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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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Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
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<blockquote data-quote="Admin" data-source="post: 83760" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><span style="color: Purple"><strong><a href="http://astore.amazon.co.uk/sikhphilnetw-21/detail/0670916706/202-2215136-7964619" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 10px">Buy This Book at SPN Store</span></strong></span></a></strong></span><em><strong> : </strong></em><strong>Book Review : If You Don't Know Me by Now: A Memoir of Love, Secrets and Lies in Wolverhampton. </strong><a href="http://astore.amazon.co.uk/sikhphilnetw-21/detail/0670916706/202-2215136-7964619" target="_blank">http://astore.amazon.co.uk/sikhphilnetw-21/detail/0670916706/202-2215136-7964619</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Description</strong></p><p></p><p> Beneath the surface of his glamorous London life - of fast cars, celebrities and high-flying journalism - Sathnam Sanghera has a past which quietly beggars belief. For all intents and purposes, he was raised as a Punjabi villager, living in a closed community of arranged marriages and superstitious rituals - only in dingy, seventies Wolverhampton. Then at 24, quite out of the blue, he discovered that his father and sister were both schizophrenic, and that his warm and loving family had a horrifying history of domestic violence. </p><p>Equipped with breathtaking courage and a glorious sense of humour, he embarks on a journey into his family's past - from his father's harsh life in rural Punjab and the terrifying years of his parents' marriage, to his obsession with George Michael and a detailed investigation of how to tie the perfect top-knot - trying to make sense of a life lived in the dark. But at its end, in one of the most moving encounters in the book, he must make a revelation of his own when he explains to his beloved mother that he will never accept the arranged marriage she has set her heart on for him.</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Product Details</strong></p><p></p><p> </p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Amazon Sales Rank: #5737 in Books</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Published on: 2008-03-06</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Binding: Hardcover</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">336 pages</li> </ul><p></p><p><strong>Editorial Reviews</strong></p><p></p><p> <strong>Jonathan Coe</strong> </p><p>Told with enormous compassion and the most unexpected dry wit ... What a painful and joyous voyage of discovery! </p><p> <strong>Andrea Ashworth</strong>, author of bestselling memoir Once in a House on Fire </p><p>As charming as it is wrenching, as funny as it is haunting, this book is wonderfully unlike any other</p><p></p><p> <strong>The Times</strong> </p><p>Gripping and entertaining, horrifying and tender. So delightful, insightful and charming </p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Customer Reviews</strong></p><p></p><p> <strong>You must read this book</strong><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star50_tpng.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p>This is sheer poetry. He writes in the Times on economics and business but I am now going to read him more carefully because he really knows what matters. About love, pain, confrontation, embarassment, illness, compassion. This is a brilliantly open and unblinking book. Read it and, just maybe, become a better human being.</p><p> </p><p></p><p><strong>A lone voice<img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star20_tpng.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></strong></p><p><strong></strong> I found this one of the hardest books to finish that i have EVER read. The author has used two important and compelling issues to basically write a book about himself growing up in Wolverhampton - why would ANYONE find this interesting! Its Zadie Smith and White Teeth all over again. </p><p></p><p>I must admit it did enlighten me to certain issues re schizophrenia which i had not considered but this was contained within pages of boring dross about Sathnam, Sathnam and more Sathnam, Wolverhampton, George Michael and the Man on the Horse!! Who cares! And by the time i had reached the 'climax' of the book i was too bored to even finish reading the letter to his mum which was actually a really important point of the story. </p><p></p><p>Understandably many Sikh readers growing up in Britain will identify with the author, as will many Sikhs growing up in Britain in Wolverhampton! Sanghera obviously had a story to tell but i think he indulged himself with this one. Big time. </p><p></p><p>And I am surprised that someone whose writing i admire, Andrea Ashworth, wrote such a complimentary review. Am i missing something here? Obviously. And not just a lone voice - my partner felt the same!</p><p> </p><p></p><p><strong>Great read.<img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star40_tpng.