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ਸੋ ਦਰੁ | So Dar
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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)
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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)
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Gurbani (1319-23)
Ashtpadiyan (1323-26)
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Gurbani (1327-1341)
Ashtpadiyan (1342-51)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਜਾਵੰਤੀ | Raag Jaijaiwanti
Gurbani (1352-53)
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ਰਾਗ ਮਾਲਾ, Raag Maalaa
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<blockquote data-quote="kds1980" data-source="post: 104939" data-attributes="member: 1178"><p><a href="http://www.voices-unabridged.org/article.php?id_article=188&numero=12" target="_blank">Voices Unabridged - The E-Magazine on Women and Human Rights Worldwide - India - Hyderabad’s International Bride Bazaar</a></p><p></p><p>Hyderabad’s International Bride Bazaar</p><p> by Anita Katyal, 04/18/07</p><p> </p><p> Fifteen years ago, Ameena, an 11-year-old Muslim girl from the southern city of Hyderabad was married off to a 70-year-old resident of Sharjah. As the sobbing child was flying off to her new home in the United Arab Emirates in the Persian Gulf, an alert air hostess rescued her.</p><p></p><p>It was only when Ameena's heartrending story hit the headlines that the entire nation became aware of how impoverished Muslim families in Hyderabad, lured by money, were regularly marrying off their minor girls to much older Arab men.</p><p></p><p>Shocked by this incident, there was a temporary crackdown. Authorities framed strict rules to guard against any more children like Ameena being subjected to similar exploitation and sexual abuse.</p><p></p><p>But once the dust had settled and Ameena's story became a distant memory, it was business as usual. Hyderabad's old city, home to its large Muslim population, regained its reputation as the international bride bazaar.</p><p></p><p>"The practice of old Arab men flocking to Hyderabad for young brides, or “Sheikh” marriages as they are called, is still rampant but these generally go undetected as nobody likes to talk about it," says Dr. Sunita Krishnan, who heads Prajwala, a Hyderabad-based anti human-trafficking NGO.</p><p></p><p>Sometimes stray cases do come to light, but most such marriages go undetected. Last year, there was a replay of the Ameena case when a minor Muslim girl named Munni was married off by her physically handicapped father to 80-year-old Mohammed Bin Hasan Bin Ali Balushi from Oman for a paltry 10,000 (approx 220 US dollars). Fortunately for the young girl, somebody tipped off the police and the Sheikh, along with his local contacts, was arrested. In another shocking incident, middle-aged Al Rahama Ismail Mirza Abdul Jabbar from the United Arab Emirates, married two young girls in one sitting. While the girls managed to escape, the Arab sheikh fled the country.</p><p></p><p>According to Dr. Krishnan, Hyderabad has an ancient association with the Middle Eastern countries as the Nizams, the city's ancient Muslim rulers, had recruited Arabs in their army to guard their treasures.</p><p></p><p>Over the years, the city of Nizams has emerged as the preferred destination of Arabs looking for young brides given the large and distinct Muslim population here. An estimated 300 Arab men come to Hyderabad every year on the pretext of medical treatment or tourism but are actually on the lookout for young girls.</p><p></p><p>Although there is no firm figure available, Hyderabad police believe that at least 35 such marriages take place every month. In most cases, the marriages are a temporary affair, lasting no more than a week, after which the young girls are abandoned or divorced. The social and religious acceptance of "talaq" or divorce has made it easier for these visiting Sheikhs to enter into such short-term contract marriages that allow them to have sex with young virgins. In cases when the girl does leave home, ostensibly to live with her husband in a foreign land, the "bride" either ends up working as a maid or is pushed into prostitution. </p><p></p><p>A film taken with a hidden camera a few years ago had captured how the prospective brides are packed in a small room, virtually resembling a brothel, and then paraded before the Arab sheikhs who even lift their veils to inspect them closely. </p><p></p><p>"This is nothing but trafficking under the garb of marriage," says Ranjana Kumari, who heads the Delhi-based NGO, Centre for Social Research. Kumari believes that excruciating poverty and the pressure to get their daughters married drives these families to take such an extreme step.</p><p></p><p>Dr. Krishnan says after some Gulf countries like Oman and Saudi Arabia made it mandatory for their citizens to get a license if they wish to marry outside the country, a new trend has emerged. These days, the Arabs do not always come in person but operate through brokers or middlemen who approach poor families on their behalf with offers of money and marriage. The "nikah" ceremony is conducted on the telephone. The girls are then trafficked out of the country and sometimes even land up in brothels in another Indian city. Dr. Krishnan says her organization had rescued one such young girl from a red light area in Pune city while her gullible parents believed she was happily married since they had received a cassette from her saying she was well.</p><p></p><p>Despite this ongoing practice, social activists like Dr. Krishnan find they are not able to do much in either detecting these cases or creating awareness about this problem since this issue has acquired strong communal and religious overtones. She recalls how the Muslim clergy ran a virtual campaign against her organization when it screened a short film in which some of the rescued girls recounted their experiences.<strong> "The response was shocking. We were told that a non-Muslim had no business to interfere in the internal affairs of the community," recalls Dr. Krishnan.