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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="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 182976" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">Let’s not hang Bhullar; eye for an eye contrary to Gandhi’s philosophy</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>Saturday, April, 13 2013 - 13:00</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>By Our Political Editor-</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>CHANDIGARH:</strong> If hanging Davinderpal Bhullar a death row convict for last 18 years leads to solution of any problem, hang him. Not only does hanging him not solve any problem, but it certainly has the potential of leading to several problems which may be difficult to be confronted, leave aside controlled. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Death is not necessarily the only punishment for any crime howsoever heinous it may be andcertainly not in a civilised nation which follows Gandhi’s philosophy that spelt out that eye for an eye will only end up in blinding the whole world one day.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Supreme Court may be right in asserting that the delay in execution of the death sentence is no reason for commuting it to life. But imagine the plight of the man who is under death sentence for last eighteenyears and how the idea of death would be haunting him continuously.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">According to Dr Nimesh Desai, the psychiatrist treating him, he is not responding to any treatment and has been continuously haunted by the idea of death. Rather he has been dying all these years. It isdifficult to understand as how stopping the breath of a man who has been dying every day during all these years will serve the collective conscience of the nation.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Unfortunately some jingoist television anchors are blowing up the issue in such a way that threatens to polarise the people along extremist lines. These anchors sitting in their television studios in far off Mumbai hardly realise what their misplaced and misguided jingoism can lead to. And quite likely they have not an iota of idea that what Punjab went through for ten long years.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Moreover, let this also be cleared that those supporting his mercy petition are only seeking a change in the nature of the punishment. Nobody demands that he be freed. The only demand is that he should notbe killed, if he has not already been dying all these years in the solitary cell.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">At the same time the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal in Punjab and the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhik Committee (SGPC) are not trying to put a genuine and sincere defence in his favour and are only playingpolitics. Interpreting the dismissal of his mercy petition by Supreme Court as denial of justice to entire Sikh community is disgusting.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">After all the man targeted in the bomb blast, Maninderjit Singh Bitta, the then Indian Youth Congress president, also happens to be a Sikh. Bhullar’s case needs to be viewed dispassionately without taking any sides. He has been convicted for the conspiracy to kill Bitta by masterminding a bomb blast outside his office. Although Bitta survived, nine others died in the bomb blast. Interestingly all other accused in the case like Dayal Singh Lahoria and others, who were charged with being physically present at the time of blast, were acquitted while Bhullar who was not physically present but convicted of conspiracy has been awarded death sentence.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">The Supreme Court verdict which upheld the death sentence was a split one as there was no consensus among the judges whether Bhullar deserved to go to the gallows.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Bhullar was the product of his times and also the circumstances. Looking back at Bhullar’s history he was accused of a conspiracy of targeting the then Chandigarh Senior Superintendent of Police. Although Bhullar could not be traced the police allegedly detained his father, who was a teacher and his uncle. The brothers never returned as they disappeared. That time is past. Hanging people like Bhullarmay only end up not only reviving those harsh memories, but even reviving these.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Bhullar’s anger, indignation and a strong sense of alienation is understandable. A young man, particularly at that time, would naturally avenge the disappearance (read cold blooded murder) of his father and the uncle. However, one wrong can never justify the other wrong. If Bhullar tried to seek revenge and target Bitta, who was quite vocal against terrorism, and succeeded in it, he deserves no leniency. But death is not necessarily the only punishment. It is vengeance. He has been punished and has been undergoing the punishment for a long time.