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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="Gyani Jarnail Singh" data-source="post: 114808" data-attributes="member: 189"><p>AND Evidence of how the Sikhs arise agaisn like the Phoenix...from the ashes..</p><p><a href="http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/ArticleText.aspx?article=05_11_2009_003_002&kword=&mode=1" target="_blank">http://epaper.hindustantimes.<wbr>com/ArticleText.aspx?article=<wbr>05_11_2009_003_002&kword=&<wbr>mode=1</a></p><p></p><p></p><p><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="567"> <tbody><tr align="left"><td valign="middle">RISING FROM THE ASHES - I - Untying life's knots, tailor sells bricks & mortar dreams</p><p> </td> </tr> <tr align="left"> <td> </td> <td valign="middle"> IT HAS taken them a quarter of a century to pick up the lost threads since they were turned into refugees of the 1984 antiSikh violence -- in many cases twice after the Partition. But, some of them have gone beyond rebuilding their shattered lives at the places they had migrated to across Punjab and have scripted stories of success in the face of suffering. Theirs are the heart-warming tales of extraordinary resilience and enterprise.</p><p>Beginning today, Hindustan Times kicks off a series on the Sikh migrants who have risen from the ashes, literally. ( ) We picked up the pieces, improved our business and resettled in Bareilly. But then in 1984 our shops were burnt and looted by mobs HARBHAJAN SINGH</p><p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table></p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/Web/HTPunjab/Photographs/2009/11/05/003/05_11_2009_003_002_014.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />In December 1984, Harbhajan Singh didn't have a single penny in his pocket.</p><p> Today, his hands are full with housing projects and aid for the needy. From taking measurements at a garments shop to building homes, the 55-year-old who lost everything in the 1984 riots has stitched his life back together.</p><p>A partner in three housing colonies surrounding Patiala, Harbhajan is considered a big name in real estate circles in the town. But he still shudders thinking about the days he was forced to shift from Rae Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh after his shops were burnt down. It was as if the past had returned to haunt him. In 1947, his father, a landlord, was uprooted from Balani village in Gujarat district of west Punjab. "After the Partition, we reached Faizabad in Uttar Pradesh and worked hard to set up a transport business.</p><p>But I was only two years old when my father died," recalls Harbhajan.</p><p> "We picked up the pieces, improved our business and resettled in Bareilly. But then in 1984 our shops were burnt and looted by mobs. In two days, our earnings and years of hard work was reduced to ashes."</p><p>"When I went back to Bareilly to take control of my property, I was threatened and shooed away by the locals," he says.</p><p> In December 1984, Harbhajan reached Ludhiana. But the city did not suit him. After a few weeks, he decided to shift to Patiala.</p><p> "The city seemed foreign to me. I had no money. Finally, I managed to get some help and took a small shop in Dharampura bazaar on rent," he says.</p><p>Harbhajan started stitching jeans at half the price than his competitors.</p><p> Slowly, his business picked up with people taking a liking to his clothes. Sticking to garments business till 1993, Harbhajan found his calling in real estate. And since then there has been no looking back.</p><p> "With the grace of almighty, business is fine," he says, refusing to divulge the annual turnover of his enterprise BH Properties, but opening his purse strings to help people.</p><p> Harbhajan has set up an old age home, a gym and 14 schools to teach Sikhism all over the city.</p><p> "There's no criteria for the inmates for old age home; persons from all religions are welcome," he says.</p><p> A home for orphans is his next dream along with many others that he decides to keep to his heart. '84 RIOTS ROB HARBHAJAN SINGH OF TRANSPORT BUSINESS, DILIGENCE, HARD WORK MAKE HIM DEVELOPER</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gyani Jarnail Singh, post: 114808, member: 189"] AND Evidence of how the Sikhs arise agaisn like the Phoenix...from the ashes.. [URL="http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/ArticleText.aspx?article=05_11_2009_003_002&kword=&mode=1"]http://epaper.hindustantimes.<wbr>com/ArticleText.aspx?article=<wbr>05_11_2009_003_002&kword=&<wbr>mode=1[/URL] <table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="567"> <tbody><tr align="left"><td valign="middle">RISING FROM THE ASHES - I - Untying life's knots, tailor sells bricks & mortar dreams </td> </tr> <tr align="left"> <td> </td> <td valign="middle"> IT HAS taken them a quarter of a century to pick up the lost threads since they were turned into refugees of the 1984 antiSikh violence -- in many cases twice after the Partition. But, some of them have gone beyond rebuilding their shattered lives at the places they had migrated to across Punjab and have scripted stories of success in the face of suffering. Theirs are the heart-warming tales of extraordinary resilience and enterprise. Beginning today, Hindustan Times kicks off a series on the Sikh migrants who have risen from the ashes, literally. ( ) We picked up the pieces, improved our business and resettled in Bareilly. But then in 1984 our shops were burnt and looted by mobs HARBHAJAN SINGH </td> </tr> </tbody></table> [IMG]http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/Web/HTPunjab/Photographs/2009/11/05/003/05_11_2009_003_002_014.jpg[/IMG]In December 1984, Harbhajan Singh didn't have a single penny in his pocket. Today, his hands are full with housing projects and aid for the needy. From taking measurements at a garments shop to building homes, the 55-year-old who lost everything in the 1984 riots has stitched his life back together. A partner in three housing colonies surrounding Patiala, Harbhajan is considered a big name in real estate circles in the town. But he still shudders thinking about the days he was forced to shift from Rae Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh after his shops were burnt down. It was as if the past had returned to haunt him. In 1947, his father, a landlord, was uprooted from Balani village in Gujarat district of west Punjab. "After the Partition, we reached Faizabad in Uttar Pradesh and worked hard to set up a transport business. But I was only two years old when my father died," recalls Harbhajan. "We picked up the pieces, improved our business and resettled in Bareilly. But then in 1984 our shops were burnt and looted by mobs. In two days, our earnings and years of hard work was reduced to ashes." "When I went back to Bareilly to take control of my property, I was threatened and shooed away by the locals," he says. In December 1984, Harbhajan reached Ludhiana. But the city did not suit him. After a few weeks, he decided to shift to Patiala. "The city seemed foreign to me. I had no money. Finally, I managed to get some help and took a small shop in Dharampura bazaar on rent," he says. Harbhajan started stitching jeans at half the price than his competitors. Slowly, his business picked up with people taking a liking to his clothes. Sticking to garments business till 1993, Harbhajan found his calling in real estate. And since then there has been no looking back. "With the grace of almighty, business is fine," he says, refusing to divulge the annual turnover of his enterprise BH Properties, but opening his purse strings to help people. Harbhajan has set up an old age home, a gym and 14 schools to teach Sikhism all over the city. "There's no criteria for the inmates for old age home; persons from all religions are welcome," he says. A home for orphans is his next dream along with many others that he decides to keep to his heart. '84 RIOTS ROB HARBHAJAN SINGH OF TRANSPORT BUSINESS, DILIGENCE, HARD WORK MAKE HIM DEVELOPER [/QUOTE]
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