Poem Rajnigandha Impact It’s been eons, I am not shy to concedeAt the very first sight I had been smittenWith your magnetic persona and charm…My life was then lackadaisical and naïve. But I was mostly insentient and unawareOf Ranigandha impact of your memoriesWhich, after departure, you left behind asIndelible marks, driving me for rest of life. This realization […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 17, 2024November 17, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem All But in Dreams Aspired at the prime youthTo ride on the Sun’s chariotTraversing across the universeFlying above the seventh heavens. Aspired at the prime youthTo ride on the ocean’s tidesSailing through impassable watersTraversing across the seven oceans. Aspired at the prime youthTo rise and reach sky highScaling past the highest mountainDuring one of the adventurous trips. But it […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh February 8, 2023August 1, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Healer He couldn’t imagineA life without herYet survived a lifespanTo live without her. He often remembers herWith a sad and heavy heartThen with a wry smileMoves ahead on chosen path. For he has learnt the truthHowever big may be the lossTime is the greatest healerIt leaves behind only scars. 20,707 total views, 27 views today Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 31, 2020October 7, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Twilight Tale Yesterday I saw you in my courtyardWith your eternal beauty and graceYou were gleaming in a fairy attireWith angelic smile and aura on face. As ever anxious and desperate meIn my temptation to close with youI moved forward but in a momentMy hands and feet went coldAn ice sheet formed between usA fog thickened like […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 23, 2020October 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Time When I look back in timeThrough hope and despair,Achievement and failuresOnly one narrative emerges… One should try to live lifeTo its fullest extentThrough every single momentBefore it lapses into the past… Whether dreary or cheerfulTime never comes backInstead its memoriesReturn back to haunt. 20,376 total views, 15 views today Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 23, 2020October 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Scrapbook Editor’s Choice In the recent pastIn a visit to the home townNostalgic about the reminiscent pastI unearthed a hidden treasureThe Scrapbook of an innocent boyAn idealist & emotional teenage dreamerThe book a sole witness, andAn old repository of his adolescent past. Some forgotten memoriesAnd some unmaterialized dreamsReminders of the yesteryears’ eventsAs if it all happened […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 22, 2020March 31, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Roses As early picks in lifeWhile still a young teenagerFrom my ancestral rose gardenTwo beautiful roses I pickedWhich remained undeliveredOne was yellow and the other redOne was for my best friendThe other for someone I lovedDestiny had different plans, however. A lifetime has passed ever sinceWhenever my scrapbook I openTo peek into my reminiscencesI find those […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 22, 2020October 8, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Return Me Back While drifting apart in lifeYou did some burglary actIn the broad daylightAnd took away discreetlyThe purest and virgin valuablesMy breaths, colours and dreamsLeaving behind a desolate meOnly in white and black… Sort of deep and sublimeFeelings and considerationI always nurture for youWhile suffered in silenceQuietly accepting my lossWithout a crib or complaintTo make it sure, […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 22, 2020October 8, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem 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 December 22, 2020October 8, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Lost Now I am in all smilesFor no apparent reasonNow I am in the bluesFor no apparent cause To unravel the mysteryOf this sweet and sourI analyze only to findI was lost in your thoughts. 21,011 total views, 26 views today Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 21, 2020October 8, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Twilight Saga After a slew of months and daysI got your glimpse in familiar waysA gorgeous attire in pink and blueWith divine aura, an enticing smile. As ever charming, chirpy and livelyYou kept teasing in umpteen waysWavered for long and turned awayTo vanish into oblivion, eventually. Perplexed me got up only to realizeIt was not real but […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 5, 2024November 7, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Who is Liable for India-Canada Diplomatic Downturn? The ongoing India-Canada diplomatic row following the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, an erstwhile plumber, pro-Khalistani Sikh leader in British Columbia, Canada, and a designated terrorist by the Government of India for multiple terror and criminal activities, is a brilliant example how the short-sightedness, improvidence and myopic vision and action of an egoist political dispensation […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 4, 2024November 5, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Ishan In pretty little mouthYou don’t have teethI was in wondermentIshan, how do you eat? Your old great-grandpaIn-a-bowl, he kept teethI was in bewildermentAs to how did he eat? But now I realize… An old man and infantSail in the same boatBoth live without teethYet very well, they eat. Truly, in a cosmic cycleNature takes care […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 1, 2024November 1, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Divine Diwali Editor’s Choice It’s a season of the divine festival of lightsAuspicious Diwali with joy and happinessFor ordinary folks, it’s just a magic of lightsBut for Hindu masses, a “Festival of Lights”Worshipping auspicious deities with delightFor connoisseurs, it’s beautiful and bright. Diwali season is indeed a wonderful timeTo join hands with the family and friendsMutually, to […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 30, 2024October 30, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
कुछ रिश्ते.. सुख-चैन की परवाह किये बिनाएक लम्बा जीवन खपा दिया मैनेंकुछ रिश्तों को निबाहते रहने मेंबनाए रखकर, सजाने-संवारने में. कभी-कभी तो मुझे ऐसा भी लगा हैमानों एक लम्बी और काली सुरंग हैबिना रुके अनवरत दौड़ता रहा हूँ मैंजीवन की इस अंधी व निर्मम दौड़ में. किंतु आज जब मुड़कर देखता हूँतो मात्र एक अहसास भर होता […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 29, 2024October 29, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Twilight Saga After a slew of months and daysI got your glimpse in familiar waysA gorgeous attire in pink and blueWith divine aura, an enticing smile. As ever charming, chirpy and livelyYou kept teasing in umpteen waysWavered for long and turned awayTo vanish into oblivion, eventually. Perplexed me got up only to realizeIt was not real but […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 5, 2024November 7, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Who is Liable for India-Canada Diplomatic Downturn? The ongoing India-Canada diplomatic row following the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, an erstwhile plumber, pro-Khalistani Sikh leader in British Columbia, Canada, and a designated terrorist by the Government of India for multiple terror and criminal activities, is a brilliant example how the short-sightedness, improvidence and myopic vision and action of an egoist political dispensation […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 4, 2024November 5, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Ishan In pretty little mouthYou don’t have teethI was in wondermentIshan, how do you eat? Your old great-grandpaIn-a-bowl, he kept teethI was in bewildermentAs to how did he eat? But now I realize… An old man and infantSail in the same boatBoth live without teethYet very well, they eat. Truly, in a cosmic cycleNature takes care […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 1, 2024November 1, 2024 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
Greed For Power Among all temptations in life of a man, perhaps the greed for power is the strongest one. The obvious reasons appear to be that when one is empowered, all other luxuries and antiquities of life automatically fall in line. Hence it is not surprising that people craving for the power adopt and exploit all overt […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 7, 2020September 26, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
A Fairy Tale Like a fairy descended from the paradiseShe was beautiful no less than Snow WhiteLike an angel she was generous and kindThe flowers bloomed whenever she smiled. She was standing my way with open armsAnd I knew well this was real not a dreamYet kept struggling to overcome my inertiaAnd in the process I rendered her […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 21, 2020March 13, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked