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Composition, Arrangement & Layout
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="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 132395" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #002060">politics: punjab</span></span></p><p></p><p><a href="http://article.aspx/?266860" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #af0e25"><strong>A New Sheath</strong></span></span></a></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #002060"><strong>The Badals win over some ex-Khalistanis</strong></span></span></p><p></p><p><a href="http://peoplefnl.aspx/?pid=3923&author=Chander+Suta+Dogra" target="_blank"><span style="color: #002060">Chander Suta Dogra</span></a><span style="color: #002060"> - Outlookindia</span></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: #002060">Radical Change</span></strong></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #002060">Those who once supported the Khalistan cause are now allying with mainstream parties like SAD</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #002060">Seminary that Bhindranwale once headed now supports SAD; in exchange, former ‘militants’ are being handed plum posts.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #002060">SAD is trying to keep radicals away from the Congress</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #002060">Hardliners say greed has softened some of their colleagues</span></li> </ul> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #002060">***</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #002060"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 26px">A</span></span> strange realignment of forces is under way on the political landscape of Punjab. Radical Sikhs (read Khalistanis) who were once led by Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale have for the first time in nearly two decades joined hands with the moderate Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), led by Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">As the Khalistan movement ebbed in 1990s, radical organisations like the Damdami Taksal (the seminary once headed by Bhindranwale) and groups owing allegiance to his nephew Jasbir Singh Rode withdrew slowly to the fringes, and over the years, the Badal-led SAD came to power repeatedly on the strength of its new identity as a Punjabi, rather than a Sikh, party. However, the radicals and SAD continued to take potshots at each other. But a few days back, Badal provoked much surprise by announcing that the Damdami Taksal, headed by Harnam Singh Dhumma and Rode, would be supporting SAD in the forthcoming elections to the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC), the cash-rich body that controls gurudwaras and other Sikh institutions, and also in the assembly elections.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">The quid pro quo was immediately apparent. Gurdeep Singh, a former ‘militant’ of the All-India Sikh Students Federation (AISSF), was recently appointed vice-chairman of the Punjab Health Systems Corporation, a state government body, while Gurmukh Singh, a Rode loyalist, is now the head granthi of the Akal Takht. Earlier, the SGPC had amended the Sikh Nanakshahi calendar at the behest of SAD, going by suggestions from Dhumma of the Damdami Taksal. And the dress code for sewadars at the Golden Temple complex has been changed from yellow to blue, again a suggestion from the Damdami Taksal. Is political expediency turning the hawks into doves or making the doves befriend the hawks? A little of both, it seems.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">“The aim, it seems, is to prevent radical groups from joining the Congress-backed Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (DSGPC),” says G.S. Lamba, the editor of <em>Sant Sipahi</em>, a journal of the community. “If the alliance holds, SAD will be saved the ignominy of further erosion of its Sikh vote bank.” In recent years, both SAD and SGPC, which the former controls, have been receiving flak from hardline Sikhs in India and abroad for dilution of its Sikh-centric ideology and for not doing enough to prevent the peasantry from drifting to the deras. After all, control of the SGPC, and through it, other Sikh institutions, is vital to Punjab politics.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">So is it a return to panthic politics for SAD? When asked about the bonhomie with a baiter like Rode, Badal says he’ll welcome anyone who believes in the ideology and policies of his party. Rode and Taksal leaders have so far only offered support; they aren’t joining SAD. But negotiations are on for the SGPC elections and the Rode camp hopes to settle for one-third of the seats. “We have realised that over the years, when we opposed SAD, it only benefited the anti-Sikh Congress,” says a Rode aide. “We’d like to now work within the democratic system to fight for Sikh rights.”</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">But hardliners like Prof Gurtej Singh say the “so-called radicals” are only succumbing to the spoils of political power. “The Dhumma faction in the Taksal had given up politics after Bhindranwale’s death. Now, they have taken the easy route to political survival.”