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ਸੋ ਦਰੁ | So Dar
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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)
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Thittee (296-300)
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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)
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Sehskritee Mahala 1
Sehskritee Mahala 5
Gaathaa Mahala 5
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Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 115680" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><strong><span style="color: darkslateblue"><span style="font-size: 15px">Indian-origin woman found on London street with severed hand, honour killing suspected</span> </span></strong></p><p> </p><p><!-- END HEADLINE --><!-- BEGIN STORY BODY --><span style="color: darkslateblue">Indo Asian News ServiceWed, Nov 18, 2009 - 04:44 PM </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: darkslateblue"><strong>London, Nov 18 (IANS)</strong> Police were reported to have arrested the estranged India-born husband of a young British Punjabi woman who died Monday after being found on the streets of a London suburb with a severed hand.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: darkslateblue">In a shocking case that could be the result of an 'honour killing', Geeta Aulakh, a receptionist at Britain's biggest Asian radio station Sunrise Radio, died in hospital hours after being found Monday evening lying on a street in the west London neighbourhood of Greenford.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: darkslateblue">Aulakh, 28, had a head wound and her right hand was severed from her arm, police said amid speculation Wednesday that she was a victim of 'honour killing' - a practice that occurs predominantly among Sikh and Muslim communities.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: darkslateblue">Aulakh was attacked Monday evening, shortly after leaving work in Southall to pick up her two children, aged eight and nine, and was found by a shocked passerby a short distance from the front door of her childminder.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: darkslateblue">Her husband, from whom she was separated, was among six people who were arrested. British police do not name suspects until they are charged.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: darkslateblue">Police are investigating several theories behind the murder, including jealousy, access to Aulakh's children or bringing dishonour on the family, British newspapers said.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: darkslateblue">Speculation that Aulakh was a victim of honour killing mounted after a friend revealed that it was Geeta's right hand - which wears the 'kara' - that was cut off.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: darkslateblue">'It's horrific but hugely symbolic that Geeta's right hand was cut off... The kara is a permanent reminder to live a moral and good life and once it's on you can't get it off,' the Daily Mail quoted a friend as saying.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: darkslateblue">'So her murderer was both dishonouring her and perhaps trying to show she had been dishonourable - which is just barbaric.'</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: darkslateblue">But friends said her husband was devastated when Geeta left and was trying to win his wife back.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: darkslateblue">The case has shocked the bustling west London suburbs of Greenford, where Geeta Aulakh lived, and Southall, where she worked. The two neighbourhoods border each other and are home to London's largest communities of Punjabis.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: darkslateblue">Sunrise Radio Chairman Avtar Lit said Geeta married Harpreet Aulakh against her parents' wishes and that the couple went away to Sweden for a year.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: darkslateblue">'I only found out today that he (Harpreet) wanted her back. That was the kind of person Geeta was, she held everything inside. She was a lovely girl, intelligent and hardworking, cheerful, happy and always smiling. She was very grounded and displayed the best of East and Western values,' Lit said.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: darkslateblue">'You report this sort of thing but you never expect to report your colleague like this. It's an absolute shock to everyone,' said Seema Sidha, a news producer at Sunrise Radio and one of the last people to see Geeta Aulakh alive.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: darkslateblue">Acting detective chief inspector Andy Chalmers said: 'When the victim was found we know that a lot of people were in the street and that several people may have tried to administer first aid before the police or ambulance arrived.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: darkslateblue">'These people left the scene before speaking to police and I would ask that anyone who was there, or anyone else who has information about the incident, call us in the strictest of confidence.'</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: darkslateblue">Anyone with information has been asked to call the London incident room on 020 8358 0200 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.</span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><!-- END STORY BODY --></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 115680, member: 884"] [B][COLOR=darkslateblue][SIZE=4]Indian-origin woman found on London street with severed hand, honour killing suspected[/SIZE] [/COLOR][/B] <!-- END HEADLINE --><!-- BEGIN STORY BODY -->[COLOR=darkslateblue]Indo Asian News ServiceWed, Nov 18, 2009 - 04:44 PM [/COLOR] [COLOR=darkslateblue][B]London, Nov 18 (IANS)[/B] Police were reported to have arrested the estranged India-born husband of a young British Punjabi woman who died Monday after being found on the streets of a London suburb with a severed hand.[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkslateblue]In a shocking case that could be the result of an 'honour killing', Geeta Aulakh, a receptionist at Britain's biggest Asian radio station Sunrise Radio, died in hospital hours after being found Monday evening lying on a street in the west London neighbourhood of Greenford.[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkslateblue]Aulakh, 28, had a head wound and her right hand was severed from her arm, police said amid speculation Wednesday that she was a victim of 'honour killing' - a practice that occurs predominantly among Sikh and Muslim communities.[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkslateblue]Aulakh was attacked Monday evening, shortly after leaving work in Southall to pick up her two children, aged eight and nine, and was found by a shocked passerby a short distance from the front door of her childminder.[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkslateblue]Her husband, from whom she was separated, was among six people who were arrested. British police do not name suspects until they are charged.[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkslateblue]Police are investigating several theories behind the murder, including jealousy, access to Aulakh's children or bringing dishonour on the family, British newspapers said.[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkslateblue]Speculation that Aulakh was a victim of honour killing mounted after a friend revealed that it was Geeta's right hand - which wears the 'kara' - that was cut off.[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkslateblue]'It's horrific but hugely symbolic that Geeta's right hand was cut off... The kara is a permanent reminder to live a moral and good life and once it's on you can't get it off,' the Daily Mail quoted a friend as saying.[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkslateblue]'So her murderer was both dishonouring her and perhaps trying to show she had been dishonourable - which is just barbaric.'[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkslateblue]But friends said her husband was devastated when Geeta left and was trying to win his wife back.[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkslateblue]The case has shocked the bustling west London suburbs of Greenford, where Geeta Aulakh lived, and Southall, where she worked. The two neighbourhoods border each other and are home to London's largest communities of Punjabis.[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkslateblue]Sunrise Radio Chairman Avtar Lit said Geeta married Harpreet Aulakh against her parents' wishes and that the couple went away to Sweden for a year.[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkslateblue]'I only found out today that he (Harpreet) wanted her back. That was the kind of person Geeta was, she held everything inside. She was a lovely girl, intelligent and hardworking, cheerful, happy and always smiling. She was very grounded and displayed the best of East and Western values,' Lit said.[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkslateblue]'You report this sort of thing but you never expect to report your colleague like this. It's an absolute shock to everyone,' said Seema Sidha, a news producer at Sunrise Radio and one of the last people to see Geeta Aulakh alive.[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkslateblue]Acting detective chief inspector Andy Chalmers said: 'When the victim was found we know that a lot of people were in the street and that several people may have tried to administer first aid before the police or ambulance arrived.[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkslateblue]'These people left the scene before speaking to police and I would ask that anyone who was there, or anyone else who has information about the incident, call us in the strictest of confidence.'[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkslateblue]Anyone with information has been asked to call the London incident room on 020 8358 0200 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.[/COLOR] <!-- END STORY BODY --> [/QUOTE]
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