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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="Neutral Singh" data-source="post: 3650" data-attributes="member: 2"><p>A bearded turban-wearing Sikh gentleman, his beautiful wife, and two sons</p><p>are stranded in the desert out West after their GM station wagon overheats</p><p>and breaks down. No one will stop to help them. Motorists speed away at the</p><p>sight of the father's turban. The younger son points out to his father that</p><p>if he would just take off his turban, perhaps the passing motorists would</p><p>stop. The motorists think he is a "terrorist."</p><p></p><p>American Made reveals the fissure in American life after 9/11. It is a</p><p>single-scene drama, set in a desert. The characters are the father with</p><p>beard and turban, who can quote Robert Frost at a bad moment and who is</p><p>unaware that he is the problem; his younger son who is the catalyst; the</p><p>older son with his useless expensive cell phone, and the beautiful mother</p><p>with the sacred scripture. The father falls back on his ethnic pride and on</p><p>his faith. He has a blind spot about other people's perception of him; his</p><p>sense of dignity and self-worth is laudable. He is shocked and humbled when</p><p>he begins to see that his son is right.</p><p></p><p>The conflict within the family has to do with degrees of assimilation.</p><p>There is the universal problem of patriarchal pride: it would not do for</p><p>the father to step back, to take off his turban, or to stay out of sight to</p><p>let his beautiful wife, or his less exotic looking sons be the ones to</p><p>stand at the roadside and flag down a passing car. The film is masterful in</p><p>the way it keeps out rhetoric; it is able to present the universal problem</p><p>of heightened racism and suspicion after 9/11, without any finger pointing.</p><p></p><p>The characters stand out, the two brothers are individualized, and each</p><p>reacts differently. The mother's brand of faith is different from the</p><p>father's. The physical props are memorable and are put to dramatic use: the</p><p>cell phone, the turban, the sacred scripture, cars that want to stop, and</p><p>do not stop, the outcome depends on whether the turban is visible or not.</p><p>Laudably, the dramatic change or turn in this single-scene film would</p><p>interest almost anyone, insiders or outsiders.</p><p></p><p>The prize Gobbling Short Film, by Sharat Raju, an unknown young film-maker,</p><p>has won an astonishing number of awards and honorable mentions. The 25 year</p><p>old writer-director, has won the 2004 Tribeca award, The Richard P.</p><p>Rodger's Award, The Angelus Award Grand Prize, The Eastman Kodak Award, and</p><p>The Patrick Peyton Award. He also won the Audience Favorite Award at Aspen</p><p>Shortsfest; and The Best International Short Film Award at the Reelworld</p><p>Toronto Film Festival.</p><p></p><p>Sharat Raju wrote and directed the film for the American Film Institute as</p><p>part of his MFA. His cinematographer, Mathew R. Blute, has caught the</p><p>quality of light in the desert, and the nowhere-landscape of an expanse of</p><p>the Mojove desert, a hundred miles north of LA.</p><p></p><p>The actors Bernard White as the father, Kalpana Jaffrey as the mother, Kal</p><p>Penn (and his cell phone), T-Amir Sweeney as the catalyst son, and Haskell</p><p>Anderson (as the passing motorist) are all believable. I would give</p><p>American Made four stars.</p><p></p><p>Watch your film festival circuits for American Made, currently scheduled at</p><p>the Savannah Film Festival, Savannah, Georgia on Oct. 25 and 30; and at the</p><p>"Foculari" conference in Rome, Italy, Nov. 4-7.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Neutral Singh, post: 3650, member: 2"] A bearded turban-wearing Sikh gentleman, his beautiful wife, and two sons are stranded in the desert out West after their GM station wagon overheats and breaks down. No one will stop to help them. Motorists speed away at the sight of the father's turban. The younger son points out to his father that if he would just take off his turban, perhaps the passing motorists would stop. The motorists think he is a "terrorist." American Made reveals the fissure in American life after 9/11. It is a single-scene drama, set in a desert. The characters are the father with beard and turban, who can quote Robert Frost at a bad moment and who is unaware that he is the problem; his younger son who is the catalyst; the older son with his useless expensive cell phone, and the beautiful mother with the sacred scripture. The father falls back on his ethnic pride and on his faith. He has a blind spot about other people's perception of him; his sense of dignity and self-worth is laudable. He is shocked and humbled when he begins to see that his son is right. The conflict within the family has to do with degrees of assimilation. There is the universal problem of patriarchal pride: it would not do for the father to step back, to take off his turban, or to stay out of sight to let his beautiful wife, or his less exotic looking sons be the ones to stand at the roadside and flag down a passing car. The film is masterful in the way it keeps out rhetoric; it is able to present the universal problem of heightened racism and suspicion after 9/11, without any finger pointing. The characters stand out, the two brothers are individualized, and each reacts differently. The mother's brand of faith is different from the father's. The physical props are memorable and are put to dramatic use: the cell phone, the turban, the sacred scripture, cars that want to stop, and do not stop, the outcome depends on whether the turban is visible or not. Laudably, the dramatic change or turn in this single-scene film would interest almost anyone, insiders or outsiders. The prize Gobbling Short Film, by Sharat Raju, an unknown young film-maker, has won an astonishing number of awards and honorable mentions. The 25 year old writer-director, has won the 2004 Tribeca award, The Richard P. Rodger's Award, The Angelus Award Grand Prize, The Eastman Kodak Award, and The Patrick Peyton Award. He also won the Audience Favorite Award at Aspen Shortsfest; and The Best International Short Film Award at the Reelworld Toronto Film Festival. Sharat Raju wrote and directed the film for the American Film Institute as part of his MFA. His cinematographer, Mathew R. Blute, has caught the quality of light in the desert, and the nowhere-landscape of an expanse of the Mojove desert, a hundred miles north of LA. The actors Bernard White as the father, Kalpana Jaffrey as the mother, Kal Penn (and his cell phone), T-Amir Sweeney as the catalyst son, and Haskell Anderson (as the passing motorist) are all believable. I would give American Made four stars. Watch your film festival circuits for American Made, currently scheduled at the Savannah Film Festival, Savannah, Georgia on Oct. 25 and 30; and at the "Foculari" conference in Rome, Italy, Nov. 4-7. [/QUOTE]
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