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ਜਪੁ | Jup
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)
Gauree kii Vaar (300-323)
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)
Salok | Gatha | Phunahe | Chaubole | Swayiye
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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<blockquote data-quote="Admin" data-source="post: 106038" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #8f001a">M</span></span></strong>ENTION the 1984 anti-Sikh riots to these women and an air of silence envelopes them. They live in isolated worlds of poverty and tragedy, but are inextricably joined by one event - their husbands were massacred in that burst of violence 20 years ago.</p><p></p><p>It's a silence that speaks of their tragic tales. They've lived many nightmares since they saw their husbands murdered before them. Eye-witnesses for a moment, victims forever. What has followed is an aching wait for justice and a life of unending struggles. </p><p> "It's been twenty years since the 1984 riots. A lot has been written, but little has been done. Twenty years down the massacre I'm still struggling to meet both ends without my husband, looking after my three children and their families."</p><p></p><p></p><p> <img src="http://info.indiatimes.com/1984/imgs/spacer.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://info.indiatimes.com/1984/imgs/spacer.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://info.indiatimes.com/1984/imgs/spacer.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://info.indiatimes.com/1984/imgs/spacer.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://info.indiatimes.com/1984/imgs/spacer.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://info.indiatimes.com/1984/imgs/spacer.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <p style="text-align: center">[FONT=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif]<span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>[FONT=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif]<span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #656543"><strong>The government apathy towards the widows and their families form only a fraction of their miseries.</strong></span></span>[/FONT]</strong></span>[/FONT]</p><p> <img src="http://info.indiatimes.com/1984/imgs/spacer.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://info.indiatimes.com/1984/imgs/spacer.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://info.indiatimes.com/1984/imgs/spacer.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://info.indiatimes.com/1984/imgs/spacer.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p> <img src="http://info.indiatimes.com/1984/imgs/spacer.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://info.indiatimes.com/1984/imgs/spacer.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> "Politicians would come every once a year, during elections and remind us of the traumatic phase we went through. They make promises, collect their votes and vanish. A new face enters this colony, every year only to be replaced by another face the next year," says Kuldeep Kaur, one of the many widows living in Tilak Vihar. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> Tilak Vihar, known as the 'Widow's Colony', is one of the localities where women took asylum after losing their husbands to the '84 bloodbath. They have been residing here ever since. </p><p> The colony comprises several building blocks, identical with three floors each. There are about 16 to 20 families residing in each block. </p><p> The blocks are interconnected with narrow lanes and by-lanes, uncovered drains on both sides. One continuously waddles while walking in the by-lanes of Tilak Vihar, with a powerful stench one's permanent companion. </p><p> These blocks overlook the Tilak Vihar Police Station and <em>Nishkam</em>, an NGO, which was established in 1984 to help the victims of the riots. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> Kuldeep works in an MCD school as a peon and lives in an accommodation provided by the government in 1984, with her two sons, their wives and children and her daughter. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> Two small rooms and a small kitchen. Fractured floors, dilapidated walls and ceilings, broken electricity switchboards. That is the house they live in. </p><p> Kuldeep's older son drives an autorickshaw while the other is jobless. Her daughter runs a small beauty parlour at home.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 106038, member: 1"] [B][SIZE=5][COLOR=#8f001a]M[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B]ENTION the 1984 anti-Sikh riots to these women and an air of silence envelopes them. They live in isolated worlds of poverty and tragedy, but are inextricably joined by one event - their husbands were massacred in that burst of violence 20 years ago. It's a silence that speaks of their tragic tales. They've lived many nightmares since they saw their husbands murdered before them. Eye-witnesses for a moment, victims forever. What has followed is an aching wait for justice and a life of unending struggles. "It's been twenty years since the 1984 riots. A lot has been written, but little has been done. Twenty years down the massacre I'm still struggling to meet both ends without my husband, looking after my three children and their families." [IMG]http://info.indiatimes.com/1984/imgs/spacer.gif[/IMG] [IMG]http://info.indiatimes.com/1984/imgs/spacer.gif[/IMG] [IMG]http://info.indiatimes.com/1984/imgs/spacer.gif[/IMG] [IMG]http://info.indiatimes.com/1984/imgs/spacer.gif[/IMG] [IMG]http://info.indiatimes.com/1984/imgs/spacer.gif[/IMG] [IMG]http://info.indiatimes.com/1984/imgs/spacer.gif[/IMG] [CENTER][FONT=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif][SIZE=3][COLOR=#656543][B]The government apathy towards the widows and their families form only a fraction of their miseries.[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER] [IMG]http://info.indiatimes.com/1984/imgs/spacer.gif[/IMG] [IMG]http://info.indiatimes.com/1984/imgs/spacer.gif[/IMG] [IMG]http://info.indiatimes.com/1984/imgs/spacer.gif[/IMG] [CENTER][IMG]http://info.indiatimes.com/1984/imgs/spacer.gif[/IMG][/CENTER] [IMG]http://info.indiatimes.com/1984/imgs/spacer.gif[/IMG] [IMG]http://info.indiatimes.com/1984/imgs/spacer.gif[/IMG] "Politicians would come every once a year, during elections and remind us of the traumatic phase we went through. They make promises, collect their votes and vanish. A new face enters this colony, every year only to be replaced by another face the next year," says Kuldeep Kaur, one of the many widows living in Tilak Vihar. Tilak Vihar, known as the 'Widow's Colony', is one of the localities where women took asylum after losing their husbands to the '84 bloodbath. They have been residing here ever since. The colony comprises several building blocks, identical with three floors each. There are about 16 to 20 families residing in each block. The blocks are interconnected with narrow lanes and by-lanes, uncovered drains on both sides. One continuously waddles while walking in the by-lanes of Tilak Vihar, with a powerful stench one's permanent companion. These blocks overlook the Tilak Vihar Police Station and [I]Nishkam[/I], an NGO, which was established in 1984 to help the victims of the riots. Kuldeep works in an MCD school as a peon and lives in an accommodation provided by the government in 1984, with her two sons, their wives and children and her daughter. Two small rooms and a small kitchen. Fractured floors, dilapidated walls and ceilings, broken electricity switchboards. That is the house they live in. Kuldeep's older son drives an autorickshaw while the other is jobless. Her daughter runs a small beauty parlour at home. [/QUOTE]
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