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Gurbani (14-53)
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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)
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Baavan Akhari (250-262)
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Thittee (296-300)
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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)
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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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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 142197" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: red"><strong>February 14, 2011</strong> </span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/14/iran-protests_n_822991.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: navy">Iran Protests: Hundreds Of Thousands March, Tear Gas Fired</span></span></a></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px">AP/<span style="color: navy">The Huffington Post</span></span></strong><span style="color: navy"> ALI AKBAR DAREINI </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy"><span style="color: #696969"><span style="color: navy">First Posted: 02/14/11 02:16 PMUpdated: 02/14/11 07:30 PM</span> </span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy"><img src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/247573/thumbs/s-IRAN-PROTESTS-large.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy"><strong>TEHRAN, Iran --</strong> Clashes between Iranian police and </span><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dc07d8de-386d-11e0-959c-00144feabdc0.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: navy">hundreds of thousands</span></a><span style="color: navy"> of protesters wracked central Tehran on Monday as security forces beat and fired tear gas at opposition supporters hoping to evoke Egypt's recent popular uprising.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">The opposition called for a demonstration Monday in solidarity with Egypt's popular revolt that a few days earlier forced the president there to resign after nearly 30 years in office. The rally is the first major show of strength for Iran's cowed opposition in more than a year.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Police used tear gas against the protesters in central Tehran's Enghelab, or Revolution, square and in Imam Hossein square, as well as in other nearby main streets. Demonstrators responded by setting garbage bins on fire to protect themselves from the stinging white clouds.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Eyewitnesses said at least three protesters injured by bullets were taken to a hospital in central Tehran while dozens of others were hospitalized because of severe wounds as a result of being beaten.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">"An Iranian dies but doesn't accept humiliation," demonstrators chanted. "Death to the dictator," they said, in a chant directed at hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Security forces on motorcycles could also be seen chasing protesters through the streets, according to eyewitnesses.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">The semiofficial Fars news agency called protesters "hypocrites, monarchists, ruffians and seditionists," and ridiculed them for not chanting any slogans about Egypt as they had originally promised.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Fars, which is linked to the Revolutionary Guard, Iran's most powerful military force, said an unspecified number of protesters were arrested and handed over to police and security officials. It didn't elaborate.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Opposition website kaleme.com reported that similar rallies took place in the central city of Isfahan and Shiraz in the south. Security forces used force to disperse them as well.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Foreign media are banned from covering street protests in Iran.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Following the announcements by the opposition that they would attempt to hold a new rally in solidarity with the Egypt uprising, Iran's security forces cut phone lines and blockaded the home of an opposition leader in attempts to stop him attending the planned rally.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Police and militiamen poured onto the streets of Tehran to challenge the marches, which officials worry could turn into demonstrations against Iran's ruling system.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">The security clampdown is reminiscent of the backlash that crushed a wave of massive protests after Ahmadinejad's disputed re-election in June 2009. But opposition supporters revived a tactic from the unrest, shouting "Allahu Akbar," or God is Great, from rooftops and balconies into the early hours Monday in a sign of defiance toward Iran's leadership.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">The reformist website kaleme.com said police stationed several cars in front of the home of Mir Hossein Mousavi ahead of the demonstration called for Monday in central Tehran.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Mousavi and fellow opposition leader Mahdi Karroubi have been under house arrest since last week after they asked the government for permission to hold a rally on Feb. 14 in support of the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">On Sunday, the opposition renewed its call to supporters to rally, and accused the government of hypocrisy by voicing support for the Egyptian and Tunisian uprisings while refusing to allow Iranian political activists to stage a peaceful demonstration.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Across central Tehran, riot police, many on motorbikes, fanned out to prevent any demonstration, witnesses said, speaking on condition of anonymity because of fears of reprisals from authorities.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">The uprising in Egypt opened a rare chance for the political gambit by Iran's opposition.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Ahmadinejad claimed the Egyptians who toppled President Hosni Mubarak took inspiration from Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, which brought down a Western-backed monarchy. Iran's opposition movement used the comments to push the government into a corner and request permission to march in support of Egypt's protesters.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Iranian officials quickly backpedaled and said no pro-Egypt rallies were allowed - bringing sharp criticism from the White House and others.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Karroubi and Mousavi have compared the unrest in Egypt and Tunisia with their own postelection protest movement. Mousavi said Iran's demonstrations were the starting point but that all the uprisings aimed at ending the "oppression of the rulers."</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Turkish President Abdullah Gul, who is on a visit to Iran, urged governments in the Middle East to listen to the demands of their people.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">"When leaders and heads of countries do not pay attention to the demands of their nations, the people themselves take action to achieve their demands," IRNA quoted Gul as saying Monday.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Hundreds of thousands of Iranians peacefully took to the streets in support of Mousavi after the June 2009 vote, claiming Ahmadinejad was re-elected through massive vote fraud.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">A heavy government crackdown suppressed the protests. The opposition has not been able to hold a major protest since December 2009.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">The opposition says more than 80 demonstrators were killed in the turmoil. The government, which puts the number of confirmed deaths at 30, accuses opposition leaders of being "stooges of the West" and of seeking to topple the ruling system through street protests.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">State TV said Mousavi and Karroubi were carrying out a plot designed by Iran's enemies.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy"><strong>source:</strong> </span></p><p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/14/iran-protests_n_822991.html?view=print" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: navy">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/14/iran-protests_n_822991.html?view=</span>print</span></u></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 142197, member: 884"] [SIZE=3][COLOR=red][B]February 14, 2011[/B] [/COLOR][/SIZE] [B][URL="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/14/iran-protests_n_822991.html"][SIZE=5][COLOR=navy]Iran Protests: Hundreds Of Thousands March, Tear Gas Fired[/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL][/B] [COLOR=navy][B][SIZE=3]AP/[COLOR=navy]The Huffington Post[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][COLOR=navy] ALI AKBAR DAREINI [/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=navy][COLOR=#696969][COLOR=navy]First Posted: 02/14/11 02:16 PMUpdated: 02/14/11 07:30 PM[/COLOR] [/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=navy][IMG]http://i.huffpost.com/gen/247573/thumbs/s-IRAN-PROTESTS-large.jpg[/IMG] [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy][B]TEHRAN, Iran --[/B] Clashes between Iranian police and [/COLOR][URL="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dc07d8de-386d-11e0-959c-00144feabdc0.html"][COLOR=navy]hundreds of thousands[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=navy] of protesters wracked central Tehran on Monday as security forces beat and fired tear gas at opposition supporters hoping to evoke Egypt's recent popular uprising.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]The opposition called for a demonstration Monday in solidarity with Egypt's popular revolt that a few days earlier forced the president there to resign after nearly 30 years in office. The rally is the first major show of strength for Iran's cowed opposition in more than a year.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Police used tear gas against the protesters in central Tehran's Enghelab, or Revolution, square and in Imam Hossein square, as well as in other nearby main streets. Demonstrators responded by setting garbage bins on fire to protect themselves from the stinging white clouds.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Eyewitnesses said at least three protesters injured by bullets were taken to a hospital in central Tehran while dozens of others were hospitalized because of severe wounds as a result of being beaten.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]"An Iranian dies but doesn't accept humiliation," demonstrators chanted. "Death to the dictator," they said, in a chant directed at hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Security forces on motorcycles could also be seen chasing protesters through the streets, according to eyewitnesses.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]The semiofficial Fars news agency called protesters "hypocrites, monarchists, ruffians and seditionists," and ridiculed them for not chanting any slogans about Egypt as they had originally promised.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Fars, which is linked to the Revolutionary Guard, Iran's most powerful military force, said an unspecified number of protesters were arrested and handed over to police and security officials. It didn't elaborate.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Opposition website kaleme.com reported that similar rallies took place in the central city of Isfahan and Shiraz in the south. Security forces used force to disperse them as well.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Foreign media are banned from covering street protests in Iran.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Following the announcements by the opposition that they would attempt to hold a new rally in solidarity with the Egypt uprising, Iran's security forces cut phone lines and blockaded the home of an opposition leader in attempts to stop him attending the planned rally.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Police and militiamen poured onto the streets of Tehran to challenge the marches, which officials worry could turn into demonstrations against Iran's ruling system.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]The security clampdown is reminiscent of the backlash that crushed a wave of massive protests after Ahmadinejad's disputed re-election in June 2009. But opposition supporters revived a tactic from the unrest, shouting "Allahu Akbar," or God is Great, from rooftops and balconies into the early hours Monday in a sign of defiance toward Iran's leadership.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]The reformist website kaleme.com said police stationed several cars in front of the home of Mir Hossein Mousavi ahead of the demonstration called for Monday in central Tehran.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Mousavi and fellow opposition leader Mahdi Karroubi have been under house arrest since last week after they asked the government for permission to hold a rally on Feb. 14 in support of the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]On Sunday, the opposition renewed its call to supporters to rally, and accused the government of hypocrisy by voicing support for the Egyptian and Tunisian uprisings while refusing to allow Iranian political activists to stage a peaceful demonstration.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Across central Tehran, riot police, many on motorbikes, fanned out to prevent any demonstration, witnesses said, speaking on condition of anonymity because of fears of reprisals from authorities.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]The uprising in Egypt opened a rare chance for the political gambit by Iran's opposition.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Ahmadinejad claimed the Egyptians who toppled President Hosni Mubarak took inspiration from Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, which brought down a Western-backed monarchy. Iran's opposition movement used the comments to push the government into a corner and request permission to march in support of Egypt's protesters.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Iranian officials quickly backpedaled and said no pro-Egypt rallies were allowed - bringing sharp criticism from the White House and others.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Karroubi and Mousavi have compared the unrest in Egypt and Tunisia with their own postelection protest movement. Mousavi said Iran's demonstrations were the starting point but that all the uprisings aimed at ending the "oppression of the rulers."[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Turkish President Abdullah Gul, who is on a visit to Iran, urged governments in the Middle East to listen to the demands of their people.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]"When leaders and heads of countries do not pay attention to the demands of their nations, the people themselves take action to achieve their demands," IRNA quoted Gul as saying Monday.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Hundreds of thousands of Iranians peacefully took to the streets in support of Mousavi after the June 2009 vote, claiming Ahmadinejad was re-elected through massive vote fraud.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]A heavy government crackdown suppressed the protests. The opposition has not been able to hold a major protest since December 2009.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]The opposition says more than 80 demonstrators were killed in the turmoil. The government, which puts the number of confirmed deaths at 30, accuses opposition leaders of being "stooges of the West" and of seeking to topple the ruling system through street protests.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]State TV said Mousavi and Karroubi were carrying out a plot designed by Iran's enemies.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy][B]source:[/B] [/COLOR] [URL="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/14/iran-protests_n_822991.html?view=print"][U][COLOR=#0000ff][COLOR=navy]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/14/iran-protests_n_822991.html?view=[/COLOR]print[/COLOR][/U][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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