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Gurbani (14-53)
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Pahre (74-78)
Chhant (78-81)
Vanjara (81-82)
Vaar Siri Raag (83-91)
Bhagat Bani (91-93)
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Gurbani (94-109)
Ashtpadi (109)
Ashtpadiyan (110-129)
Ashtpadi (129-130)
Ashtpadiyan (130-133)
Bara Maha (133-136)
Din Raen (136-137)
Vaar Maajh Ki (137-150)
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Gurbani (151-185)
Quartets/Couplets (185-220)
Ashtpadiyan (220-234)
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Gurbani (347-348)
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Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
Vaar Gujari (508-517)
Vaar Gujari (517-526)
ਰਾਗੁ ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀ | Raag Dayv-Gandhaaree
Gurbani (527-536)
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Gurbani (537-556)
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Gurbani (557-564)
Ashtpadiyan (564-565)
Chhant (565-575)
Ghoriaan (575-578)
Alaahaniiaa (578-582)
Vaar Wadhans (582-594)
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Gurbani (595-634)
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Gurbani (660-685)
Astpadhiya (685-687)
Chhant (687-691)
Bhagat Bani (691-695)
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Gurbani (696-703)
Chhant (703-705)
Vaar Jaitsaree (705-710)
Bhagat Bani (710)
ਰਾਗੁ ਟੋਡੀ | Raag Todee
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Gurbani (721-727)
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Gurbani (728-750)
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Kaafee (761-762)
Suchajee (762)
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Chhant (763-785)
Vaar Soohee (785-792)
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Gurbani (795-831)
Ashtpadiyan (831-838)
Thitteen (838-840)
Vaar Sat (841-843)
Chhant (843-848)
Vaar Bilaaval (849-855)
Bhagat Bani (855-858)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੋਂਡ | Raag Gond
Gurbani (859-869)
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Gurbani (984-988)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਰੂ | Raag Maaroo
Gurbani (889-1008)
Ashtpadiyan (1008-1014)
Kaafee (1014-1016)
Ashtpadiyan (1016-1019)
Anjulian (1019-1020)
Solhe (1020-1033)
Dakhni (1033-1043)
ਰਾਗੁ ਤੁਖਾਰੀ | Raag Tukhaari
Bara Maha (1107-1110)
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Gurbani (1118-1123)
Bhagat Bani (1123-1124)
ਰਾਗੁ ਭੈਰਉ | Raag Bhairo
Gurbani (1125-1152)
Partaal (1153)
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Gurbani (1197-1200)
Partaal (1200-1231)
Ashtpadiyan (1232-1236)
Chhant (1236-1237)
Vaar Saarang (1237-1253)
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Gurbani (1254-1293)
Partaal (1265-1273)
Ashtpadiyan (1273-1278)
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Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
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<blockquote data-quote="Admin" data-source="post: 114445" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Aftermath of Indira Gandhi’s Assassination</span></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Rajiv Gandhi's speech</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>Rajiv Gandhi, Indira Gandhi’s son and heir apparent who had been elected Prime Minister earlier that day, following the death of his mother, appeared on Doodarshan, India’s government run television channel, to address the 800 million people whose prime minister he had so suddenly become. He said,</p><p>“ Indira Gandhi, India’s prime minister, has been assassinated. She was mother not only to me but to the whole nation. She served the Indian people to the last drop of her blood. The country knows with what tireless dedication she toiled for the development of India.</p><p></p><p>You all know how dear to her heart was the dream of a united, peaceful and prosperous India. An India in which all Indians, irrespective of their religion, language or political persuasion, live together as one big family in an atmosphere free from mutual rivalries and prejudices</p><p></p><p>Nothing would hurt the soul of our beloved Indira Gandhi more than the occurrence of violence in any part of the country. It is of primes importance at this moment that every step we take is in the correct direction.”</p><p></p><p>Rajiv Gandhi had been sworn in as Prime minister by Zail Singh, the then president of the country. Zail Singh had initially served as Chief Minister of Punjab. In that time he had been Mrs. Gandhi’s emissary to Sikh leaders who agitated for greater autonomy in the state. His speech, in retrospect seems to hold a warning-a warning that the people of India did not heed. For, as the politicians made lofty speeches and the people of India grieved her passing, in the streets of Delhi there was carnage as India was plunged into a massacre such as had not been seen since the partition of the country in 1947.