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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="spnadmin" data-source="post: 128925" data-attributes="member: 35"><p><strong>[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 18px">The Business Of Prediction</span>[/FONT]</strong></p><p></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"><em>[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Customised forecasts by a Kolkata-based company finds eager buyers, reports [/FONT]</em>[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<strong>PARTHA DASGUPTA</strong>[/FONT]</span></p><p> [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 10px">ANGSHUJYOTI DAS sells weather for a living. His company, Kolkata-based Express Weather (EW), has a 17,000-strong client list — mainly farmers dependent on how the weather behaves. What EW does is to provide them with advance information on weather through its forecasting technology based on numerical models like the Global Forecasting System (GFS) and Weather Research and Forecast (WRF).</span>[/FONT]</p><p></p><p> [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 9px"><strong>It's raining cash </strong>Das' SMS forecasts are helping farmers to manage their agriculture better <strong>Photo: </strong>PINTU PRADHAN</span>[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 10px">The raw feed from satellite data, based on geo coordinate inputs, is customised and passed on to its customers. For instance, a farmer in Ludhiana worried about untimely rains, just needs to buy a monthly subscription of Rs 49 to get two SMSes a day detailing the weather. And to make it easier for farmers uncomfortable with the SMS script, EW’s IT team, led by Arindam Baidya, an IIT Kanpur alumnus, is currently working on a ‘vernacular voice SMS’.</span>[/FONT]</p><p></p><p> [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 10px">Das, a school dropout, started out early: at 16 he was already selling vacuum cleaners and water purifiers for Eureka Forbes. EW, which was set up in 2007 and currently employs 15 people, suffered a loss of Rs 37 lakh in the first year. In the second, however, it turned around — making a profit of around Rs 30 lakh and generating business worth Rs 4 crore.</span>[/FONT]</p><p></p><p> [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 10px">For just Rs 49 a month you can get weather predictions for a 12-km domain</span>[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 10px">“For Rs 49 a month you get predictions for a 12 km domain, but we can make precise predictions for up to a 100-metre domain. The 15-day prediction is usually stable for the first 10 days with 90 percent accuracy for rainfall, humidity and dew point,” claims Das. “Even with this margin of error you are 90 percent smarter, aren’t you?” he quips.</span>[/FONT]</p><p></p><p> [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 10px">Saif Ali Khan's production house Illuminati, which enlisted EW’s services for its outdoor shoots of <em>Love Aaj Aur Kal,</em> certainly thinks so: and it has again signed it up for its next production which is to be shot at four European locations.</span>[/FONT]</p><p></p><p> [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 10px">EW offered a deal to Lalit Modi about charging weather premium on IPL tickets, which he refused. But weather premium on tickets for large scale entertainment could well become a reality in the days to come.</span>[/FONT]</p><p></p><p> [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 10px">EW’s core area is business risk mitigation of agro-based companies. In a highly successful joint venture with the National Research Centre for Grapes in Maharashtra, it delivers location-specific forecasts and simulation through weather stations it has set up in the state. “Almost 70 percent of grape diseases are weather-borne with non-linear stages of infection. Accurate weather prediction greatly reduces the risks, and the amounts insurance companies have to shell out to farmers,” says Das.</span>[/FONT]</p><p></p><p> [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 10px">Debasish Lohar of the Atmospheric Science Research Group, Department of Physics, Jadavpur University, is all praise for the venture. “The Indian Meteorology Department (IMD) forecast is made public through the media, but the time lag and lack of updates rob it of its usefulness. Companies like EW can be very handy for people for whom timely information on weather changes matters,” says Lohar. For now, at least, there is no end of takers</span>[/FONT]</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.tehelka.com/story_main45.asp?filename=Bu260610the_business.asp" target="_blank">Tehelka - India's Independent Weekly News Magazine</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 128925, member: 35"] [B][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=5]The Business Of Prediction[/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [SIZE=2][I][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Customised forecasts by a Kolkata-based company finds eager buyers, reports [/FONT][/I][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][B]PARTHA DASGUPTA[/B][/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2]ANGSHUJYOTI DAS sells weather for a living. His company, Kolkata-based Express Weather (EW), has a 17,000-strong client list — mainly farmers dependent on how the weather behaves. What EW does is to provide them with advance information on weather through its forecasting technology based on numerical models like the Global Forecasting System (GFS) and Weather Research and Forecast (WRF).[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=1][B]It's raining cash [/B]Das' SMS forecasts are helping farmers to manage their agriculture better [B]Photo: [/B]PINTU PRADHAN[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2]The raw feed from satellite data, based on geo coordinate inputs, is customised and passed on to its customers. For instance, a farmer in Ludhiana worried about untimely rains, just needs to buy a monthly subscription of Rs 49 to get two SMSes a day detailing the weather. And to make it easier for farmers uncomfortable with the SMS script, EW’s IT team, led by Arindam Baidya, an IIT Kanpur alumnus, is currently working on a ‘vernacular voice SMS’.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2]Das, a school dropout, started out early: at 16 he was already selling vacuum cleaners and water purifiers for Eureka Forbes. EW, which was set up in 2007 and currently employs 15 people, suffered a loss of Rs 37 lakh in the first year. In the second, however, it turned around — making a profit of around Rs 30 lakh and generating business worth Rs 4 crore.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2]For just Rs 49 a month you can get weather predictions for a 12-km domain[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2]“For Rs 49 a month you get predictions for a 12 km domain, but we can make precise predictions for up to a 100-metre domain. The 15-day prediction is usually stable for the first 10 days with 90 percent accuracy for rainfall, humidity and dew point,” claims Das. “Even with this margin of error you are 90 percent smarter, aren’t you?” he quips.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2]Saif Ali Khan's production house Illuminati, which enlisted EW’s services for its outdoor shoots of [I]Love Aaj Aur Kal,[/I] certainly thinks so: and it has again signed it up for its next production which is to be shot at four European locations.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2]EW offered a deal to Lalit Modi about charging weather premium on IPL tickets, which he refused. But weather premium on tickets for large scale entertainment could well become a reality in the days to come.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2]EW’s core area is business risk mitigation of agro-based companies. In a highly successful joint venture with the National Research Centre for Grapes in Maharashtra, it delivers location-specific forecasts and simulation through weather stations it has set up in the state. “Almost 70 percent of grape diseases are weather-borne with non-linear stages of infection. Accurate weather prediction greatly reduces the risks, and the amounts insurance companies have to shell out to farmers,” says Das.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2]Debasish Lohar of the Atmospheric Science Research Group, Department of Physics, Jadavpur University, is all praise for the venture. “The Indian Meteorology Department (IMD) forecast is made public through the media, but the time lag and lack of updates rob it of its usefulness. Companies like EW can be very handy for people for whom timely information on weather changes matters,” says Lohar. For now, at least, there is no end of takers[/SIZE][/FONT] [url=http://www.tehelka.com/story_main45.asp?filename=Bu260610the_business.asp]Tehelka - India's Independent Weekly News Magazine[/url] [/QUOTE]
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