</span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="color: #002060">source:</span></strong> <a href="http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?266860" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #002060">http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?266860</span></u></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 132395, member: 884"] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#002060]politics: punjab[/COLOR][/FONT] [URL="http://article.aspx/?266860"][SIZE=5][COLOR=#af0e25][B]A New Sheath[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL] [SIZE=5][COLOR=#002060][B]The Badals win over some ex-Khalistanis[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [URL="http://peoplefnl.aspx/?pid=3923&author=Chander+Suta+Dogra"][COLOR=#002060]Chander Suta Dogra[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#002060] - Outlookindia[/COLOR] [B][COLOR=#002060]Radical Change[/COLOR][/B] [LIST] [*][COLOR=#002060]Those who once supported the Khalistan cause are now allying with mainstream parties like SAD[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=#002060]Seminary that Bhindranwale once headed now supports SAD; in exchange, former ‘militants’ are being handed plum posts.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=#002060]SAD is trying to keep radicals away from the Congress[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=#002060]Hardliners say greed has softened some of their colleagues[/COLOR] [/LIST][CENTER][COLOR=#002060]***[/COLOR][/CENTER] [COLOR=#002060][FONT=Arial][SIZE=7]A[/SIZE][/FONT] strange realignment of forces is under way on the political landscape of Punjab. Radical Sikhs (read Khalistanis) who were once led by Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale have for the first time in nearly two decades joined hands with the moderate Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), led by Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]As the Khalistan movement ebbed in 1990s, radical organisations like the Damdami Taksal (the seminary once headed by Bhindranwale) and groups owing allegiance to his nephew Jasbir Singh Rode withdrew slowly to the fringes, and over the years, the Badal-led SAD came to power repeatedly on the strength of its new identity as a Punjabi, rather than a Sikh, party. However, the radicals and SAD continued to take potshots at each other. But a few days back, Badal provoked much surprise by announcing that the Damdami Taksal, headed by Harnam Singh Dhumma and Rode, would be supporting SAD in the forthcoming elections to the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC), the cash-rich body that controls gurudwaras and other Sikh institutions, and also in the assembly elections.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]The quid pro quo was immediately apparent. Gurdeep Singh, a former ‘militant’ of the All-India Sikh Students Federation (AISSF), was recently appointed vice-chairman of the Punjab Health Systems Corporation, a state government body, while Gurmukh Singh, a Rode loyalist, is now the head granthi of the Akal Takht. Earlier, the SGPC had amended the Sikh Nanakshahi calendar at the behest of SAD, going by suggestions from Dhumma of the Damdami Taksal. And the dress code for sewadars at the Golden Temple complex has been changed from yellow to blue, again a suggestion from the Damdami Taksal. Is political expediency turning the hawks into doves or making the doves befriend the hawks? A little of both, it seems.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]“The aim, it seems, is to prevent radical groups from joining the Congress-backed Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (DSGPC),” says G.S. Lamba, the editor of [I]Sant Sipahi[/I], a journal of the community. “If the alliance holds, SAD will be saved the ignominy of further erosion of its Sikh vote bank.” In recent years, both SAD and SGPC, which the former controls, have been receiving flak from hardline Sikhs in India and abroad for dilution of its Sikh-centric ideology and for not doing enough to prevent the peasantry from drifting to the deras. After all, control of the SGPC, and through it, other Sikh institutions, is vital to Punjab politics.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]So is it a return to panthic politics for SAD? When asked about the bonhomie with a baiter like Rode, Badal says he’ll welcome anyone who believes in the ideology and policies of his party. Rode and Taksal leaders have so far only offered support; they aren’t joining SAD. But negotiations are on for the SGPC elections and the Rode camp hopes to settle for one-third of the seats. “We have realised that over the years, when we opposed SAD, it only benefited the anti-Sikh Congress,” says a Rode aide. “We’d like to now work within the democratic system to fight for Sikh rights.”[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]But hardliners like Prof Gurtej Singh say the “so-called radicals” are only succumbing to the spoils of political power. “The Dhumma faction in the Taksal had given up politics after Bhindranwale’s death. Now, they have taken the easy route to political survival.”[/COLOR] [B][COLOR=#002060]source:[/COLOR][/B] [URL="http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?266860"][U][COLOR=#002060]http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?266860[/COLOR][/U][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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