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ਸੋ ਦਰੁ | So Dar
ਸੋਹਿਲਾ | Sohilaa
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ | Raag Siree-Raag
Gurbani (14-53)
Ashtpadiyan (53-71)
Gurbani (71-74)
Pahre (74-78)
Chhant (78-81)
Vanjara (81-82)
Vaar Siri Raag (83-91)
Bhagat Bani (91-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਝ | Raag Maajh
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)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ | Raag Gauree
Gurbani (151-185)
Quartets/Couplets (185-220)
Ashtpadiyan (220-234)
Karhalei (234-235)
Ashtpadiyan (235-242)
Chhant (242-249)
Baavan Akhari (250-262)
Sukhmani (262-296)
Thittee (296-300)
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Gurbani (323-330)
Ashtpadiyan (330-340)
Baavan Akhari (340-343)
Thintteen (343-344)
Vaar Kabir (344-345)
Bhagat Bani (345-346)
ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
Panchpadde (364-365)
Kaafee (365-409)
Aasaavaree (409-411)
Ashtpadiyan (411-432)
Patee (432-435)
Chhant (435-462)
Vaar Aasaa (462-475)
Bhagat Bani (475-488)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੂਜਰੀ | Raag Goojaree
Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
Vaar Gujari (508-517)
Vaar Gujari (517-526)
ਰਾਗੁ ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀ | Raag Dayv-Gandhaaree
Gurbani (527-536)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਹਾਗੜਾ | Raag Bihaagraa
Gurbani (537-556)
Chhant (538-548)
Vaar Bihaagraa (548-556)
ਰਾਗੁ ਵਡਹੰਸ | Raag Wadhans
Gurbani (557-564)
Ashtpadiyan (564-565)
Chhant (565-575)
Ghoriaan (575-578)
Alaahaniiaa (578-582)
Vaar Wadhans (582-594)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੋਰਠਿ | Raag Sorath
Gurbani (595-634)
Asatpadhiya (634-642)
Vaar Sorath (642-659)
ਰਾਗੁ ਧਨਾਸਰੀ | Raag Dhanasaree
Gurbani (660-685)
Astpadhiya (685-687)
Chhant (687-691)
Bhagat Bani (691-695)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਤਸਰੀ | Raag Jaitsree
Gurbani (696-703)
Chhant (703-705)
Vaar Jaitsaree (705-710)
Bhagat Bani (710)
ਰਾਗੁ ਟੋਡੀ | Raag Todee
ਰਾਗੁ ਬੈਰਾੜੀ | Raag Bairaaree
ਰਾਗੁ ਤਿਲੰਗ | Raag Tilang
Gurbani (721-727)
Bhagat Bani (727)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੂਹੀ | Raag Suhi
Gurbani (728-750)
Ashtpadiyan (750-761)
Kaafee (761-762)
Suchajee (762)
Gunvantee (763)
Chhant (763-785)
Vaar Soohee (785-792)
Bhagat Bani (792-794)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ | Raag Bilaaval
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)
Ashtpadiyan (869)
Bhagat Bani (870-875)
ਰਾਗੁ ਰਾਮਕਲੀ | Raag Ramkalee
Ashtpadiyan (902-916)
Gurbani (876-902)
Anand (917-922)
Sadd (923-924)
Chhant (924-929)
Dakhnee (929-938)
Sidh Gosat (938-946)
Vaar Ramkalee (947-968)
ਰਾਗੁ ਨਟ ਨਾਰਾਇਨ | Raag Nat Narayan
Gurbani (975-980)
Ashtpadiyan (980-983)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਲੀ ਗਉੜਾ | Raag Maalee Gauraa
Gurbani (984-988)
Bhagat Bani (988)
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)
Chhant (1110-1117)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕੇਦਾਰਾ | Raag Kedara
Gurbani (1118-1123)
Bhagat Bani (1123-1124)
ਰਾਗੁ ਭੈਰਉ | Raag Bhairo
Gurbani (1125-1152)
Partaal (1153)
Ashtpadiyan (1153-1167)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਸੰਤੁ | Raag Basant
Gurbani (1168-1187)
Ashtpadiyan (1187-1193)
Vaar Basant (1193-1196)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਾਰਗ | Raag Saarag
Gurbani (1197-1200)
Partaal (1200-1231)
Ashtpadiyan (1232-1236)
Chhant (1236-1237)
Vaar Saarang (1237-1253)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਲਾਰ | Raag Malaar
Gurbani (1254-1293)
Partaal (1265-1273)
Ashtpadiyan (1273-1278)
Chhant (1278)
Vaar Malaar (1278-91)
Bhagat Bani (1292-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਾਨੜਾ | Raag Kaanraa
Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
Chhant (1312)
Vaar Kaanraa
Bhagat Bani (1318)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਲਿਆਨ | Raag Kalyaan
Gurbani (1319-23)
Ashtpadiyan (1323-26)
ਰਾਗੁ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਤੀ | Raag Prabhaatee
Gurbani (1327-1341)
Ashtpadiyan (1342-51)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਜਾਵੰਤੀ | Raag Jaijaiwanti
Gurbani (1352-53)
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Sehskritee Mahala 1
Sehskritee Mahala 5
Gaathaa Mahala 5
Phunhay Mahala 5
Chaubolae Mahala 5
Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
Shaloks Sheikh Farid
Swaiyyae Mahala 5
Swaiyyae in Praise of Gurus
Shaloks in Addition To Vaars
Shalok Ninth Mehl
Mundavanee Mehl 5
ਰਾਗ ਮਾਲਾ, Raag Maalaa
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3-man Indian Olympic Team Gets Donated Uniforms
