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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="Randip Singh" data-source="post: 151315" data-attributes="member: 1323"><p>Milliband summed it up nicely for me. "The Take what you can culture"</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23977440-we-must-tackle-the-take-what-you-can-culture.do" target="_blank">http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23977440-we-must-tackle-the-take-what-you-can-culture.do</a></p><p> <strong>We must tackle the take-what-you-can culture</strong></p><p></p><p> <img src="http://i.thisislondon.co.uk/i/std/siteimages/eveningstandard/columnists-2/ed.milliband.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <strong><a href="http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-home/columnistarchive/Ed%20Miliband-columnist-3005-archive.do" target="_blank">Ed Miliband</a></strong></p><p> 11 Aug 2011 </p><p>Every Londoner will have a story this week that particularly touches them. Two stand out for me: hearing that the area where I went to school around Haverstock Comprehensive in Chalk Farm was caught up in some of the violence; and visiting Peckham with Harriet Harman, where we saw the distress and pain etched in the faces of the law-abiding majority of people.</p><p></p><p>Londoners across every borough, every age group, every class, every ethnicity have been appalled by what we have seen over the past week. No area in our capital has felt beyond the reach of the trouble, and no citizen has felt immune or truly safe. </p><p></p><p>This violence and vandalism is an affront to the values of London that we all believe in: above all, the liberty of the individual which has been at the heart of the capital's history. When shops are being looted, when people are unable to go about their daily business without fear then there can be no liberty, no sense of freedom.</p><p>That is why today, and in the coming days, there remains one overriding priority for the Government and the police: the maintenance of public order and a return to normality on the streets of London. The security of the city's citizens and their ability to go about their lives free from fear is the paramount concern.</p><p></p><p>The police should have the resources to do what it takes to bring calm to the streets of Britain's towns and cities.Police on the streets have made our streets safer.</p><p></p><p>The Prime Minister must understand the concern there is about the reduction in police numbers that is taking place. He must undertake to review the decisions made about police numbers and budgets.</p><p></p><p>The full force of the law should be brought to bear on all those who have committed criminal acts and there must be swift action to help those who have lost their homes and livelihoods rebuild.</p><p></p><p>For now, and thanks to the heroic efforts of policemen and policewomen across this capital, order has been restored. But let us be clear: it is not yet a return to normality if businesses are still shutting early and people are rushing home in case things start up again. It will take many more days of order to get closer to something approaching how things were before. </p><p></p><p>As I have talked to people over the past few days, what has become clear is that no two disturbances were quite the same, but all of the violence and vandalism shares one common truth: there is no excuse for it. No ifs, no buts, no justification. Indeed, no Londoner I have met has offered a defence of the criminal activity we have seen. It was mindless, it has harmed some of the most vulnerable people and businesses in our capital, and as so many people have told me, it sets back the cause of investment and prosperity.</p><p></p><p>As it debates these issues today the House of Commons must unite to send a clear and unequivocal message that I believe the vast majority of Londoners want us to send. We must also start to consider the task of the how to prevent these events happening again.</p><p> </p><p>These were individual criminal acts. But the question we have to ask is why we have people in our society who are willing to go out and commit these acts? How do we have people among us who think it is OK to go and harm and despoil their communities in this way? Just as excusing criminality on the basis of social factors is quite wrong, we would be failing Londoners if we did not seek to understand and remedy the deeper reasons for it. </p><p></p><p>All politicians should approach this task with due humility. Knee-jerk conclusions from Left or Right, simplistic answers, simply blaming one government or another, just won't do. The process must be methodical and it must hear the voices of the law-abiding majority in the communities affected. </p><p></p><p>For me, the solutions must start with the values we seek to uphold as a society and, in particular, the way we generate a sense of responsibility to each other - the basic foundation of our ability to live together in harmony.</p><p></p><p>Out of the darkness of the past few days we have seen a responsible, compassionate majority - appalled and fearful but coming together to stand up for their communities, many now joining in the clean-up, many at a loss to explain what they have seen on their streets and TVs. </p><p></p><p>Yet it is not enough to just berate "an irresponsible few". </p><p>A few weeks ago I talked about the need to change a culture of irresponsibility in our society from top to bottom - from the boardroom to the benefits office. In the wake of phone-hacking scandal, the banking crisis and MPs' expenses, that seemed essential. </p><p></p><p>No two instances of irresponsibility are the same but after the riots it is even more important to change that culture. The wanton greed that we have seen in the looting of the past few days, the take-what-you-can culture, must be tackled.</p><p> </p><p>Successful societies are built on an ethic of compassion, solidarity, and looking after each other. That ethic must triumph - from our schools, to the actions of the most powerful, to what we demand of parents. The responsibility government shows to the vast majority of our decent law-abiding young people and their mums and dads, who want their kids to do better than them, is what I call the promise of Britain.