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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)
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Sehskritee Mahala 5
Gaathaa Mahala 5
Phunhay Mahala 5
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Swaiyyae Mahala 5
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Shaloks in Addition To Vaars
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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 18977" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #800080"><a href="http://www.canada.com/vancouver/vancouversun/news/editorial/story.html?id=74a60ee6-e6e8-465f-bfe6-aa2d80329bc0" target="_blank">http://www.canada.com/vancouver/vancouversun/news/editorial/story.html?id=74a60ee6-e6e8-465f-bfe6-aa2d80329bc0</a></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: blue"><strong>Let us also honour the Men of the Punjab</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">A proud body of fighting men earned the respect and esteem of their wartime Allied comrades</span></p><p><span style="color: blue">Janet Robertson</span><span style="color: blue">Special to the Sun</span></p><p><span style="color: blue">Friday, November 11, 2005</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: blue"><img src="http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465/1d/media.canada.com/idl/vasn/20051111/234398-76927.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span><span style="color: blue">CREDIT: AP, Vancouver Sun files</span><span style="color: blue">SINGAPORE, MARCH 31, 1941: Indian Soldiers disembark to join the British forces on the Malaya Penninsula.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: blue">They walk along the road slowly, some of them with joints ravaged by age. They have difficulty walking, often due to strokes. Their hands are stiff from arthritis.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: blue">Many of them also bear the scars and still painful injuries inflicted on them in various wars; wounds caused by exploding mortar and grenades, by bullets and by bayonets from hand-to-hand fighting. Many of them still carry the shrapnel that pierced their bodies.</span></p><p><span style="color: blue">They sit in parks and community centres around Surrey laughing and telling jokes, playing cards and enjoying a sunny day and each other's company. They talk about such mundane things as rising prices and their pensions.</span></p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: blue">And as with any gathering of ex-servicemen, they swap stories about their time in uniform. They have white hair and beards, and they wear turbans.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: blue">These are the Men of the Punjab, and the heroes within our midst.</span></p><p><span style="color: blue">Come with me on a cultural journey where the clock hands go in reverse to stop at 20 years ago, 40 years ago, 60 years ago.</span></p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: blue">I could go back much further in the history of the Men of the Punjab, but will stop at 60 to honour them in this The Year of the Veteran, and because this year services have been held to celebrate VJ-Day -- 60th Anniversary. Had it not been for the Men of the Punjab, the war against the maniacal military forces of Japan would have gone on for much longer, and at the cost of many more Allied lives.</span></p><p><span style="color: blue">The young man of the Punjab stands at attention: He is wearing the colours of the service he represents.</span></p><p><span style="color: blue">His appearance is immaculate. He stands, head erect, shoulders back, chest thrust out in pride, creases down his trousers that are so sharp they could cut through butter; boots so "bulled" that you can see your face reflected in their gleaming shine.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: blue">On his head is not a beret, nor even a forage cap, but a tightly wound turban, worn in the colour of his Service or Regiment, and front and centre on that turban and worn with equal pride, is his regimental badge. The belief in his faith, his country and his regiment is written across his face, dark eyes sparkling with pride</span></p><p><span style="color: blue">How do I know this? How did I discover the Men of the Punjab?</span></p><p><span style="color: blue">Because during the research I was conducting into a completely different wartime story, the Men of the Punjab where everywhere.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: blue">I could not turn a page in a book, nor a war diary without finding them ever-present. The Men of the Punjab have generously shared their family photo albums with me. I have seen their service photographs and I have heard their stories.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: blue">Even from day one of my research they were there, the Men of the Punjab, fighting with valour and ferocity in Hong Kong in 1941. The 5th Battalion/7th Regiment Rajputs and the 2nd Battalion/14th Regiment Punjabis were also to be found in large numbers in the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps and in the Hong Kong Police Force during some of the bloodiest fighting of the Second World War.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: blue">At the time I was not unduly surprised to find their presence in the Far East, due to the close proximity, to what was then, the Indian Empire. Nor was I greatly surprised to learn that the Punjabi regiments based in the Far East fought with great valour alongside their Allied comrades from Canada, Britain and Australia.</span></p><p><span style="color: blue">What I didn't realize was the extent of that respect and esteem.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: blue">I have often heard British veterans say that a cheer would go through the ranks when they heard the "Punjabi pipes" and saw a regiment of turbaned men marching towards them, and it was commonly voiced, "Thank God, the Indians have arrived" or "Thank God the Punjabis are covering our flank"</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: blue">They were even to be found in the trenches of the First World War, fighting in the mud and through the choking yellow clouds of deadly mustard gas in Flanders.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: blue">Their stories are of epic proportions; their battle honours are legendary.</span></p><p><span style="color: blue">Another fact that absolutely staggered me was that although the people of the Punjab account for only five per cent of India's mainly Hindu population, they comprise 90 per cent of the total personnel in India's armed forces -- navy, army and air force.</span></p><p><span style="color: blue">By their sacrifices, they have given me the freedoms that I enjoy today, and for that, I honour and respect the Men of the Punjab in this, The Year of the Veteran.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: blue">Along with all the Allied servicemen from many countries, who fought tyranny and fascism, I owe the Men of the Punjab a debt of honour I doubt I can ever repay.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: blue">Janet Robertson is a retired nurse from Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps and a member of the Ex-Servicemen Society of British Columbia.