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Riots</strong></p><p></p><p>Indira Gandhi was taken to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi. By four o’clock that afternoon, a large crowd had gathered in front of the Institute’s main entrance.</p><p></p><p>Dev Dutt, a Delhi journalist said of that afternoon, “There were slogans mostly in praise of Mrs. Gandhi, and a few slogans threatening revenge. But there was no tension. There were a number of Sikhs in the crowd. Their faces showed no fear or apprehension. We talked to some of them in order to gauge their state of mind. The Sikhs seemed to be supremely confident about the goodwill of their Hindu brethren. It seems they nursed no suspicions against the Hindus. They did not show any traces of nervousness of any kind. The non-Sikhs in the crowd did not even seem to notice the presence of Sikhs and took their presence as normal.</p><p></p><p>While this crowd waited patiently, the flow of traffic and the normal business around the nearby kiosks continued. I was standing near the street crossing in front of the institute when thirty or forty young men emerged out of the crowd and formed a neat column, three or four men deep and ran towards the crossing near a traffic island. They caught hold of a scooter that was parked on the other side and set it on fire. Then these young men moved toward some nearby buses that had been slowing down on account of the fire. They began to pull Sikhs out of buses. They started to pull off their turbans and beat them relentlessly. I saw five turbans burning in a row on the road.</p><p></p><p>There were no policemen in the area. The group had a free hand. After about twenty minutes, a group of khaki clad men arrived and began to chase away the miscreants. It is difficult to explain the sudden eruption of violence in the institute area that afternoon. But the question is: Who were these people who came out of the crowd and went on a rampage.”</p><p></p><p>Communal riots flared through the nation’s capital. Mobs of young men on motor cycles burned, raped and pillaged the predominately Sikh areas of the city. Shops run by Sikhs were burned to the ground. Stories have been told about how the police drove through the areas inflicted by the riots and either did nothing or egged the protestors on. It is widely acknowledged that the rioters seemed to be secure in the knowledge that they would be protected. A senior police official hypothesized that there had to be strong leadership from well-known congress leaders and these random attacks were probably better planned than it appeared-how else would these youths know which of the stores to attack? Especially since all the signs were in Hindi and English and there was no real way to determine the difference between a store run by a Sikh and a store run by anyone else.</p><p></p><p>The Sikh community has always very visible because the men and women are not meant to cut their hair. Sikh men have long hair that they wear under a turban, they also are not meant to shave their facial hair. At the time of these riots Sikh men were seen cutting their hair, discarding their turbans and shaving their beards as a way to escape recognition. Little Sikh boys with long hair were dressed in girls’ clothes and passed off as girls because this was the only way they could be saved.</p><p></p><p>For days the carnage continued. Gurudwaras all over the city were attacked. Not even the old and feeble were spared. The attackers swore that all women would be spared-but in reality, what were they really spared from? They were perhaps spared the physical anguish of the torture, but not the mental agony of losing their loved ones, their livelihood and their homes for something that was no fault of their own.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 114445, member: 1"] [B][SIZE=4]Aftermath of Indira Gandhi’s Assassination[/SIZE][/B] [B] Rajiv Gandhi's speech [/B] Rajiv Gandhi, Indira Gandhi’s son and heir apparent who had been elected Prime Minister earlier that day, following the death of his mother, appeared on Doodarshan, India’s government run television channel, to address the 800 million people whose prime minister he had so suddenly become. He said, “ Indira Gandhi, India’s prime minister, has been assassinated. She was mother not only to me but to the whole nation. She served the Indian people to the last drop of her blood. The country knows with what tireless dedication she toiled for the development of India. You all know how dear to her heart