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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: 188045" data-attributes="member: 35"><p>Why should the militants be willing to talk? Is the current Pakistani leadership weak, or paralyzed by self-interest and in-fighting? Why is Malala looking like a burnt sacrifice even when so many of us have prayed for her recovery and cheered her courage in the face of depravity?</p><p></p><p>The poor and the middle class in Muslim countries like Pakistan are furious because of powerlessness in the face of political and economic corruption. They have turned to fundamentalist expressions of religion and extremist religious leadership to correct what for them is an intolerable situation. </p><p></p><p>This is a truth that goes back as far as the Iranian revolt which deposed the Pahlavi dynasty, the pea{censored} throne of Iran. The discontented in Pakistan are ringing the same bell. The western-educated and affluent symbolize economic corruption and are considered almost immovable obstacles to basic equity in society. Does it really matter to the small merchant in the market stalls who has been in charge? In practical terms Bhutto, Musharef, or the current triad leadership in Pakistan are one and the same to the ordinary Pakistani. Islamic fundamentalism sounds like a message of self-determination. Listen to the rhetoric. This is not the first time we have heard it. Ayatollah Khoumeni explained it well. </p><p></p><p>Malala now finds herself a scapegoat because she symbolizes all those things that are associated with a continuation of colonial status, but in a more cynical form. How have western powers behaved since the Balfour decision post 1922 which subdivided the middle and near east into satrapies having nothing to do with local cultural identities? Post World War 2 political scripts have been to back strongman governments (Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iraq); or make war when the strongman won’t cooperate (Iraq); or subvert democratic movements (Algeria) because democratic leadership is hard to control; or fail to provide moral and economic support to democratic alternatives (Syria); or squabble over historical hegemonies and wait until the fog clears (Syria again); or back corruptible leadership because it is the easiest to control (Afghanistan). The same scripts have been implemented time and again for the past 60 years. </p><p></p><p>A more creative and bizarre strategy coming from the US was to propose the creation of SWAT in order to fence in the Taliban and thereby control their influence on the rest of Pakistan. The decision only gave Taliban ground to develop traction and a safe harbor from which to launch assaults beyond the boundaries of SWAT. Who could not see that coming from the outset? Who could not see they had traction they needed to gain support outside of the SWAT?</p><p></p><p>The major powers are not too mentally challenged to learn and therefore benefit from experience. They simply choose not to. Strategic interests of multinational corporations and the military positioning needed to support historic economic interests of Europe, Russia, North America and now China have consistently outweighed any political instinct to achieve social equity in the near and mideast. Ironically social equity would have been over the long-term the strategy that would have strangled the fundamentalism that gave birth to the Taliban, the Muslim Brotherhood and the Iranian Islamic Front.</p><p></p><p>Yes, Malala has become a lightening rod because she seems to benefit from “all the west has to offer” which for generations has symbolized poverty, dependency and corrupt leadership. Sixty years after the end of World War 2, poverty, dependency and corrupt leadership has kept the rage of three generations of shopkeepers, day labourers, farmers, seamstresses and factory workers alive. </p><p></p><p>Finally before indulging in an anti-western rant or an anti-Islamic rant for that matter, let’s keep in mind that it was our great-grandfathers and grandfathers who set this debacle in motion. Most of us were not even born. Even if we wanted to preserve their strategic blueprint out of nothing more than economic self-interest, it might be too late. Even Tunisia, which seems to have the political imagination to balance out its political differences, may not be in the safety zone.</p><p></p><p>In my corner of the world, I will cheer on Malala because she symbolizes for me the indomitable human spirit that we must nourish because there are others like her who must lead all of us out of the bleak choice between greed and brutality.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 188045, member: 35"] Why should the militants be willing to talk? Is the current Pakistani leadership weak, or paralyzed by self-interest and in-fighting? Why is Malala looking like a burnt sacrifice even when so many of us have prayed for her recovery and cheered her courage in the face of depravity? The poor and the middle class in Muslim countries like Pakistan are furious because of powerlessness in the face of political and economic corruption. They have turned to fundamentalist expressions of religion and extremist religious leadership to correct what for them is an intolerable situation. This is a truth that goes back as far as the Iranian revolt which deposed the Pahlavi dynasty, the pea{censored} throne of Iran. The discontented in Pakistan are ringing the same bell. The western-educated and affluent symbolize economic corruption and are considered almost immovable obstacles to basic equity in society. Does it really matter to the small merchant in the market stalls who has been in charge? In practical terms Bhutto, Musharef, or the current triad leadership in Pakistan are one and the same to the ordinary Pakistani. Islamic fundamentalism sounds like a message of self-determination. Listen to the rhetoric. This is not the first time we have heard it. Ayatollah Khoumeni explained it well. Malala now finds herself a scapegoat because she symbolizes all those things that are associated with a continuation of colonial status, but in a more cynical form. How have western powers behaved since the Balfour decision post 1922 which subdivided the middle and near east into satrapies having nothing to do with local cultural identities? Post World War 2 political scripts have been to back strongman governments (Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iraq); or make war when the strongman won’t cooperate (Iraq); or subvert democratic movements (Algeria) because democratic leadership is hard to control; or fail to provide moral and economic support to democratic alternatives (Syria); or squabble over historical hegemonies and wait until the fog clears (Syria again); or back corruptible leadership because it is the easiest to control (Afghanistan). The same scripts have been implemented time and again for the past 60 years. A more creative and bizarre strategy coming from the US was to propose the creation of SWAT in order to fence in the Taliban and thereby control their influence on the rest of Pakistan. The decision only gave Taliban ground to develop traction and a safe harbor from which to launch assaults beyond the boundaries of SWAT. Who could not see that coming from the outset? Who could not see they had traction they needed to gain support outside of the SWAT? The major powers are not too mentally challenged to learn and therefore benefit from experience. They simply choose not to. Strategic interests of multinational corporations and the military positioning needed to support historic economic interests of Europe, Russia, North America and now China have consistently outweighed any political instinct to achieve social equity in the near and mideast. Ironically social equity would have been over the long-term the strategy that would have strangled the fundamentalism that gave birth to the Taliban, the Muslim Brotherhood and the Iranian Islamic Front. Yes, Malala has become a lightening rod because she seems to benefit from “all the west has to offer” which for generations has symbolized poverty, dependency and corrupt leadership. Sixty years after the end of World War 2, poverty, dependency and corrupt leadership has kept the rage of three generations of shopkeepers, day labourers, farmers, seamstresses and factory workers alive. Finally before indulging in an anti-western rant or an anti-Islamic rant for that matter, let’s keep in mind that it was our great-grandfathers and grandfathers who set this debacle in motion. Most of us were not even born. Even if we wanted to preserve their strategic blueprint out of nothing more than economic self-interest, it might be too late. Even Tunisia, which seems to have the political imagination to balance out its political differences, may not be in the safety zone. In my corner of the world, I will cheer on Malala because she symbolizes for me the indomitable human spirit that we must nourish because there are others like her who must lead all of us out of the bleak choice between greed and brutality. [/QUOTE]
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