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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="Admin" data-source="post: 109786" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><strong>I Don't Fear Death, I Fear Death of My Conscious </strong></p><p><strong></strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9-LcFPGnQ4" target="_blank">YouTube - OCEAN OF PEARLS final trailer</a></p><p></p><p>By Sarab Neelam's count, there's exactly one Sikh film director on planet Earth, and he's about to go slide a scope down someone's throat. </p><p>"A scope on somebody from the top," says Neelam, going over his morning schedule at St. John Macomb Hospital, "and then a scope on somebody from the bottom. And I have to put a feeding tube in somebody." </p><p>Hollywood, here he comes. </p><p></p><p>Neelam, a gastroenterologist from Troy, will tell you that medicine is an art. He'll also tell you that after your first few thousand procedures -- all done with love and care and devotion, of course -- they're every bit as exciting as an oil change. </p><p> </p><p>Movie-making, on the other hand, is an adventure. An expensive adventure so far, but still rewarding. And it all started with a heart attack ... but we'll get back to that later. </p><p></p><p>The important thing right now is that Neelam, an utter but well-prepared amateur, directed a movie called "Ocean of Pearls" that's on actual movie screens in multiple cities. It's a love story, a medical story and an exploration of what it's like to be a Sikh in the United States, and people are paying money to sit in large dark rooms and eat popcorn and watch it. </p><p>It's been held over for two weeks at the Landmark Maple Art in Bloomfield Hills and one week at the AMC Forum in Sterling Heights, and it opened Friday in San Francisco. The gross for its first weekend here was $7,523 -- a trifle behind the $54.7 million collected by "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra," but then, "G.I. Joe" was on 4,006 more screens. </p><p></p><p>"Ocean of Pearls," whose trailer is at the top of this column, could have also done eight figures, Neelam contends, if the big distributors weren't so thoroughly averse to a movie about people in turbans. That sort of reluctance is one of the reasons he felt compelled to make it. </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]689[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Inconvenient misunderstandings</strong></p><p></p><p>Sikhs usually wear turbans, but they didn't bomb the World Trade Center. Neither did the Muslim guy at your accountant's office, who most likely has never worn a turban in his life. </p><p></p><p> Neelam is wearing one as he starts his day with scrambled eggs and a mini-muffin in the St. John cafeteria. ("This hospital food," he says, "is going to kill you.") Wrapped beneath it is chest-length hair that Sikhs leave uncut because if God put it on your head, he must have had a reason. Neelam, 48, also has a long and slightly unruly beard that he pins beneath his chin. </p><p></p><p>It's a combination that frequently attracts the attention of airport security screeners, an inconvenience he wrote into "Ocean of Pearls." When he stands to stretch mid-flight, he says, he can see other passengers squirm. And for better or worse, it's not just un-worldly Americans who give Sikhs the short end of the Stikh. </p><p></p><p>Never mind that Sikhism was born in India and most of its 23 million adherents live there; according to Neelam, not even Bollywood has ever crafted a movie with a Sikh as the lead character. So he did. </p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Decades in making</strong></p><p></p><p>He'd been fascinated with film since he was 7, three years before his family moved from India to Toronto, and he owned an 8mm camera in high school. In medical school, he told teachers that someday he would make a movie. </p><p>Ultimately, he began to ask himself, "Are you going to talk, or are you going to shoot?" And then someone from the Detroit Free Press had a coronary. </p><p>It was 1985 or '86, and a former Free Press editor had just won a Best Screenplay Oscar for "Out of Africa." "Hey," Neelam said, "do you know Kurt Luedtke?" </p><p></p><p>Sure, said the patient, whom Neelam insists had been stabilized before he asked. "You should call him." </p><p></p><p>Neelam did. "I want to make a movie," he declared. </p><p></p><p>"Are you crazy?" Luedtke said. But then he began dispensing advice and sharing contacts, and a few short decades of clinics and seminars later, Neelam was directing his made-in-Michigan movie. </p><p></p><p>The cost so far is about $1.5 million, half of it from Neelam. Everyone tells him the real money comes from selling DVDs, and he's still holding out hope for a distribution deal. The Detroit News' Tom Long gave "Ocean" a C+ and Variety was snippy, but other reviews have been favorable, and word of mouth has been strong. He's encouraged enough to start plotting a children's adventure, a comedy and a Caribbean musical: "They're ready to go in my brain." </p><p></p><p>At the hospital, meanwhile, he's the biggest thing since Jell-O. "I still have my ticket," says