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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="Chaan Pardesi" data-source="post: 135076" data-attributes="member: 7047"><p><strong>'Like Eklavya, I was asked to give my thumb'</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>'Like Eklavya, I was asked to give my thumb'</strong></p><p> </p><p>Raja Bose & Ramaninder K Bhatia , TNN, Oct 15, 2010, 05.38am IST</p><p> </p><p>His resignation letter to Punjab chief minister and uncle Parkash Singh Badal— recalling how he was baptized by him into politics when he was just five — would move anybody to tears. He speaks with utmost respect when talking about Badal senior. But, a day after he shook the Punjab government and the powerful Shiromani Akaali Dal, former finance minister Manpreet Badal appears hurt deep within. In his battle with his cousin and deputy CM Sukhbir Badal, Manpreet feels that like Eklavya, he had to pay a heavy and damning 'gurudakshina'. </p><p> </p><p>Ask him if he was wronged and you wouldn't get a straight answer. But, he draws an interesting parallel to the Mahabharata, hinting for the first time abolihised uncle's role vis-à-vis his son Sukhbir and him. </p><p> </p><p>"When Dronacharya found a barking dog's mouth sealed with a volley of arrows, he was amazed at the archer's skill. He asked the archer, Eklavya, who his guru was. Eklavya said it was no one else but him as he put a statue of Dronacharya and practiced. With his favourite disciple Arjuna in mind, Dronacharya asked for his thumb as gurudakshina. I was asked to give my thumb," says Manpreet. </p><p> </p><p>Surrounded by books — from Tamerlaine's great invasions to Chengiz Khan's heroics and volumes of Sikh history — in his home, Manpreet's composure doesn't look like that of a man who had just brewed a political storm that has had even a patriarch like Parkash Singh Badal worried. </p><p> </p><p>A lover of poetry, this 47-year-old graduate from Londond School of Economics quotes Urdu poet Munir Niazi to define his decision: "I had a death wish." </p><p> </p><p>But, he is resolute in his stand. "It is over. The relationship (with Senior Badal's family) is dead," he told TOI. But why did he take so long to act? "I was not working in a private company, where people keep switching jobs. I am a born Akali and (leaving the party) would have meant switching my religion. I was hanging onto a thin thread. But, I have lost all hope," he said. </p><p> </p><p>Manpreet says he has an agenda for Punjab, to put the state on the path to bring back its lost glory, to create a resurgent Punjab. His inspiration: The famous 'Ireland unfree shall never be at peace ...' speech by Irish freedom fighter Patrick Pe{censored} and Nikolai Ostrovsky's 'How The Steel Was Tempered'. </p><p> </p><p>He wants to go it alone and not join any party right now. "You can't ask a man who has just got divorced whether he wants to marry again. He's too scared," he says. </p><p> </p><p>"I have an agenda for Punjab. Right now, I am getting a lot of response from the people, also on Facebook and blogs. I have already begun meeting. I will go to the people and like Kamal Ataturk did for Turkey, will ***** the conscience of Punjabis. Just like Ostrovsky says, I would like to die happy in the thought that I did something for liberation of mankind from poverty." </p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Like-Eklavya-I-was-asked-to-give-my-thumb/articleshow/6751580.cms" target="_blank">http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Like-Eklavya-I-was-asked-to-give-my-thumb/articleshow/6751580.cms</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chaan Pardesi, post: 135076, member: 7047"] [b]'Like Eklavya, I was asked to give my thumb'[/b] [B]'Like Eklavya, I was asked to give my thumb'[/B] Raja Bose & Ramaninder K Bhatia , TNN, Oct 15, 2010, 05.38am IST His resignation letter to Punjab chief minister and uncle Parkash Singh Badal— recalling how he was baptized by him into politics when he was just five — would move anybody to tears. He speaks with utmost respect when talking about Badal senior. But, a day after he shook the Punjab government and the powerful Shiromani Akaali Dal, former finance minister Manpreet Badal appears hurt deep within. In his battle with his cousin and deputy CM Sukhbir Badal, Manpreet feels that like Eklavya, he had to pay a heavy and damning 'gurudakshina'. Ask him if he was wronged and you wouldn't get a straight answer. But, he draws an interesting parallel to the Mahabharata, hinting for the first time abolihised uncle's role vis-à-vis his son Sukhbir and him. "When Dronacharya found a barking dog's mouth sealed with a volley of arrows, he was amazed at the archer's skill. He asked the archer, Eklavya, who his guru was. Eklavya said it was no one else but him as he put a statue of Dronacharya and practiced. With his favourite disciple Arjuna in mind, Dronacharya asked for his thumb as gurudakshina. I was asked to give my thumb," says Manpreet. Surrounded by books — from Tamerlaine's great invasions to Chengiz Khan's heroics and volumes of Sikh history — in his home, Manpreet's composure doesn't look like that of a man who had just brewed a political storm that has had even a patriarch like Parkash Singh Badal worried. A lover of poetry, this 47-year-old graduate from Londond School of Economics quotes Urdu poet Munir Niazi to define his decision: "I had a death wish." But, he is resolute in his stand. "It is over. The relationship (with Senior Badal's family) is dead," he told TOI. But why did he take so long to act? "I was not working in a private company, where people keep switching jobs. I am a born Akali and (leaving the party) would have meant switching my religion. I was hanging onto a thin thread. But, I have lost all hope," he said. Manpreet says he has an agenda for Punjab, to put the state on the path to bring back its lost glory, to create a resurgent Punjab. His inspiration: The famous 'Ireland unfree shall never be at peace ...' speech by Irish freedom fighter Patrick Pe{censored} and Nikolai Ostrovsky's 'How The Steel Was Tempered'. He wants to go it alone and not join any party right now. "You can't ask a man who has just got divorced whether he wants to marry again. He's too scared," he says. "I have an agenda for Punjab. Right now, I am getting a lot of response from the people, also on Facebook and blogs. I have already begun meeting. I will go to the people and like Kamal Ataturk did for Turkey, will ***** the conscience of Punjabis. Just like Ostrovsky says, I would like to die happy in the thought that I did something for liberation of mankind from poverty." [URL]http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Like-Eklavya-I-was-asked-to-give-my-thumb/articleshow/6751580.cms[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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