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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)
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Baavan Akhari (340-343)
Thintteen (343-344)
Vaar Kabir (344-345)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
Panchpadde (364-365)
Kaafee (365-409)
Aasaavaree (409-411)
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Chhant (435-462)
Vaar Aasaa (462-475)
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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
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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="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 139032" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><strong>Re: Now Onions at a Price That’ll Make You Cry</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Hoarders leave farmers in the lurch</strong></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">December 25, 2010 </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy"><strong>Alok Singh - The Daily Pioneer - Chandigarh</strong></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Onion farmers are being paid a pittance compared to the price of the vegetable in the market which is Rs 70 per kilogram. Farmers say that they are currently getting only Rs 15 to Rs 20 per kg from traders and blame the hoarders for high prices.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">"The Government must act against hoarding and provide neighbourhood storage facilities to farmers to check skyrocketing prices of several essential commodities," Gurnam Singh, Punjab unit president of Consortium of Indian Farmers Association, said.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">"It is stockers, commission agents and hoarders who get the profit when prices rise. When the price of the onion rose, the commission agents started hoarding the vegetable. The farmers are getting only Rs 15-20 per kg," added Singh.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Since there is no Government storage facility in the neighbouring areas, the hoarders buy farm products and sell them at higher prices. "If hoarding-driven prices are to be checked and farmers' interests are to be protected, then the Government must provide adequate storage facility to the farmers," added Singh.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">"At the same time, the Government must fix the minimum support price for all important farm products. At present, farmers have no option, but to play into the hands of the hoarders. It is the middlemen who have the last laugh," said Avtar Singh, a farmer from Ambala in Haryana.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Singh said among 500Hoarders leave farmers in the lurch crops the Union Government has categorised only 16 for MSP. That results in crisis of other crops during natural calamities or shortage due to other reasons. "The Government should fix MSP for other crops as well so that injustice is not done to them," added Singh.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Punjab unit CIFA president Satman Singh Behru said: "The condition of farmers all over India is very bad. It is the stockers and commission agents who get full benefits of price rise."</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">"The problem with farmers is stocking. If they have sufficient space to preserve their crops, they can also get good price from the stockers. In January, we are going to hold a meeting in Bangalore and would deliberate on such issues," Behru said.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy"><strong>source:</strong> </span></p><p><a href="http://www.dailypioneer.com/306106/Hoarders-leave-farmers-in-the-lurch.html" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: navy">http://www.dailypioneer.com/306106/Hoarders-leave-farmers-in-the-lurch.html</span></u></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 139032, member: 884"] [b]Re: Now Onions at a Price That’ll Make You Cry[/b] [COLOR=navy][SIZE=5][B]Hoarders leave farmers in the lurch[/B][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]December 25, 2010 [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy][B]Alok Singh - The Daily Pioneer - Chandigarh[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Onion farmers are being paid a pittance compared to the price of the vegetable in the market which is Rs 70 per kilogram. Farmers say that they are currently getting only Rs 15 to Rs 20 per kg from traders and blame the hoarders for high prices.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]"The Government must act against hoarding and provide neighbourhood storage facilities to farmers to check skyrocketing prices of several essential commodities," Gurnam Singh, Punjab unit president of Consortium of Indian Farmers Association, said.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]"It is stockers, commission agents and hoarders who get the profit when prices rise. When the price of the onion rose, the commission agents started hoarding the vegetable. The farmers are getting only Rs 15-20 per kg," added Singh.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Since there is no Government storage facility in the neighbouring areas, the hoarders buy farm products and sell them at higher prices. "If hoarding-driven prices are to be checked and farmers' interests are to be protected, then the Government must provide adequate storage facility to the farmers," added Singh.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]"At the same time, the Government must fix the minimum support price for all important farm products. At present, farmers have no option, but to play into the hands of the hoarders. It is the middlemen who have the last laugh," said Avtar Singh, a farmer from Ambala in Haryana.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Singh said among 500Hoarders leave farmers in the lurch crops the Union Government has categorised only 16 for MSP. That results in crisis of other crops during natural calamities or shortage due to other reasons. "The Government should fix MSP for other crops as well so that injustice is not done to them," added Singh.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Punjab unit CIFA president Satman Singh Behru said: "The condition of farmers all over India is very bad. It is the stockers and commission agents who get full benefits of price rise."[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]"The problem with farmers is stocking. If they have sufficient space to preserve their crops, they can also get good price from the stockers. In January, we are going to hold a meeting in Bangalore and would deliberate on such issues," Behru said.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy][B]source:[/B] [/COLOR] [URL="http://www.dailypioneer.com/306106/Hoarders-leave-farmers-in-the-lurch.html"][U][COLOR=navy]http://www.dailypioneer.com/306106/Hoarders-leave-farmers-in-the-lurch.html[/COLOR][/U][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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