Blog India Rising as a Responsible Global Leader For centuries, global politics has largely operated under the crude maxim that might makes right. Nations have traditionally been judged by the size of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the scale of their military arsenal, and their technological supremacy. Many widely used global indices have also emerged largely from Western institutional frameworks and, at times, […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh March 7, 2026March 7, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
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. 37,432 total views, 22 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
Saving Woods The silent woods that truly represent planet lifeBut for greedy gold, there gentle creatures dieEndangered at the ruthless acts of lawless mentheThe smoke replaces blissful peace within the glen. Then there is heavy crowd, in safari rush alignedChasing thrills of the breathtaking adventure, wildIn this wake, engines roar and plastic trash remainsDisturbing pious nature’s peace […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 26, 2026June 26, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Tenant of Bark In tropical lands, humidity hangs thick & slowUpon bark of giants, the fern prefers to growAs the aerial tenants they demand no soilStaghorn, a master of light, free from earthly toil. The double frond architectures on a single stemOne brown and round, a well-built shielding hemThat builds a bowl to catch the forest’s wasteWhile velvet […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 25, 2026June 25, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Estranged Tides Two streams born of distinct snowsEach bound to where the horizon goesTwo meet divided shores, a fate unkindLeaving the dearest dream to fall behind. Though miles apart and poles awayThe unuttered fondness chooses to stayFor love turns out an unhealing woundTo silent corridors and empty days bound. Yet tenderly through the lifetime’s sighBeneath the very […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 24, 2026June 24, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Perpetual Ache An unhealing woundLoving you in silent roomsThrough a lifetime’s sigh. 577 total views, 30 views today Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 24, 2026June 24, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poles Apart Two hearts sailing distant shoresBridged by dreams and torn by fateLoved, yet now poles apart. 438 total views, 28 views today Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 24, 2026June 24, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Saving Woods The silent woods that truly represent planet lifeBut for greedy gold, there gentle creatures dieEndangered at the ruthless acts of lawless mentheThe smoke replaces blissful peace within the glen. Then there is heavy crowd, in safari rush alignedChasing thrills of the breathtaking adventure, wildIn this wake, engines roar and plastic trash remainsDisturbing pious nature’s peace […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 26, 2026June 26, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Tenant of Bark In tropical lands, humidity hangs thick & slowUpon bark of giants, the fern prefers to growAs the aerial tenants they demand no soilStaghorn, a master of light, free from earthly toil. The double frond architectures on a single stemOne brown and round, a well-built shielding hemThat builds a bowl to catch the forest’s wasteWhile velvet […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 25, 2026June 25, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Estranged Tides Two streams born of distinct snowsEach bound to where the horizon goesTwo meet divided shores, a fate unkindLeaving the dearest dream to fall behind. Though miles apart and poles awayThe unuttered fondness chooses to stayFor love turns out an unhealing woundTo silent corridors and empty days bound. Yet tenderly through the lifetime’s sighBeneath the very […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 24, 2026June 24, 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