</strong></p><p></p><p>Above all, the whole system operates through a well-oiled network involving travel agents, hotel owners, the middlemen and the “qazi” or the cleric who marries off these minor girls. "There are too many people who have a stake in this. It is difficult to break this nexus," she says, adding that several women's groups have been trying to do so without much success.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kds1980, post: 104939, member: 1178"] [url=http://www.voices-unabridged.org/article.php?id_article=188&numero=12]Voices Unabridged - The E-Magazine on Women and Human Rights Worldwide - India - Hyderabad’s International Bride Bazaar[/url] Hyderabad’s International Bride Bazaar by Anita Katyal, 04/18/07 Fifteen years ago, Ameena, an 11-year-old Muslim girl from the southern city of Hyderabad was married off to a 70-year-old resident of Sharjah. As the sobbing child was flying off to her new home in the United Arab Emirates in the Persian Gulf, an alert air hostess rescued her. It was only when Ameena's heartrending story hit the headlines that the entire nation became aware of how impoverished Muslim families in Hyderabad, lured by money, were regularly marrying off their minor girls to much older Arab men. Shocked by this incident, there was a temporary crackdown. Authorities framed strict rules to guard against any more children like Ameena being subjected to similar exploitation and sexual abuse. But once the dust had settled and Ameena's story became a distant memory, it was business as usual. Hyderabad's old city, home to its large Muslim population, regained its reputation as the international bride bazaar. "The practice of old Arab men flocking to Hyderabad for young brides, or “Sheikh” marriages as they are called, is still rampant but these generally go undetected as nobody likes to talk about it," says Dr. Sunita Krishnan, who heads Prajwala, a Hyderabad-based anti human-trafficking NGO. Sometimes stray cases do come to light, but most such marriages go undetected. Last year, there was a replay of the Ameena case when a minor Muslim girl named Munni was married off by her physically handicapped father to 80-year-old Mohammed Bin Hasan Bin Ali Balushi from Oman for a paltry 10,000 (approx 220 US dollars). Fortunately for the young girl, somebody tipped off the police and the Sheikh, along with his local contacts, was arrested. In another shocking incident, middle-aged Al Rahama Ismail Mirza Abdul Jabbar from the United Arab Emirates, married two young girls in one sitting. While the girls managed to escape, the Arab sheikh fled the country. According to Dr. Krishnan, Hyderabad has an ancient association with the Middle Eastern countries as the Nizams, the city's ancient Muslim rulers, had recruited Arabs in their army to guard their treasures. Over the years, the city of Nizams has emerged as the preferred destination of Arabs looking for young brides given the large and distinct Muslim population here. An estimated 300 Arab men come to Hyderabad every year on the pretext of medical treatment or tourism but are actually on the lookout for young girls. Although there is no firm figure available, Hyderabad police believe that at least 35 such marriages take place every month. In most cases, the marriages are a temporary affair, lasting no more than a week, after which the young girls are abandoned or divorced. The social and religious acceptance of "talaq" or divorce has made it easier for these visiting Sheikhs to enter into such short-term contract marriages that allow them to have sex with young virgins. In cases when the girl does leave home, ostensibly to live with her husband in a foreign land, the "bride" either ends up working as a maid or is pushed into prostitution. A film taken with a hidden camera a few years ago had captured how the prospective brides are packed in a small room, virtually resembling a brothel, and then paraded before the Arab sheikhs who even lift their veils to inspect them closely. "This is nothing but trafficking under the garb of marriage," says Ranjana Kumari, who heads the Delhi-based NGO, Centre for Social Research. Kumari believes that excruciating poverty and the pressure to get their daughters married drives these families to take such an extreme step. Dr. Krishnan says after some Gulf countries like Oman and Saudi Arabia made it mandatory for their citizens to get a license if they wish to marry outside the country, a new trend has emerged. These days, the Arabs do not always come in person but operate through brokers or middlemen who approach poor families on their behalf with offers of money and marriage. The "nikah" ceremony is conducted on the telephone. The girls are then trafficked out of the country and sometimes even land up in brothels in another Indian city. Dr. Krishnan says her organization had rescued one such young girl from a red light area in Pune city while her gullible parents believed she was happily married since they had received a cassette from her saying she was well. Despite this ongoing practice, social activists like Dr. Krishnan find they are not able to do much in either detecting these cases or creating awareness about this problem since this issue has acquired strong communal and religious overtones. She recalls how the Muslim clergy ran a virtual campaign against her organization when it screened a short film in which some of the rescued girls recounted their experiences.[b] "The response was shocking. We were told that a non-Muslim had no business to interfere in the internal affairs of the community," recalls Dr. Krishnan.[/b] Above all, the whole system operates through a well-oiled network involving travel agents, hotel owners, the middlemen and the “qazi” or the cleric who marries off these minor girls. "There are too many people who have a stake in this. It is difficult to break this nexus," she says, adding that several women's groups have been trying to do so without much success. [/QUOTE]
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