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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: 116645" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">North East has sent twin rays of hope, and we are grateful for any ray of hope, considering the treatment bein meted out to the Sikhs and their concerns in India. </span> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'">For a community that has seen an aspirational struggle pushed to the margins, and the machinations of the Indian establishment to corrupt, bad mouth, ill-tag and then denigrate a movement where hundreds of Sikh youth made supreme sacrifices but refused to budge from having a proactive engagement with the community concerns, the developments in the Nagaland Assembly show how better run movements and smart strategizing can produce desirable results and make even a nuclear power buckle down.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Hats off to the brave people of Nagaland, the people's movements and the religious and social leaders who never ditched the youth waging a struggle for their land and identity. It is a heartening story that the Nagaland Assembly on Nov 27 passed unanimously a resolution recognising the underground movement and said these men and women whom the government of India was never tired of calling insurgents or terrorists actually “have selflessly worked, fought and sacrificed” for the “aspirations and rights of the Naga people.” The accompanying article on this page tells the full story of the Resolution. Indian media that would normally have jumped at the development and would have termed it anti-national stand of the Naga Assembly has remained silent, but because New Delhi knew that any understanding with the NSCN would stand halted in its tracks if the Naga Assembly was pushed into a confrontationist mode, it gave a clear signal to the apologists of the establishment. Hence, the shocking silence of the media at the development which, must we concede, is music to our ears. </span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">But what is not music is the silence that we have been hearing from the ruling Akali Dal ranks and leadership for almost 15 years now. When was the last time anyone asked Prakash Singh Badal why there is no plan to raise a memorial to the memory of the martyrs of Operation Bluestar? Why has the Punjab Assembly not condemned the Operation Bluestar when the Sikh Quom was marking its 25th year? Why was a special session of the Assembly not convened to discuss the utter apathy of the Union Government? Now, Tarlochan Singh, an Independent MP in Rajya Sabha, has moved a Resolution asking the Parliament to discuss and condemn the anti-Sikh pogrom. Want to talk about delayed justice?</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'">In this shameless scenario emerges the soothing, halting, feeble voice of a woman who hasn't eaten a morsel in ten years, is a bundle of bones, lives with a plastic tube inserted in his nose and hasn't combed her hair in months. Irom Sharmila is a picture of what she calls "bounden duty." Unparalleled in the history of political protest anywhere in the world, she has been fasting to shame and force the Indian government to scrap the Armed Forces Special Powers Act under which the security personnel have been killing, arresting, torturing hundreds of youth. In this age of hundreds of TV channels and unprecedented media coverage potential, the world knows little about the woman whose response to extreme violence has been extreme peace.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">How much less violent you can be than not eating?</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Every single soul in the corridors iof power in </span> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Delhi</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">, every one ith an ear to the ground in North East knows the Act is draconian in letter, more draconian in spirit. It is not the human rights groups but the officialdom that concedes that since it was imposed, thousands of people have been killed by state forces in Manipur. In just 2009, the officially admitted number stands at 265. Human rights activists say it is above 300, which averages out at one or two extrajudicial killings every day.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Now, some movement is becoming visible. The AFSPA seems to be either on its way out, or will undergo drastic amendments. We strongly urge for a unilateral action that shows leadership and retrieves the best of a worst situation. New Delhi must send a signal that it has shame left. It cannot rise to the level set by Nagaland Assembly, but it must fall too short. If AFSPA does not go lock, stock and barrel, it will be difficult for anyone to ask Irom Sharmila to swallow a morsel. It will wrench our souls to see her die, but it will doom us forever to her cause die.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #999999"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">2 December 2009</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 116645, member: 1"] [FONT=Arial]North East has sent twin rays of hope, and we are grateful for any ray of hope, considering the treatment bein meted out to the Sikhs and their concerns in India. [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]For a community that has seen an aspirational struggle pushed to the margins, and the machinations of the Indian establishment to corrupt, bad mouth, ill-tag and then denigrate a movement where hundreds of Sikh youth made supreme sacrifices but refused to budge from having a proactive engagement with the community concerns, the developments in the Nagaland Assembly show how better run movements and smart strategizing can produce desirable results and make even a nuclear power buckle down.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial] Hats off to the brave people of Nagaland, the people's movements and the religious and social leaders who never ditched the youth waging a struggle for their land and identity. It is a heartening story that the Nagaland Assembly on Nov 27 passed unanimously a resolution recognising the underground movement and said these men and women whom the government of India was never tired of calling insurgents or terrorists actually “have selflessly worked, fought and sacrificed” for the “aspirations and rights of the Naga people.” The accompanying article on this page tells the full story of the Resolution. Indian media that would normally have jumped at the development and would have termed it anti-national stand of the Naga Assembly has remained silent, but because New Delhi knew that any understanding with the NSCN would stand halted in its tracks if the Naga Assembly was pushed into a confrontationist mode, it gave a clear signal to the apologists of the establishment. Hence, the shocking silence of the media at the development which, must we concede, is music to our ears. [/FONT] [FONT=Arial] But what is not music is the silence that we have been hearing from the ruling Akali Dal ranks and leadership for almost 15 years now. When was the last time anyone asked Prakash Singh Badal why there is no plan to raise a memorial to the memory of the martyrs of Operation Bluestar? Why has the Punjab Assembly not condemned the Operation Bluestar when the Sikh Quom was marking its 25th year? Why was a special session of the Assembly not convened to discuss the utter apathy of the Union Government? Now, Tarlochan Singh, an Independent MP in Rajya Sabha, has moved a Resolution asking the Parliament to discuss and condemn the anti-Sikh pogrom. Want to talk about delayed justice?[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]In this shameless scenario emerges the soothing, halting, feeble voice of a woman who hasn't eaten a morsel in ten years, is a bundle of bones, lives with a plastic tube inserted in his nose and hasn't combed her hair in months. Irom Sharmila is a picture of what she calls "bounden duty." Unparalleled in the history of political protest anywhere in the world, she has been fasting to shame and force the Indian government to scrap the Armed Forces Special Powers Act under which the security personnel have been killing, arresting, torturing hundreds of youth. In this age of hundreds of TV channels and unprecedented media coverage potential, the world knows little about the woman whose response to extreme violence has been extreme peace.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial] How much less violent you can be than not eating?[/FONT] [FONT=Arial] Every single soul in the corridors iof power in [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Delhi[/FONT][FONT=Arial], every one ith an ear to the ground in North East knows the Act is draconian in letter, more draconian in spirit. It is not the human rights groups but the officialdom that concedes that since it was imposed, thousands of people have been killed by state forces in Manipur. In just 2009, the officially admitted number stands at 265. Human rights activists say it is above 300, which averages out at one or two extrajudicial killings every day.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Now, some movement is becoming visible. The AFSPA seems to be either on its way out, or will undergo drastic amendments. We strongly urge for a unilateral action that shows leadership and retrieves the best of a worst situation. New Delhi must send a signal that it has shame left. It cannot rise to the level set by Nagaland Assembly, but it must fall too short. If AFSPA does not go lock, stock and barrel, it will be difficult for anyone to ask Irom Sharmila to swallow a morsel. It will wrench our souls to see her die, but it will doom us forever to her cause die.[/FONT] [SIZE=2][COLOR=#999999][FONT=Arial]2 December 2009[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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