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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 120412" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><span style="color: navy">source:</span> <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/02/11/bc-indian-olympic-team-vancouver.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #890b00">http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/02/11/bc-indian-olympic-team-vancouver.html</span></a></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-size: 15px">3-man Indian Olympic team gets donated uniforms</span> </span></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">By CBC News - Thursday, February 11, 2010</span></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-size: 10px">Metro Vancouver's Indo-Canadian community is rallying together to provide funding and uniforms to the three-man Indian Winter Olympic team.</span> </span></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Metro Vancouver's Indo-Canadian community is rallying together to provide funding and uniforms to the three-man Indian Winter Olympic team.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Longtime South Asian broadcaster Shushma Datt heard about the team's financial woes and organized a fundraiser in Surrey, east of Vancouver, on Wednesday night. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">"I guess these are sports that people don't pay much attention to and it's just from a small part of India. When we were told they needed help, we decided that we would," said Datt. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">When T.J. Johal, the owner of Sports Unlimited in Surrey, heard that the team had no uniforms for the opening ceremonies he was shocked. </span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: red"><strong>'They're from India, the land of clothing, and they have no clothes to wear.'</strong><em>? T.J. Johal, owner of Sports Unlimited</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p><span style="color: navy">"My first reaction was, you're kidding me. They're from India, the land of clothing, and they have no clothes to wear, but that's just how it is in Third World countries," he said. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Johal decided to donate the uniforms himself, because he felt it was important for the athletes to fit in and feel like champions. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Getting India's flag embroidered onto the clothes in time for the opening ceremonies on Friday is going to be tight, he said. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">"For some of the U.S. teams, money is not an object. And even our Canadian contingency's got some really nice gear. It shows some pride and self-esteem. These guys don't have anything, and they're performing on confidence levels," he said. </span></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="color: navy">Athletes grateful for all help</span></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Three-time Olympian Indian luger Shiva Keshavan told the gathering he was grateful for the support. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">"The Olympics is where we are showing our country's pride to the world so we need to have a good uniform," he said. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">"We don't have a luge track. We don't have real world-class ski slopes with lifts and things like that. But I am sure we are part of a generation which has had to do things the hard way," he said. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Keshavan is no stranger to hardships and charitable help. He was recently given money by a group of lawyers in India to get a new luge sled, after they heard his old one held together by duct tape and screws had fallen apart. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">"I've got lots of interest and a lot of help from unexpected quarters like these lawyers. You know when they heard about this news, I didn't know them or anything, they immediately pitched in this money and they said, 'You go get yourself a new sled immediately,'" he said. