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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)
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)
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Sehskritee Mahala 1
Sehskritee Mahala 5
Gaathaa Mahala 5
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Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
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Swaiyyae in Praise of Gurus
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ਰਾਗ ਮਾਲਾ, Raag Maalaa
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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 124671" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><span style="color: navy">source: </span><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-has-more-mobile-telephones-than-toilets-UN-report/articleshow/5808852.cms" target="_blank"><u><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: navy">http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-has-more-mobile-telephones-than-toilets-UN-report/articleshow/5808852.cms</span></span></u></a></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="color: navy">India has more mobile telephones</span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: navy">than toilets: UN report</span></span></span></strong></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: navy">IANS, Apr 15, 2010, 10.31am IST </span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: navy"><strong>UNITED NATIONS:</strong> More people in India, the world's second most crowded country, have access to a mobile telephone than to a toilet, according to a new UN study on how to cut the number of people with inadequate sanitation. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: navy">"It is a tragic irony to think that in India, a country now wealthy enough that roughly half of the people own phones, about half cannot afford the basic necessity and dignity of a toilet," said Zafar Adeel, Director of United Nations University's Institute for Water, Environment and Health (IWEH). </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: navy">India has some 545 million cell phones, enough to serve about 45% of the population, but only about 366 million people or 31% of the population had access to improved sanitation in 2008. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: navy">The recommendations of United Nations University (UNU) released Wednesday are meant to accelerate the pace towards reaching the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) on halving the proportion of people without access to safe water and basic sanitation. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: navy">If current global trends continue, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) predict there will be a shortfall of 1 billion persons from that sanitation goal by the target date of 2015. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: navy">"Anyone who shirks the topic as repugnant, minimizes it as undignified, or considers unworthy those in need should let others take over for the sake of 1.5 million children and countless others killed each year by contaminated water and unhealthy sanitation," said. Adeel. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: navy">Among the nine recommendations are the suggestions to adjust the MDG target from a 50% improvement by 2015 to 100% coverage by 2025; and to reassign official development assistance equal to 0.002% of gross domestic product (GDP) to sanitation. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: navy">The UNU report cites a rough cost of $300 to build a toilet, including labour, materials and advice. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: navy">"The world can expect, however, a return of between $3 and $34 for every dollar spent on sanitation, realized through reduced poverty and health costs and higher productivity - an economic and humanitarian opportunity of historic proportions," added Adeel. </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 124671, member: 884"] [COLOR=navy]source: [/COLOR][URL="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-has-more-mobile-telephones-than-toilets-UN-report/articleshow/5808852.cms"][U][SIZE=1][COLOR=navy]http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-has-more-mobile-telephones-than-toilets-UN-report/articleshow/5808852.cms[/COLOR][/SIZE][/U][/URL] [B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][COLOR=navy]India has more mobile telephones[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [SIZE=6][FONT=Times New Roman][B][SIZE=6][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=navy]than toilets: UN report[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [/FONT][/SIZE][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=navy]IANS, Apr 15, 2010, 10.31am IST [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=navy][B]UNITED NATIONS:[/B] More people in India, the world's second most crowded country, have access to a mobile telephone than to a toilet, according to a new UN study on how to cut the number of people with inadequate sanitation. [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=navy]"It is a tragic irony to think that in India, a country now wealthy enough that roughly half of the people own phones, about half cannot afford the basic necessity and dignity of a toilet," said Zafar Adeel, Director of United Nations University's Institute for Water, Environment and Health (IWEH). [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=navy]India has some 545 million cell phones, enough to serve about 45% of the population, but only about 366 million people or 31% of the population had access to improved sanitation in 2008. [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=navy]The recommendations of United Nations University (UNU) released Wednesday are meant to accelerate the pace towards reaching the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) on halving the proportion of people without access to safe water and basic sanitation. [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=navy]If current global trends continue, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) predict there will be a shortfall of 1 billion persons from that sanitation goal by the target date of 2015. [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=navy]"Anyone who shirks the topic as repugnant, minimizes it as undignified, or considers unworthy those in need should let others take over for the sake of 1.5 million children and countless others killed each year by contaminated water and unhealthy sanitation," said. Adeel. [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=navy]Among the nine recommendations are the suggestions to adjust the MDG target from a 50% improvement by 2015 to 100% coverage by 2025; and to reassign official development assistance equal to 0.002% of gross domestic product (GDP) to sanitation. [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=navy]The UNU report cites a rough cost of $300 to build a toilet, including labour, materials and advice. [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=navy]"The world can expect, however, a return of between $3 and $34 for every dollar spent on sanitation, realized through reduced poverty and health costs and higher productivity - an economic and humanitarian opportunity of historic proportions," added Adeel. [/COLOR][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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