an operations coordinator named Cheryl Wuttke. "I want you to sign it." </p><p></p><p>She goes to fetch it, and he offers an embarrassed shrug. "I'm a nobody," he says. But he's the very best Sikh movie director around, and he could be somebody soon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 109786, member: 1"] [B]I Don't Fear Death, I Fear Death of My Conscious [/B][url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9-LcFPGnQ4"]YouTube - OCEAN OF PEARLS final trailer[/url] By Sarab Neelam's count, there's exactly one Sikh film director on planet Earth, and he's about to go slide a scope down someone's throat. "A scope on somebody from the top," says Neelam, going over his morning schedule at St. John Macomb Hospital, "and then a scope on somebody from the bottom. And I have to put a feeding tube in somebody." Hollywood, here he comes. Neelam, a gastroenterologist from Troy, will tell you that medicine is an art. He'll also tell you that after your first few thousand procedures -- all done with love and care and devotion, of course -- they're every bit as exciting as an oil change. Movie-making, on the other hand, is an adventure. An expensive adventure so far, but still rewarding. And it all started with a heart attack ... but we'll get back to that later. The important thing right now is that Neelam, an utter but well-prepared amateur, directed a movie called "Ocean of Pearls" that's on actual movie screens in multiple cities. It's a love story, a medical story and an exploration of what it's like to be a Sikh in the United States, and people are paying money to sit in large dark rooms and eat popcorn and watch it. It's been held over for two weeks at the Landmark Maple Art in Bloomfield Hills and one week at the AMC Forum in Sterling Heights, and it opened Friday in San Francisco. The gross for its first weekend here was $7,523 -- a trifle behind the $54.7 million collected by "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra," but then, "G.I. Joe" was on 4,006 more screens. "Ocean of Pearls," whose trailer is at the top of this column, could have also done eight figures, Neelam contends, if the big distributors weren't so thoroughly averse to a movie about people in turbans. That sort of reluctance is one of the reasons he felt compelled to make it. [ATTACH]689.vB[/ATTACH] [B] Inconvenient misunderstandings[/B] Sikhs usually wear turbans, but they didn't bomb the World Trade Center. Neither did the Muslim guy at your accountant's office, who most likely has never worn a turban in his life. Neelam is wearing one as he starts his day with scrambled eggs and a mini-muffin in the St. John cafeteria. ("This hospital food," he says, "is going to kill you.") Wrapped beneath it is chest-length hair that Sikhs leave uncut because if God put it on your head, he must have had a reason. Neelam, 48, also has a long and slightly unruly beard that he pins beneath his chin. It's a combination that frequently attracts the attention of airport security screeners, an inconvenience he wrote into "Ocean of Pearls." When he stands to stretch mid-flight, he says, he can see other passengers squirm. And for better or worse, it's not just un-worldly Americans who give Sikhs the short end of the Stikh. Never mind that Sikhism was born in India and most of its 23 million adherents live there; according to Neelam, not even Bollywood has ever crafted a movie with a Sikh as the lead character. So he did. [B] Decades in making[/B] He'd been fascinated with film since he was 7, three years before his family moved from India to Toronto, and he owned an 8mm camera in high school. In medical school, he told teachers that someday he would make a movie. Ultimately, he began to ask himself, "Are you going to talk, or are you going to shoot?" And then someone from the Detroit Free Press had a coronary. It was 1985 or '86, and a former Free Press editor had just won a Best Screenplay Oscar for "Out of Africa." "Hey," Neelam said, "do you know Kurt Luedtke?" Sure, said the patient, whom Neelam insists had been stabilized before he asked. "You should call him." Neelam did. "I want to make a movie," he declared. "Are you crazy?" Luedtke said. But then he began dispensing advice and sharing contacts, and a few short decades of clinics and seminars later, Neelam was directing his made-in-Michigan movie. The cost so far is about $1.5 million, half of it from Neelam. Everyone tells him the real money comes from selling DVDs, and he's still holding out hope for a distribution deal. The Detroit News' Tom Long gave "Ocean" a C+ and Variety was snippy, but other reviews have been favorable, and word of mouth has been strong. He's encouraged enough to start plotting a children's adventure, a comedy and a Caribbean musical: "They're ready to go in my brain." At the hospital, meanwhile, he's the biggest thing since Jell-O. "I still have my ticket," says an operations coordinator named Cheryl Wuttke. "I want you to sign it." She goes to fetch it, and he offers an embarrassed shrug. "I'm a nobody," he says. But he's the very best Sikh movie director around, and he could be somebody soon. [/QUOTE]
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