा जीवन में अंधेरा है अंधेरा घना हैपर अब अंधेरे से डर नहीं लगताकिशोरावस्था की आहट सेजीवन के अब अंतिम पड़ाव तकपहले भी अंधेरे से समागम हुआ थाकभी प्रकाश की चमक-दमकफिर लम्बे अंधकार का साम्राज्य एक नि:शेष जीवन बीता हैअंधेरों के बीच अंधेरे से जूझते हुएपर कभी हार नहीं मानी… हाँ क्षण भर के लिए थोड़ी निराशा और […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 19, 2025October 19, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Distancing By the nature and temperamentI was not reactionary even in pastYet events in life with kin & confrereFully changed the philosophy of life. Now when someone misconductsI usually avoid giving any reactionInstead of any conflict or discussionI just keep a distance from the person. I know nothing is gained by arguingMelodrama and histrionics of no […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 9, 2025October 9, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
अनादर स्वभावत: प्रतिक्रियावादीतो मैं पहले भी बहुत कम थासमय और रिश्तों के अनुभवों नेतो जीवनदर्शन ही बदल डाला है अब जब कोई अनादर करता हैमैं प्रतिक्रिया देने से बचता हूँवाद-विवाद तो बिल्कुल ही नहींव्यक्ति से मात्र दूरी बना लेता हूँ बहस से कुछ हासिल नहीं होताअतिनाटकीयता सृजनात्मक नहींबिना दोष माफी मांगना हल नहींखुद को छोटा करने […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 7, 2025October 7, 2025 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