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">After more than a decade of competing, Keshavan said he received his first funding from the Indian government last year, amounting to $20,000 US. </span></p><p><span style="color: navy">"It means a lot to an athlete because so far we don't participate for money or for any kind of fame or anything you know. But to have the support of the people and to feel that we're actually representing that means a lot," he said. </span></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://license.icopyright.net/user/external.act?publisher_id=1384" target="_blank"><span style="color: navy">Canadian Broadcasting Corporation</span></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 120412, member: 884"] [COLOR=navy]source:[/COLOR] [URL="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/02/11/bc-indian-olympic-team-vancouver.html"][COLOR=#890b00]http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/02/11/bc-indian-olympic-team-vancouver.html[/COLOR][/URL] [B][COLOR=navy][SIZE=4]3-man Indian Olympic team gets donated uniforms[/SIZE] [/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=navy]By CBC News - Thursday, February 11, 2010[/COLOR] [B][COLOR=navy][SIZE=2]Metro Vancouver's Indo-Canadian community is rallying together to provide funding and uniforms to the three-man Indian Winter Olympic team.[/SIZE] [/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=navy]Metro Vancouver's Indo-Canadian community is rallying together to provide funding and uniforms to the three-man Indian Winter Olympic team.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Longtime South Asian broadcaster Shushma Datt heard about the team's financial woes and organized a fundraiser in Surrey, east of Vancouver, on Wednesday night. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]"I guess these are sports that people don't pay much attention to and it's just from a small part of India. When we were told they needed help, we decided that we would," said Datt. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]When T.J. Johal, the owner of Sports Unlimited in Surrey, heard that the team had no uniforms for the opening ceremonies he was shocked. [/COLOR] [INDENT][COLOR=red][B]'They're from India, the land of clothing, and they have no clothes to wear.'[/B][I]? T.J. Johal, owner of Sports Unlimited[/I][/COLOR] [/INDENT][COLOR=navy]"My first reaction was, you're kidding me. They're from India, the land of clothing, and they have no clothes to wear, but that's just how it is in Third World countries," he said. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Johal decided to donate the uniforms himself, because he felt it was important for the athletes to fit in and feel like champions. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Getting India's flag embroidered onto the clothes in time for the opening ceremonies on Friday is going to be tight, he said. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]"For some of the U.S. teams, money is not an object. And even our Canadian contingency's got some really nice gear. It shows some pride and self-esteem. These guys don't have anything, and they're performing on confidence levels," he said. [/COLOR] [B][COLOR=navy]Athletes grateful for all help[/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=navy]Three-time Olympian Indian luger Shiva Keshavan told the gathering he was grateful for the support. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]"The Olympics is where we are showing our country's pride to the world so we need to have a good uniform," he said. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]"We don't have a luge track. We don't have real world-class ski slopes with lifts and things like that. But I am sure we are part of a generation which has had to do things the hard way," he said. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Keshavan is no stranger to hardships and charitable help. He was recently given money by a group of lawyers in India to get a new luge sled, after they heard his old one held together by duct tape and screws had fallen apart. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]"I've got lots of interest and a lot of help from unexpected quarters like these lawyers. You know when they heard about this news, I didn't know them or anything, they immediately pitched in this money and they said, 'You go get yourself a new sled immediately,'" he said. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]After more than a decade of competing, Keshavan said he received his first funding from the Indian government last year, amounting to $20,000 US. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]"It means a lot to an athlete because so far we don't participate for money or for any kind of fame or anything you know. But to have the support of the people and to feel that we're actually representing that means a lot," he said. [/COLOR] [URL="http://license.icopyright.net/user/external.act?publisher_id=1384"][COLOR=navy]Canadian Broadcasting Corporation[/COLOR][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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