</span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: blue">© The Vancouver Sun 2005</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 18977, member: 884"] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800080][URL="http://www.canada.com/vancouver/vancouversun/news/editorial/story.html?id=74a60ee6-e6e8-465f-bfe6-aa2d80329bc0"]http://www.canada.com/vancouver/vancouversun/news/editorial/story.html?id=74a60ee6-e6e8-465f-bfe6-aa2d80329bc0[/URL][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=5][COLOR=blue][B]Let us also honour the Men of the Punjab[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [COLOR=blue]A proud body of fighting men earned the respect and esteem of their wartime Allied comrades[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]Janet Robertson[/COLOR][COLOR=blue]Special to the Sun[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]Friday, November 11, 2005[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue][IMG]http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465/1d/media.canada.com/idl/vasn/20051111/234398-76927.jpg[/IMG][/COLOR][COLOR=blue]CREDIT: AP, Vancouver Sun files[/COLOR][COLOR=blue]SINGAPORE, MARCH 31, 1941: Indian Soldiers disembark to join the British forces on the Malaya Penninsula.[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]They walk along the road slowly, some of them with joints ravaged by age. They have difficulty walking, often due to strokes. Their hands are stiff from arthritis.[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]Many of them also bear the scars and still painful injuries inflicted on them in various wars; wounds caused by exploding mortar and grenades, by bullets and by bayonets from hand-to-hand fighting. Many of them still carry the shrapnel that pierced their bodies.[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]They sit in parks and community centres around Surrey laughing and telling jokes, playing cards and enjoying a sunny day and each other's company. They talk about such mundane things as rising prices and their pensions.[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]And as with any gathering of ex-servicemen, they swap stories about their time in uniform. They have white hair and beards, and they wear turbans.[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]These are the Men of the Punjab, and the heroes within our midst.[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]Come with me on a cultural journey where the clock hands go in reverse to stop at 20 years ago, 40 years ago, 60 years ago.[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]I could go back much further in the history of the Men of the Punjab, but will stop at 60 to honour them in this The Year of the Veteran, and because this year services have been held to celebrate VJ-Day -- 60th Anniversary. Had it not been for the Men of the Punjab, the war against the maniacal military forces of Japan would have gone on for much longer, and at the cost of many more Allied lives.[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]The young man of the Punjab stands at attention: He is wearing the colours of the service he represents.[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]His appearance is immaculate. He stands, head erect, shoulders back, chest thrust out in pride, creases down his trousers that are so sharp they could cut through butter; boots so "bulled" that you can see your face reflected in their gleaming shine.[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]On his head is not a beret, nor even a forage cap, but a tightly wound turban, worn in the colour of his Service or Regiment, and front and centre on that turban and worn with equal pride, is his regimental badge. The belief in his faith, his country and his regiment is written across his face, dark eyes sparkling with pride[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]How do I know this? How did I discover the Men of the Punjab?[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]Because during the research I was conducting into a completely different wartime story, the Men of the Punjab where everywhere.[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]I could not turn a page in a book, nor a war diary without finding them ever-present. The Men of the Punjab have generously shared their family photo albums with me. I have seen their service photographs and I have heard their stories.[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]Even from day one of my research they were there, the Men of the Punjab, fighting with valour and ferocity in Hong Kong in 1941. The 5th Battalion/7th Regiment Rajputs and the 2nd Battalion/14th Regiment Punjabis were also to be found in large numbers in the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps and in the Hong Kong Police Force during some of the bloodiest fighting of the Second World War.[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]At the time I was not unduly surprised to find their presence in the Far East, due to the close proximity, to what was then, the Indian Empire. Nor was I greatly surprised to learn that the Punjabi regiments based in the Far East fought with great valour alongside their Allied comrades from Canada, Britain and Australia.[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]What I didn't realize was the extent of that respect and esteem.[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]I have often heard British veterans say that a cheer would go through the ranks when they heard the "Punjabi pipes" and saw a regiment of turbaned men marching towards them, and it was commonly voiced, "Thank God, the Indians have arrived" or "Thank God the Punjabis are covering our flank"[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]They were even to be found in the trenches of the First World War, fighting in the mud and through the choking yellow clouds of deadly mustard gas in Flanders.[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]Their stories are of epic proportions; their battle honours are legendary.[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]Another fact that absolutely staggered me was that although the people of the Punjab account for only five per cent of India's mainly Hindu population, they comprise 90 per cent of the total personnel in India's armed forces -- navy, army and air force.[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]By their sacrifices, they have given me the freedoms that I enjoy today, and for that, I honour and respect the Men of the Punjab in this, The Year of the Veteran.[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]Along with all the Allied servicemen from many countries, who fought tyranny and fascism, I owe the Men of the Punjab a debt of honour I doubt I can ever repay.[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]Janet Robertson is a retired nurse from Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps and a member of the Ex-Servicemen Society of British Columbia.[/COLOR] [CENTER][COLOR=blue]© The Vancouver Sun 2005[/COLOR][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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