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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)
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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Jaswant Singh Likens BJP To Ku Klux Klan
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<blockquote data-quote="satnamr46" data-source="post: 109976" data-attributes="member: 8586"><p><strong>Jaswant Singh likens BJP to Ku Klux Klan</strong></p><p></p><p> August 26, 2009 19:53 IST</p><p> <a href="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/#write" target="_blank"></a></p><p><a href="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/#write" target="_blank"></a></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><img src="http://im.rediff.com/news/2009/aug/26jaswant.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party [ <a href="http://search.rediff.com/imgsrch/default.php?MT=bharatiya+janata+party" target="_blank">Images</a> ] leader Jaswant Singh [ <a href="http://search.rediff.com/imgsrch/default.php?MT=jaswant+singh" target="_blank">Images</a> ] took his attack on the party to a new level by likening it to the violent white American group Ku Klux Klan and by suggesting that its former president L K Advani [ <a href="http://search.rediff.com/imgsrch/default.php?MT=l+k+advani" target="_blank">Images</a> ] was surrounded by a coterie.</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Singh's wounds still seem to be sore as the former external affairs minister evaded questions on his unceremonious expulsion a week ago. </span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">"Please don't ask me. I am outside the magic circle of advisers or thinkers. Because I am not from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, is that the reason? So are we a political party? Is the BJP turning into some kind of an Indian version of Ku Klux Klan?" he shot back.</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">KKK, widely known as The Klan, is the common name given to several past and present hate group organisations in the US whose aim was to protect and further the rights of white Americans by intimidation.</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">When asked to clarify on his reference to KKK, he said: "You know what the Klan means. You don't ask me about this." </span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Though expelled, Singh refused to comment on Advani's rejection as a prime ministerial candidate in the Lok Sabha polls saying it was for the BJP veteran to reflect on this.</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">"It would be impertinent and perhaps, to a degree, I would be commenting on my past 30 years' connection with him if I commented on his characteristics, political or personal," he said. </span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Asked if Advani was surrounded by a coterie, Singh said: "Does he run a coterie or does the coterie run him?"</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Singh -- who did not share a warm relationship with the RSS -- said the BJP should reflect on its relationship with the Sangh and should be "mature enough to cut the umbilical cord".</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">"If they want for gain their full personality as a political organisation, they should stand on their own feet, I feel," he said.</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">He did not agree with BJP leader Arun Shourie's suggestion that the RSS should take over the party. </span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">"I would like the BJP to reflect on what has happened and try to be a party of the 21st century. They (RSS) are exclusivist. Besides, they are an organisation committed to social work," he said.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Singh said he was still not able to understand why he was expelled and accused the party of adopting "double standards", as Advani had done "exactly the same" in 2005 but was not targeted. </span></span></p><p> © Copyright 2009 PTI. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of PTI content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent.</p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: Blue"><strong>satnam46 ji I hav edited out all links to the external web site to tidy up the post. Thinks like the email link to the newspaper. Hope you don't mind. It helps keep SPN members protected from any browser hijckers pop ups and malware that are connected to some external sies. Thanks, Narayanjot Kaur</strong></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="satnamr46, post: 109976, member: 8586"] [B]Jaswant Singh likens BJP to Ku Klux Klan[/B] August 26, 2009 19:53 IST [URL="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/#write"] [/URL] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][IMG]http://im.rediff.com/news/2009/aug/26jaswant.jpg[/IMG]Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party [ [URL="http://search.rediff.com/imgsrch/default.php?MT=bharatiya+janata+party"]Images[/URL] ] leader Jaswant Singh [ [URL="http://search.rediff.com/imgsrch/default.php?MT=jaswant+singh"]Images[/URL] ] took his attack on the party to a new level by likening it to the violent white American group Ku Klux Klan and by suggesting that its former president L K Advani [ [URL="http://search.rediff.com/imgsrch/default.php?MT=l+k+advani"]Images[/URL] ] was surrounded by a coterie.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]Singh's wounds still seem to be sore as the former external affairs minister evaded questions on his unceremonious expulsion a week ago. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]"Please don't ask me. I am outside the magic circle of advisers or thinkers. Because I am not from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, is that the reason? So are we a political party? Is the BJP turning into some kind of an Indian version of Ku Klux Klan?" he shot back.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]KKK, widely known as The Klan, is the common name given to several past and present hate group organisations in the US whose aim was to protect and further the rights of white Americans by intimidation.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]When asked to clarify on his reference to KKK, he said: "You know what the Klan means. You don't ask me about this." [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]Though expelled, Singh refused to comment on Advani's rejection as a prime ministerial candidate in the Lok Sabha polls saying it was for the BJP veteran to reflect on this.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]"It would be impertinent and perhaps, to a degree, I would be commenting on my past 30 years' connection with him if I commented on his characteristics, political or personal," he said. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]Asked if Advani was surrounded by a coterie, Singh said: "Does he run a coterie or does the coterie run him?"[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]Singh -- who did not share a warm relationship with the RSS -- said the BJP should reflect on its relationship with the Sangh and should be "mature enough to cut the umbilical cord".[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]"If they want for gain their full personality as a political organisation, they should stand on their own feet, I feel," he said.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]He did not agree with BJP leader Arun Shourie's suggestion that the RSS should take over the party. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]"I would like the BJP to reflect on what has happened and try to be a party of the 21st century. They (RSS) are exclusivist. Besides, they are an organisation committed to social work," he said.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]Singh said he was still not able to understand why he was expelled and accused the party of adopting "double standards", as Advani had done "exactly the same" in 2005 but was not targeted. [/SIZE][/FONT] © Copyright 2009 PTI. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of PTI content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent. [COLOR=Blue][B]satnam46 ji I hav edited out all links to the external web site to tidy up the post. Thinks like the email link to the newspaper. Hope you don't mind. It helps keep SPN members protected from any browser hijckers pop ups and malware that are connected to some external sies. Thanks, Narayanjot Kaur[/B][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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