</p><p></p><p>We must all bear our share of responsibility for fixing this: government, and all of us citizens.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Randip Singh, post: 151315, member: 1323"] Milliband summed it up nicely for me. "The Take what you can culture" [URL]http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23977440-we-must-tackle-the-take-what-you-can-culture.do[/URL] [B]We must tackle the take-what-you-can culture[/B] [IMG]http://i.thisislondon.co.uk/i/std/siteimages/eveningstandard/columnists-2/ed.milliband.gif[/IMG] [B][URL="http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-home/columnistarchive/Ed%20Miliband-columnist-3005-archive.do"]Ed Miliband[/URL][/B] 11 Aug 2011 Every Londoner will have a story this week that particularly touches them. Two stand out for me: hearing that the area where I went to school around Haverstock Comprehensive in Chalk Farm was caught up in some of the violence; and visiting Peckham with Harriet Harman, where we saw the distress and pain etched in the faces of the law-abiding majority of people. Londoners across every borough, every age group, every class, every ethnicity have been appalled by what we have seen over the past week. No area in our capital has felt beyond the reach of the trouble, and no citizen has felt immune or truly safe. This violence and vandalism is an affront to the values of London that we all believe in: above all, the liberty of the individual which has been at the heart of the capital's history. When shops are being looted, when people are unable to go about their daily business without fear then there can be no liberty, no sense of freedom. That is why today, and in the coming days, there remains one overriding priority for the Government and the police: the maintenance of public order and a return to normality on the streets of London. The security of the city's citizens and their ability to go about their lives free from fear is the paramount concern. The police should have the resources to do what it takes to bring calm to the streets of Britain's towns and cities.Police on the streets have made our streets safer. The Prime Minister must understand the concern there is about the reduction in police numbers that is taking place. He must undertake to review the decisions made about police numbers and budgets. The full force of the law should be brought to bear on all those who have committed criminal acts and there must be swift action to help those who have lost their homes and livelihoods rebuild. For now, and thanks to the heroic efforts of policemen and policewomen across this capital, order has been restored. But let us be clear: it is not yet a return to normality if businesses are still shutting early and people are rushing home in case things start up again. It will take many more days of order to get closer to something approaching how things were before. As I have talked to people over the past few days, what has become clear is that no two disturbances were quite the same, but all of the violence and vandalism shares one common truth: there is no excuse for it. No ifs, no buts, no justification. Indeed, no Londoner I have met has offered a defence of the criminal activity we have seen. It was mindless, it has harmed some of the most vulnerable people and businesses in our capital, and as so many people have told me, it sets back the cause of investment and prosperity. As it debates these issues today the House of Commons must unite to send a clear and unequivocal message that I believe the vast majority of Londoners want us to send. We must also start to consider the task of the how to prevent these events happening again. These were individual criminal acts. But the question we have to ask is why we have people in our society who are willing to go out and commit these acts? How do we have people among us who think it is OK to go and harm and despoil their communities in this way? Just as excusing criminality on the basis of social factors is quite wrong, we would be failing Londoners if we did not seek to understand and remedy the deeper reasons for it. All politicians should approach this task with due humility. Knee-jerk conclusions from Left or Right, simplistic answers, simply blaming one government or another, just won't do. The process must be methodical and it must hear the voices of the law-abiding majority in the communities affected. For me, the solutions must start with the values we seek to uphold as a society and, in particular, the way we generate a sense of responsibility to each other - the basic foundation of our ability to live together in harmony. Out of the darkness of the past few days we have seen a responsible, compassionate majority - appalled and fearful but coming together to stand up for their communities, many now joining in the clean-up, many at a loss to explain what they have seen on their streets and TVs. Yet it is not enough to just berate "an irresponsible few". A few weeks ago I talked about the need to change a culture of irresponsibility in our society from top to bottom - from the boardroom to the benefits office. In the wake of phone-hacking scandal, the banking crisis and MPs' expenses, that seemed essential. No two instances of irresponsibility are the same but after the riots it is even more important to change that culture. The wanton greed that we have seen in the looting of the past few days, the take-what-you-can culture, must be tackled. Successful societies are built on an ethic of compassion, solidarity, and looking after each other. That ethic must triumph - from our schools, to the actions of the most powerful, to what we demand of parents. The responsibility government shows to the vast majority of our decent law-abiding young people and their mums and dads, who want their kids to do better than them, is what I call the promise of Britain. We must all bear our share of responsibility for fixing this: government, and all of us citizens. [/QUOTE]
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