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></strong></p><p><strong></strong> So I wasn't the only one who couldn't put the book down after I'd started. The book brought back so many memories from my childhood that I didn't actually find it sad but heart warming and nostalgic. I have to take my hat off to you Sathnam, the way you exposed your own family "closet skeletons" is awe inspiring. You had the courage to do the thing many Sikhs/Panjabis dread the most. </p><p></p><p>Sabaash! </p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://astore.amazon.co.uk/sikhphilnetw-21/detail/0670916706/202-2215136-7964619" target="_blank"><span style="color: DarkOrchid"><em><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Buy This Book at SPN Store</strong></span></em></span></a></p><p><a href="http://astore.amazon.co.uk/sikhphilnetw-21/detail/0670916706/202-2215136-7964619" target="_blank"><span style="color: DarkOrchid"><em><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong></strong></span></em></span></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 83760, member: 1"] [COLOR=Purple][B][URL="http://astore.amazon.co.uk/sikhphilnetw-21/detail/0670916706/202-2215136-7964619"][SIZE=3][B][SIZE=2]Buy This Book at SPN Store[/SIZE][/B][/SIZE][/URL][/B][/COLOR][I][B] : [/B][/I][B]Book Review : If You Don't Know Me by Now: A Memoir of Love, Secrets and Lies in Wolverhampton. [/B][URL="http://astore.amazon.co.uk/sikhphilnetw-21/detail/0670916706/202-2215136-7964619"][COLOR=DarkOrchid][I][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/I][/COLOR][/URL][B] Description[/B] Beneath the surface of his glamorous London life - of fast cars, celebrities and high-flying journalism - Sathnam Sanghera has a past which quietly beggars belief. For all intents and purposes, he was raised as a Punjabi villager, living in a closed community of arranged marriages and superstitious rituals - only in dingy, seventies Wolverhampton. Then at 24, quite out of the blue, he discovered that his father and sister were both schizophrenic, and that his warm and loving family had a horrifying history of domestic violence. Equipped with breathtaking courage and a glorious sense of humour, he embarks on a journey into his family's past - from his father's harsh life in rural Punjab and the terrifying years of his parents' marriage, to his obsession with George Michael and a detailed investigation of how to tie the perfect top-knot - trying to make sense of a life lived in the dark. But at its end, in one of the most moving encounters in the book, he must make a revelation of his own when he explains to his beloved mother that he will never accept the arranged marriage she has set her heart on for him. [B]Product Details[/B] [LIST] [*]Amazon Sales Rank: #5737 in Books [*]Published on: 2008-03-06 [*]Binding: Hardcover [*]336 pages [/LIST] [B]Editorial Reviews[/B] [B]Jonathan Coe[/B] Told with enormous compassion and the most unexpected dry wit ... What a painful and joyous voyage of discovery! [B]Andrea Ashworth[/B], author of bestselling memoir Once in a House on Fire As charming as it is wrenching, as funny as it is haunting, this book is wonderfully unlike any other [B]The Times[/B] Gripping and entertaining, horrifying and tender. So delightful, insightful and charming [B]Customer Reviews[/B] [B]You must read this book[/B][IMG]http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star50_tpng.png[/IMG] This is sheer poetry. He writes in the Times on economics and business but I am now going to read him more carefully because he really knows what matters. About love, pain, confrontation, embarassment, illness, compassion. This is a brilliantly open and unblinking book. Read it and, just maybe, become a better human being. [B]A lone voice[IMG]http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star20_tpng.png[/IMG] [/B] I found this one of the hardest books to finish that i have EVER read. The author has used two important and compelling issues to basically write a book about himself growing up in Wolverhampton - why would ANYONE find this interesting! Its Zadie Smith and White Teeth all over again. I must admit it did enlighten me to certain issues re schizophrenia which i had not considered but this was contained within pages of boring dross about Sathnam, Sathnam and more Sathnam, Wolverhampton, George Michael and the Man on the Horse!! Who cares! And by the time i had reached the 'climax' of the book i was too bored to even finish reading the letter to his mum which was actually a really important point of the story. Understandably many Sikh readers growing up in Britain will identify with the author, as will many Sikhs growing up in Britain in Wolverhampton! Sanghera obviously had a story to tell but i think he indulged himself with this one. Big time. And I am surprised that someone whose writing i admire, Andrea Ashworth, wrote such a complimentary review. Am i missing something here? Obviously. And not just a lone voice - my partner felt the same! [B]Great read.[IMG]http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star40_tpng.png[/IMG] [/B] So I wasn't the only one who couldn't put the book down after I'd started. The book brought back so many memories from my childhood that I didn't actually find it sad but heart warming and nostalgic. I have to take my hat off to you Sathnam, the way you exposed your own family "closet skeletons" is awe inspiring. You had the courage to do the thing many Sikhs/Panjabis dread the most. Sabaash! [URL="http://astore.amazon.co.uk/sikhphilnetw-21/detail/0670916706/202-2215136-7964619"][COLOR=DarkOrchid][I][SIZE=3][B]Buy This Book at SPN Store [/B][/SIZE][/I][/COLOR][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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