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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: 101457" data-attributes="member: 35"><p><strong>Re: http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/hard-talk/25149-1984-commemorative-articles-operati</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>1984 & I:</strong></p><p><strong>The Raagi's Wifeby SHOBHITA NAITHANI</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <strong>This year, 2009, marks the 25th Anniversary of 1984, when horrendous crimes were committed against the <a href="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/sikh/" target="_blank">Sikhs</a> in the very land of their origin. To commemorate this sad milestone, we at <em>sikhchic.com </em>have asked our regular columnists, as well as our contributors and readers, to share with us the impact 1984 has had on their lives. We have requested personal stories and anecdotes, as well as an attempt to capture their inner thoughts and deepest ruminations on what 1984 means to each one of them and their loved ones - without going into a litany of facts and figures or a listing of the injustices to date, all of which will invariably be covered with due diligence elsewhere. We intend to present these personal perspectives to you throughout the twelve months of 2009. The following is the 24th in the series entitled "1984 & I". </strong> </p><p></p><p> A toe curls in subconscious revulsion. She wipes a clammy palm against a crushed hankie, clears a choked throat and speaks: </p><p> </p><p>"I was 18 years old, a mother of a five-month-old daughter, and two months pregnant with my second child when they killed my husband." </p><p> </p><p>On November 1, 1984, a mob surrounded Badal Singh, stabbed him, put a tire around his neck, doused him in kerosene, and set him ablaze. </p><p> </p><p> [The Hindu mob, led by identifiable politicians, proceeded with obvious immunity from the police and the authorities.] </p><p> </p><p>Twenty-five years later, his widow, Lakhwinder Kaur, still shudders when she thinks of that morning. "I was told my husband screamed in agony as he died." </p><p> </p><p>Bhai Badal Singh, a raagi (devotional singer) at Gurdwara Pulbangash, was one among several thousand innocent <a href="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/sikh/" target="_blank">Sikhs</a> murdered [in broad daylight in the streets of India's capital, New Delhi] in just three days in November 1984. </p><p> </p><p>Lakhwinder was at her village when she heard the news. She collapsed, gaining consciousness only intermittently over the next two weeks. </p><p> </p><p>Twenty days later, Lakhwinder returned to Delhi with her daughter, vacated their old home, and went from house to house, taking shelter with relatives and friends for three months, until she moved into a one-room tenement. </p><p> </p><p> Sewing, her only skill, allowed her to survive. </p><p> </p><p> "My aim everyday was just to be able to buy milk for my baby daughter," she says. </p><p> </p><p>Her parents urged her to remarry, but the 18-year-old would not budge. Her life now belonged to her children. "I didn't think I could get anyone more handsome than my husband," she says, breaking into a smile. </p><p> </p><p>In 1987, Lakhwinder was allotted a two-room house in west Delhi's Tilak Nagar and employed as a peon in a government organization. </p><p> </p><p>"I lived like a queen before the 1984 riots," she says. "Now, I live like a servant." </p><p> </p><p>When a movement seeking justice for 1984 began, Lakhwinder joined it, convinced that the guilty would be brought to book. </p><p> </p><p>"I want to know how Tytler's wife will feel if he is untraceable for a month," she says. "It seemed easy for [former Prime Minister] Rajiv Gandhi to say, 'When a giant tree falls, the earth below shakes.' Our trees were felled and we can still feel the tremors." </p><p> </p><p> [Courtesy: <em>Tehelka</em>] </p><p></p><p> <em> May 15, 2009 </em></p><p> <em></em> </p><p> <img src="http://www.sikhchic.com/cms/articles/photo1/Lakhwinder-a.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <img src="http://www.sikhchic.com/article-detail.php?cat=21&id=839" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p> <img src="http://www.sikhchic.com/cms/articles/photo1/lakhwinder-2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p> </p><p> <img src="http://www.sikhchic.com/cms/articles/photo1/lakhwinder-3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 101457, member: 35"] [b]Re: http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/hard-talk/25149-1984-commemorative-articles-operati[/b] [B]1984 & I: The Raagi's Wifeby SHOBHITA NAITHANI[/B] [B]This year, 2009, marks the 25th Anniversary of 1984, when horrendous crimes were committed against the [URL="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/sikh/"]Sikhs[/URL] in the very land of their origin. To commemorate this sad milestone, we at [I]sikhchic.com [/I]have asked our regular columnists, as well as our contributors and readers, to share with us the impact 1984 has had on their lives. We have requested personal stories and anecdotes, as well as an attempt to capture their inner thoughts and deepest ruminations on what 1984 means to each one of them and their loved ones - without going into a litany of facts and figures or a listing of the injustices to date, all of which will invariably be covered with due diligence elsewhere. We intend to present these personal perspectives to you throughout the twelve months of 2009. The following is the 24th in the series entitled "1984 & I". [/B] A toe curls in subconscious revulsion. She wipes a clammy palm against a crushed hankie, clears a choked throat and speaks: "I was 18 years old, a mother of a five-month-old daughter, and two months pregnant with my second child when they killed my husband." On November 1, 1984, a mob surrounded Badal Singh, stabbed him, put a tire around his neck, doused him in kerosene, and set him ablaze. [The Hindu mob, led by identifiable politicians, proceeded with obvious immunity from the police and the authorities.] Twenty-five years later, his widow, Lakhwinder Kaur, still shudders when she thinks of that morning. "I was told my husband screamed in agony as he died." Bhai Badal Singh, a raagi (devotional singer) at Gurdwara Pulbangash, was one among several thousand innocent [URL="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/sikh/"]Sikhs[/URL] murdered [in broad daylight in the streets of India's capital, New Delhi] in just three days in November 1984. Lakhwinder was at her village when she heard the news. She collapsed, gaining consciousness only intermittently over the next two weeks. Twenty days later, Lakhwinder returned to Delhi with her daughter, vacated their old home, and went from house to house, taking shelter with relatives and friends for three months, until she moved into a one-room tenement. Sewing, her only skill, allowed her to survive. "My aim everyday was just to be able to buy milk for my baby daughter," she says. Her parents urged her to remarry, but the 18-year-old would not budge. Her life now belonged to her children. "I didn't think I could get anyone more handsome than my husband," she says, breaking into a smile. In 1987, Lakhwinder was allotted a two-room house in west Delhi's Tilak Nagar and employed as a peon in a government organization. "I lived like a queen before the 1984 riots," she says. "Now, I live like a servant." When a movement seeking justice for 1984 began, Lakhwinder joined it, convinced that the guilty would be brought to book. "I want to know how Tytler's wife will feel if he is untraceable for a month," she says. "It seemed easy for [former Prime Minister] Rajiv Gandhi to say, 'When a giant tree falls, the earth below shakes.' Our trees were felled and we can still feel the tremors." [Courtesy: [I]Tehelka[/I]] [I] May 15, 2009 [/I] [IMG]http://www.sikhchic.com/cms/articles/photo1/Lakhwinder-a.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.sikhchic.com/article-detail.php?cat=21&id=839[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.sikhchic.com/cms/articles/photo1/lakhwinder-2.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.sikhchic.com/cms/articles/photo1/lakhwinder-3.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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