Poem Transgender Abandoned and ignoredBy the society since agesThey live a miserable life –Let’s pay some attention… They too have aspirationsThey too feel joy and painHave every right to liveWith dignity and recognition. 39,515 total views Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 23, 2020October 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem They vs Us It is their freedom of speechWhen they clamour and abuseWhen we retaliate and returnIt’s parochialism and retribution They attack and raise slogansFor they are peaceful civiliansWhen we get even in self-defenceIt’s intolerance and provocation When we repose our faith in religionIt makes us communal and partisanBut their assembly for it in the openIs freedom enshrined […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 23, 2020October 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Social activism Global social awakeningOver the recent decadesHas churned out organizationsAnd individual human rights activistsGamut extending to almostEvery sphere of the human activityTransforming human societyAs rights conscious. Instead I contemplate and wish forAn organization or individualEarnestly professing or engaged inThe human duties activismWhich could transform humansAs duties conscious. For a rights-conscious personLooks for the needs of his […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 23, 2020October 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Road Rage In a yet another road rage in cityA minor trifle turns into a brawlTwo vehicles get brushed asideIncident fumes occupants insideA person gets attacked with a batAnd he dies instantly on the spot. Such recurring incidents raise doubtsWhether attackers are humans or fiendsThe victim was maintaining a cabThe only source of his livelihoodAnd he had […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 22, 2020October 8, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Lambs Are Crying Social security and protectionOf women, children and elderly personsRemain the real issue and challengeIn the healthy development and growthOf the emerging Indian democratic nationThat the law makers,The law enforcing agencies,NGOs and the common citizensHave to face and effectively deal withIn the ensuing days and years to come… The heinous crime committedBy the subhuman monstersA fortnight […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 20, 2020October 8, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Juvenile Crime There is indeedA sudden spurt inJuvenile crimesMolestation, rapeKidnappingAnd abductionOf young womenAnd even childrenIn recent times… What are the reasons?Mere aggressionImpulsive disordersPeer pressuresDisturbed environmentFragmented familiesInternet invasionLavish lifestylesOr uncontrolled freedomFrom respective parents… Need of the hour –Law makersEnforcement agenciesSociety, think-tankersAnd common manMust seriouslyPonder and debateTo seek remediesBefore it’s too late! 38,642 total views Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 20, 2020October 8, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Images ImagesNever speakNever communicateAnd never write backForThey haveFrozen smilesFrozen emotionsAnd frozen loveOr affection… YetSome sane peopleSo becomeA virtual recluseAs to chase an imageOr a shadowLifelongLike an insane. Has someone everUnraveled or solved…This mystiqueOr riddle? 39,586 total views, 2 views today Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 18, 2020October 8, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Generation Gap Otherwise sober and courteousDuring the last six daysOf my stay in MoscowMy Russian ChauffeurWas late by half an hourVisibly upset and troubledOn inquiry he explainedThe cause for his delayAnd inconsistent behaviorWas his fourteen year old daughterWho contrary to his advice and reprimandWas insistent and defied to go outAnd stay late night partyingWith other adolescents of […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 17, 2020October 8, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Freedom of Expression Every citizen has rightTo freedom of expressionIt should not be curtailedOr denied to any citizenBy a person, organization or state. But a citizen too must realizeThat the freedom comesNot without self-disciplineNot without responsibilityAnd responsibilities are lawfulAs also ethical and moral. While speaking or writingWe should bear in mindAnd must take careWe are not hurtingOr violating […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 17, 2020October 7, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Changeover Till about a generation backLove was timid and shyScared of social barricadesSeldom would have courageAnd stand firm in societyTo face acid tests. With the changing timesNow love is gettingBolder and strongerYouth are moving forwardTo stand united togetherTo scale and cross overThe age old often rottenBeliefs and boundaries ofCast, creed, religion and race. A good sign […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 16, 2020October 7, 2021 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
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