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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="spnadmin" data-source="post: 142601" data-attributes="member: 35"><p>NEW DELHI, India — Despite the booming information technology industry that has made it "the back office to the world," India still lags far behind nimble China in the race to provide universal internet access to its citizens.</p><p></p><p>But as prices for smart phones plunge and India's cost-slashing mobile service providers get ready to roll out broadband-ready 3G networks, India is poised to leapfrog the PC and take pole position in the mobile internet revolution, says McKinsey & Co.</p><p></p><p>That means big changes are on the horizon, according to Laxman Narasimhan, a director in McKinsey’s Delhi office. Access to individual screens and custom content will transform the media business, new decision-making processes will require companies to adopt innovative new marketing strategies, and internet banking and e-commerce will explode — increasing India's market for digital services fourfold, to $20 billion, by 2015.</p><p></p><p>"The frustration with the lack of development of infrastructure, and the lowering of the cost of access devices could lead to a leapfrog in the way some of these services are delivered," Narasimhan said in a phone interview with GlobalPost.</p><p></p><p>Currently, only 7 percent of Indians are connected to the web, compared with 32 percent in China and 77 percent in the United States, and fewer than 1 percent of Indians have mobile internet service today. But McKinsey argues that's set to change.</p><p></p><p>Thanks in part to Google's open source Android operating system, the cost of smart phones has already dropped below $125 and promises to fall further — making portable devices that are easier to operate than PCs affordable for an ever broader cross-section of Indian society.</p><p></p><p>Mobile operators are beginning to offer innovative rate plans for mobile data use, promising cheaper access to internet services, prompting McKinsey to predict that India's 81 million web users will multiply more than fivefold to reach 450 million by 2015.</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, a number of global players are developing technologies that can translate voice inputs into data and convert web-based text into speech, which could facilitate the spread of the sort of immersive, audio-visual applications that will be a hit among India's low-literacy population.</p><p></p><p>"Those kind of solutions going mainstream is a very happy coincidence," said Aditya Dev Soon of the Center for Knowledge Societies. "It's dovetailing in a way with the actual spread of broadband on mobile into more and more rural areas."</p><p></p><p>Some interesting new businesses could be poised to take off, if service operators get the pricing right and innovators provide the right mix of products.</p><p></p><p>"The ability to accelerate data services is going to depend on a number of factors offered by 3G providers and broadband wireless access providers," said Narasimhan. The key factors will be "the strength of the proposition, the access price, the content price, how much the content is tailored for regional and local needs, and how these content players get compensated. That's almost always the trickiest part of the change."</p><p></p><p>The right products and services could help India overcome shortages that plague its huge population.</p><p></p><p>In education, for example, video chat could cut into the lucrative market for supplementary tutoring — where otherwise students must sometimes commute for as much as three hours. Similarly, in health care, access to online doctor consultations would allow Indians in remote areas where hospitals are not available to get preliminary medical advice before undertaking a costly and time-consuming trip to an urban center. Meanwhile, technologies like internet banking, e-networks for sales and distribution, and music or video on demand will help companies cut costs and spawn some big business opportunities.</p><p></p><p>"The interesting thing that we've found is that Indian consumers are willing to pay for some services on the internet, with regard to mobile health for example, such as a doctor on call," said Narasimhan. "The same thing with supplementary tutoring or education."</p><p></p><p>Even without web access, Indians already spend nearly five hours a day watching and listening to digital content, and three-quarters of urban residents spend at least $1 a month to buy it — often from "gray market" shops that will transfer downloaded content to your phone by cable or bluetooth for a nominal fee.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/india/110221/india-mobile-internet-digital-services" target="_blank">http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/india/110221/india-mobile-internet-digital-services</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 142601, member: 35"] NEW DELHI, India — Despite the booming information technology industry that has made it "the back office to the world," India still lags far behind nimble China in the race to provide universal internet access to its citizens. But as prices for smart phones plunge and India's cost-slashing mobile service providers get ready to roll out broadband-ready 3G networks, India is poised to leapfrog the PC and take pole position in the mobile internet revolution, says McKinsey & Co. That means big changes are on the horizon, according to Laxman Narasimhan, a director in McKinsey’s Delhi office. Access to individual screens and custom content will transform the media business, new decision-making processes will require companies to adopt innovative new marketing strategies, and internet banking and e-commerce will explode — increasing India's market for digital services fourfold, to $20 billion, by 2015. "The frustration with the lack of development of infrastructure, and the lowering of the cost of access devices could lead to a leapfrog in the way some of these services are delivered," Narasimhan said in a phone interview with GlobalPost. Currently, only 7 percent of Indians are connected to the web, compared with 32 percent in China and 77 percent in the United States, and fewer than 1 percent of Indians have mobile internet service today. But McKinsey argues that's set to change. Thanks in part to Google's open source Android operating system, the cost of smart phones has already dropped below $125 and promises to fall further — making portable devices that are easier to operate than PCs affordable for an ever broader cross-section of Indian society. Mobile operators are beginning to offer innovative rate plans for mobile data use, promising cheaper access to internet services, prompting McKinsey to predict that India's 81 million web users will multiply more than fivefold to reach 450 million by 2015. Meanwhile, a number of global players are developing technologies that can translate voice inputs into data and convert web-based text into speech, which could facilitate the spread of the sort of immersive, audio-visual applications that will be a hit among India's low-literacy population. "Those kind of solutions going mainstream is a very happy coincidence," said Aditya Dev Soon of the Center for Knowledge Societies. "It's dovetailing in a way with the actual spread of broadband on mobile into more and more rural areas." Some interesting new businesses could be poised to take off, if service operators get the pricing right and innovators provide the right mix of products. "The ability to accelerate data services is going to depend on a number of factors offered by 3G providers and broadband wireless access providers," said Narasimhan. The key factors will be "the strength of the proposition, the access price, the content price, how much the content is tailored for regional and local needs, and how these content players get compensated. That's almost always the trickiest part of the change." The right products and services could help India overcome shortages that plague its huge population. In education, for example, video chat could cut into the lucrative market for supplementary tutoring — where otherwise students must sometimes commute for as much as three hours. Similarly, in health care, access to online doctor consultations would allow Indians in remote areas where hospitals are not available to get preliminary medical advice before undertaking a costly and time-consuming trip to an urban center. Meanwhile, technologies like internet banking, e-networks for sales and distribution, and music or video on demand will help companies cut costs and spawn some big business opportunities. "The interesting thing that we've found is that Indian consumers are willing to pay for some services on the internet, with regard to mobile health for example, such as a doctor on call," said Narasimhan. "The same thing with supplementary tutoring or education." Even without web access, Indians already spend nearly five hours a day watching and listening to digital content, and three-quarters of urban residents spend at least $1 a month to buy it — often from "gray market" shops that will transfer downloaded content to your phone by cable or bluetooth for a nominal fee. [url]http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/india/110221/india-mobile-internet-digital-services[/url] [/QUOTE]
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