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ਸੋ ਦਰੁ | So Dar
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ਰਾਗੁ ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ | Raag Siree-Raag
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)
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Vaar Kabir (344-345)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
Panchpadde (364-365)
Kaafee (365-409)
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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)
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Sehskritee Mahala 5
Gaathaa Mahala 5
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Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
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Swaiyyae in Praise of Gurus
Shaloks in Addition To Vaars
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Mundavanee Mehl 5
ਰਾਗ ਮਾਲਾ, Raag Maalaa
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Punjab Avenue: A Signboard That Keeps Disappearing In California County
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<blockquote data-quote="spnadmin" data-source="post: 139235" data-attributes="member: 35"><p>Punjab Avenue: a signboard that keeps disappearing in California county</p><p>2010-12-29 15:20:00</p><p></p><p></p><p>Los Angeles, Dec 29 (IANS) The signboard for Punjab Avenue, a street in California's Fresno County, has become such a favourite with thieves that officials have now mooted the idea of planting hidden tracking devices inside it.</p><p></p><p>Fresno County, which is home to the first Sikh immigrants in the late 19th century, has a 40,000-strong Punjabi community today.</p><p></p><p>Punjab Avenue is the one of three streets at a housing project developed by local Sikh cardiologist Harcharan Chann in the late 1980s.</p><p></p><p>All is well in the rich neighbourhood with its posh, two-acre lots complete with circle driveways, manicured lawns and grand entrances except one thing - someone keeps stealing the street signs for Punjab Avenue.</p><p></p><p>No one knows why and no one has been caught, according to the local Fresno Bee newspaper.</p><p></p><p>Fed up with thieves when county officials called a meeting to consider the idea of changing the street name from Punjab Avenue to Sierra Hills Avenue, it raised a storm in the local Sikh community, with a Punjabi radio station leading the protest, according to the newspaper.</p><p></p><p>E-mails bombarded county authorities. 'I request that you all keep in mind the feelings and sentiments of thousands of Sikh Americans residing in Fresno County,' read one. 'This is flat out discrimination,' read another.</p><p></p><p>So when many Punjabis at the Dec 14 meeting opposed name changing and found some support among neighbours who called the proposal 'distasteful ...racist, and insulting', county authorities backed down.</p><p></p><p>As an alternative, the authorities proposed to do a better job of securing the signs. 'Weld them, put the poles in heavy cement - do whatever it takes,' ordered county supervisor Judy Case.</p><p></p><p>County workers followed the orders. But smart vandals simply sawed off part of the pole and vanished with the street sign, according to the paper.</p><p></p><p>Helpless county authorities have now decided to explore the possibility of installing a remote tracking device on the sign and asked their officials to find out whether they could hide a 'satellite emitter' in the sign to catch thieves.</p><p></p><p>But senior engineer Robin Quinn has some issues: How do you power the tracking device? How do you make sure thieves don't find it and pull it off?</p><p></p><p>So as an alternative, Quinn also is considering the possibility of installing a device that would spray dye when the sign is removed - similar to what banks use to tag stolen money.</p><p></p><p>But what if the spray system malfunctioned?</p><p></p><p>Indeed, the Punjab Avenue sign board has become a big headache for county authorities.</p><p></p><p>Sixty-year-old Harcharan Chann, who no longer owns any property on the street he named in the 1980s, says he will sue county authorities if they change the name.</p><p></p><p>(Gurmukh Singh can be contacted at <a href="mailto:gurmukh.s@ians.in">gurmukh.s@ians.in</a>) </p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.sify.com/news/punjab-avenue-a-signboard-that-keeps-disappearing-in-california-county-news-international-km3pu4ichci.html" target="_blank">http://www.sify.com/news/punjab-avenue-a-signboard-that-keeps-disappearing-in-california-county-news-international-km3pu4ichci.html</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 139235, member: 35"] Punjab Avenue: a signboard that keeps disappearing in California county 2010-12-29 15:20:00 Los Angeles, Dec 29 (IANS) The signboard for Punjab Avenue, a street in California's Fresno County, has become such a favourite with thieves that officials have now mooted the idea of planting hidden tracking devices inside it. Fresno County, which is home to the first Sikh immigrants in the late 19th century, has a 40,000-strong Punjabi community today. Punjab Avenue is the one of three streets at a housing project developed by local Sikh cardiologist Harcharan Chann in the late 1980s. All is well in the rich neighbourhood with its posh, two-acre lots complete with circle driveways, manicured lawns and grand entrances except one thing - someone keeps stealing the street signs for Punjab Avenue. No one knows why and no one has been caught, according to the local Fresno Bee newspaper. Fed up with thieves when county officials called a meeting to consider the idea of changing the street name from Punjab Avenue to Sierra Hills Avenue, it raised a storm in the local Sikh community, with a Punjabi radio station leading the protest, according to the newspaper. E-mails bombarded county authorities. 'I request that you all keep in mind the feelings and sentiments of thousands of Sikh Americans residing in Fresno County,' read one. 'This is flat out discrimination,' read another. So when many Punjabis at the Dec 14 meeting opposed name changing and found some support among neighbours who called the proposal 'distasteful ...racist, and insulting', county authorities backed down. As an alternative, the authorities proposed to do a better job of securing the signs. 'Weld them, put the poles in heavy cement - do whatever it takes,' ordered county supervisor Judy Case. County workers followed the orders. But smart vandals simply sawed off part of the pole and vanished with the street sign, according to the paper. Helpless county authorities have now decided to explore the possibility of installing a remote tracking device on the sign and asked their officials to find out whether they could hide a 'satellite emitter' in the sign to catch thieves. But senior engineer Robin Quinn has some issues: How do you power the tracking device? How do you make sure thieves don't find it and pull it off? So as an alternative, Quinn also is considering the possibility of installing a device that would spray dye when the sign is removed - similar to what banks use to tag stolen money. But what if the spray system malfunctioned? Indeed, the Punjab Avenue sign board has become a big headache for county authorities. Sixty-year-old Harcharan Chann, who no longer owns any property on the street he named in the 1980s, says he will sue county authorities if they change the name. (Gurmukh Singh can be contacted at [email]gurmukh.s@ians.in[/email]) [url]http://www.sify.com/news/punjab-avenue-a-signboard-that-keeps-disappearing-in-california-county-news-international-km3pu4ichci.html[/url] [/QUOTE]
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