was the dream of a united, peaceful and prosperous India. An India in which all Indians, irrespective of their religion, language or political persuasion, live together as one big family in an atmosphere free from mutual rivalries and prejudices Nothing would hurt the soul of our beloved Indira Gandhi more than the occurrence of violence in any part of the country. It is of primes importance at this moment that every step we take is in the correct direction.” Rajiv Gandhi had been sworn in as Prime minister by Zail Singh, the then president of the country. Zail Singh had initially served as Chief Minister of Punjab. In that time he had been Mrs. Gandhi’s emissary to Sikh leaders who agitated for greater autonomy in the state. His speech, in retrospect seems to hold a warning-a warning that the people of India did not heed. For, as the politicians made lofty speeches and the people of India grieved her passing, in the streets of Delhi there was carnage as India was plunged into a massacre such as had not been seen since the partition of the country in 1947. [B] Riots[/B] Indira Gandhi was taken to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi. By four o’clock that afternoon, a large crowd had gathered in front of the Institute’s main entrance. Dev Dutt, a Delhi journalist said of that afternoon, “There were slogans mostly in praise of Mrs. Gandhi, and a few slogans threatening revenge. But there was no tension. There were a number of Sikhs in the crowd. Their faces showed no fear or apprehension. We talked to some of them in order to gauge their state of mind. The Sikhs seemed to be supremely confident about the goodwill of their Hindu brethren. It seems they nursed no suspicions against the Hindus. They did not show any traces of nervousness of any kind. The non-Sikhs in the crowd did not even seem to notice the presence of Sikhs and took their presence as normal. While this crowd waited patiently, the flow of traffic and the normal business around the nearby kiosks continued. I was standing near the street crossing in front of the institute when thirty or forty young men emerged out of the crowd and formed a neat column, three or four men deep and ran towards the crossing near a traffic island. They caught hold of a scooter that was parked on the other side and set it on fire. Then these young men moved toward some nearby buses that had been slowing down on account of the fire. They began to pull Sikhs out of buses. They started to pull off their turbans and beat them relentlessly. I saw five turbans burning in a row on the road. There were no policemen in the area. The group had a free hand. After about twenty minutes, a group of khaki clad men arrived and began to chase away the miscreants. It is difficult to explain the sudden eruption of violence in the institute area that afternoon. But the question is: Who were these people who came out of the crowd and went on a rampage.” Communal riots flared through the nation’s capital. Mobs of young men on motor cycles burned, raped and pillaged the predominately Sikh areas of the city. Shops run by Sikhs were burned to the ground. Stories have been told about how the police drove through the areas inflicted by the riots and either did nothing or egged the protestors on. It is widely acknowledged that the rioters seemed to be secure in the knowledge that they would be protected. A senior police official hypothesized that there had to be strong leadership from well-known congress leaders and these random attacks were probably better planned than it appeared-how else would these youths know which of the stores to attack? Especially since all the signs were in Hindi and English and there was no real way to determine the difference between a store run by a Sikh and a store run by anyone else. The Sikh community has always very visible because the men and women are not meant to cut their hair. Sikh men have long hair that they wear under a turban, they also are not meant to shave their facial hair. At the time of these riots Sikh men were seen cutting their hair, discarding their turbans and shaving their beards as a way to escape recognition. Little Sikh boys with long hair were dressed in girls’ clothes and passed off as girls because this was the only way they could be saved. For days the carnage continued. Gurudwaras all over the city were attacked. Not even the old and feeble were spared. The attackers swore that all women would be spared-but in reality, what were they really spared from? They were perhaps spared the physical anguish of the torture, but not the mental agony of losing their loved ones, their livelihood and their homes for something that was no fault of their own. [/QUOTE]
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