Blog A Visit to Alma Mater for Alumni Meet 2025 Revisiting the past always carries a mixed baggage and emotions for the most people and I do not wish to claim being a different person. As an alma mater of the University of Lucknow, India, I carry umpteen moments and sweet and sour memories of joy and sorrow during those formative years. I had joined […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 30, 2025February 19, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article A Keen Naturalist’s Dreamy Spring Garden Dr Sarala Waghray, originally a fisheries biologist and educator for long in India during her prime age, is an accomplished naturalist with immense zeal, commitment and dedication towards the ornamental plants and flowers. A naturalist, to my mind, is a person with immense zeal and commitment for the plant and animal life, and who spends […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 24, 2025July 9, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article Dhuandhar Falls Oozing Out A Divine Mist Editor’s Delight The beauty and grandeur of the marble rocks on the banks of Narmada River at Bhedaghat, Jabalpur in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India was earlier explored by me in a photoblog a few years ago. Bhedaghat is a small town in Jabalpur, which continues to be third largest city, a historical place, […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 23, 2025November 25, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article Adventure Safari to Kanha National Park Editor’s Delight The mystique of forests and wildlife has always fascinated me during life. Years ago, I had spectacular opportunity to be close to the nature and explore these fascinations during my near two years stint at Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, where I served as the Controller of Defence Accounts with main office there and almost […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 22, 2025November 25, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article Visiting Mahakumbh at Prayagraj The recently concluded Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, India has not only been the largest sacred pilgrimage of the Hindus of the cultural and religious nature so far but also it set out multiple Guinness World Records, which include the events like the largest simultaneous river clean-up, the most volunteers in a single-site cleanliness drive, […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh March 11, 2025March 11, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article Winter Dahlia From Author’s Garden Friends and acquaintances are also aware about this author’s love and fascination for flowers, and more particularly the Dahlia flowers. While in the government service for the long years, he had ample opportunity and ideal conditions to grow a variety of Dahlia flowering plants along with other flowers year after year in his very often […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh February 9, 2024March 24, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Uncategorized Garden Images of An Avid Plant Lover With the rising awareness globally about the need of preserving and enriching the environment including the plant and animal life, one would find many enthusiastic people working these days with a genuine concern and care about these aspects. Dr Sarala Waghray is one such accomplished person who has immense zeal, commitment and dedication towards maintaining […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 5, 2022November 18, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Uncategorized The Pride of Garhwal Region Recently, I had opportunity to visit the Tehri Dam and Hydro Power Plant on the Bhagirathi River at Tehri in the State of Uttarakhand, India. From Delhi, the route to Tehri is via Haridwar, one of the holiest places of Hindus, and Rishikesh, one of the most sought after destinations for people seeking spirituality and […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 28, 2020October 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Uncategorized Rendezvous with Marble Rocks Jabalpur is the third largest city of Madhya Pradesh state in India. Historically, it was the centre of the Kalchuri and Gond dynasties. Ever since British time, it is an important military station in the Central India and a seat of four important ordnance factories. Now Jabalpur is also on the international tourist map on […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 28, 2020October 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article Winter Dahlia at Lucknow I have reasons for physical and emotional attachment with Lucknow having many sweet and sour memories. Apart from the entire higher education at the University of Lucknow, I also had opportunity to serve at Lucknow in government service at fairly senior levels. We had a keen interest and liking for gardening with a variety of […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 28, 2020July 5, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Echo Chamber Clown With a lacklustre spirit and hollow of mindA grander delusion is all you will findThe master of bias and completely skewedHe dwells with a reactionary rage in his headEgocentric to the core with a bitter tongueAt the drop of a hat, his insults are flung! Unsolicited words, he screams at the breezeIn his wisdom, it […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 1, 2026August 2, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Portuguese Man o’ War Neither reckon it by a single formNor seek one rhyme in a single partInstead, a choir of countless livesUnited to work for a common quest. It doesn’t have a recognizableHeart, brain, lungs, shell or bonesYet together they become a whole –Like many minds that keep one alive. One part spreads feast beneath the seaThe other […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 1, 2026August 1, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Rafflesia’s Parable No garden soil or forest floor holds its placeAs it rests inside a tree trunk’s quiet spaceIt has no wings to fly across the sky so blueYet it appears to world totally fresh and new. No living roots or green leaves one will findFar from the crowd, it hides away from mindOn the fallen wood […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh July 30, 2026August 1, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Touch-me-not Even a gentle touch triggers instant joltAnd my swelling bases empty forthrightThe closing leaflets shield against the foeA shrewd defence within a silent show. Folks may call me timid, or call me shyFor I fold instantly when fingers draw nighMany would say that I fear the worldA logic why tender leaves in silence curled. It’s […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh July 28, 2026July 28, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Sentinels of the Savanna The giraffe is a fascinating creature to seeOne of the most wondrous that ever could beWith seven neck bones just like you and meIt can lift head upto twenty feet high and free. Inside the chest, a massive heart is foundWhich might weigh full twenty-five poundThen it has special valves inside efficient brainTo […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh July 27, 2026July 27, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Echo Chamber Clown With a lacklustre spirit and hollow of mindA grander delusion is all you will findThe master of bias and completely skewedHe dwells with a reactionary rage in his headEgocentric to the core with a bitter tongueAt the drop of a hat, his insults are flung! Unsolicited words, he screams at the breezeIn his wisdom, it […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 1, 2026August 2, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Portuguese Man o’ War Neither reckon it by a single formNor seek one rhyme in a single partInstead, a choir of countless livesUnited to work for a common quest. It doesn’t have a recognizableHeart, brain, lungs, shell or bonesYet together they become a whole –Like many minds that keep one alive. One part spreads feast beneath the seaThe other […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 1, 2026August 1, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Rafflesia’s Parable No garden soil or forest floor holds its placeAs it rests inside a tree trunk’s quiet spaceIt has no wings to fly across the sky so blueYet it appears to world totally fresh and new. No living roots or green leaves one will findFar from the crowd, it hides away from mindOn the fallen wood […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh July 30, 2026August 1, 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