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy">Punishing someone convicted of killing someone with death is like taking eye for an eye. The father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi’s words appear so relevant in this context that eye for an eyewill only end in blinding the whole world. Let us not mutually blind each other.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>source:</strong> <a href="http://www.punjabnewsline.com/news/Let___s-not-hang-Bhullar_-eye-for-any-eye-goes-contrary-to-Gandhi___s-philosophy.html" target="_blank">http://www.punjabnewsline.com/news/Let___s-not-hang-Bhullar_-eye-for-any-eye-goes-contrary-to-Gandhi___s-philosophy.html</a></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 182976, member: 884"] [COLOR="Navy"][B] [SIZE="5"]Let’s not hang Bhullar; eye for an eye contrary to Gandhi’s philosophy[/SIZE] Saturday, April, 13 2013 - 13:00 By Our Political Editor- CHANDIGARH:[/B] If hanging Davinderpal Bhullar a death row convict for last 18 years leads to solution of any problem, hang him. Not only does hanging him not solve any problem, but it certainly has the potential of leading to several problems which may be difficult to be confronted, leave aside controlled. Death is not necessarily the only punishment for any crime howsoever heinous it may be andcertainly not in a civilised nation which follows Gandhi’s philosophy that spelt out that eye for an eye will only end up in blinding the whole world one day. Supreme Court may be right in asserting that the delay in execution of the death sentence is no reason for commuting it to life. But imagine the plight of the man who is under death sentence for last eighteenyears and how the idea of death would be haunting him continuously. According to Dr Nimesh Desai, the psychiatrist treating him, he is not responding to any treatment and has been continuously haunted by the idea of death. Rather he has been dying all these years. It isdifficult to understand as how stopping the breath of a man who has been dying every day during all these years will serve the collective conscience of the nation. Unfortunately some jingoist television anchors are blowing up the issue in such a way that threatens to polarise the people along extremist lines. These anchors sitting in their television studios in far off Mumbai hardly realise what their misplaced and misguided jingoism can lead to. And quite likely they have not an iota of idea that what Punjab went through for ten long years. Moreover, let this also be cleared that those supporting his mercy petition are only seeking a change in the nature of the punishment. Nobody demands that he be freed. The only demand is that he should notbe killed, if he has not already been dying all these years in the solitary cell. At the same time the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal in Punjab and the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhik Committee (SGPC) are not trying to put a genuine and sincere defence in his favour and are only playingpolitics. Interpreting the dismissal of his mercy petition by Supreme Court as denial of justice to entire Sikh community is disgusting. After all the man targeted in the bomb blast, Maninderjit Singh Bitta, the then Indian Youth Congress president, also happens to be a Sikh. Bhullar’s case needs to be viewed dispassionately without taking any sides. He has been convicted for the conspiracy to kill Bitta by masterminding a bomb blast outside his office. Although Bitta survived, nine others died in the bomb blast. Interestingly all other accused in the case like Dayal Singh Lahoria and others, who were charged with being physically present at the time of blast, were acquitted while Bhullar who was not physically present but convicted of conspiracy has been awarded death sentence. The Supreme Court verdict which upheld the death sentence was a split one as there was no consensus among the judges whether Bhullar deserved to go to the gallows. Bhullar was the product of his times and also the circumstances. Looking back at Bhullar’s history he was accused of a conspiracy of targeting the then Chandigarh Senior Superintendent of Police. Although Bhullar could not be traced the police allegedly detained his father, who was a teacher and his uncle. The brothers never returned as they disappeared. That time is past. Hanging people like Bhullarmay only end up not only reviving those harsh memories, but even reviving these. Bhullar’s anger, indignation and a strong sense of alienation is understandable. A young man, particularly at that time, would naturally avenge the disappearance (read cold blooded murder) of his father and the uncle. However, one wrong can never justify the other wrong. If Bhullar tried to seek revenge and target Bitta, who was quite vocal against terrorism, and succeeded in it, he deserves no leniency. But death is not necessarily the only punishment. It is vengeance. He has been punished and has been undergoing the punishment for a long time. Punishing someone convicted of killing someone with death is like taking eye for an eye. The father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi’s words appear so relevant in this context that eye for an eyewill only end in blinding the whole world. Let us not mutually blind each other. [B]source:[/B] [url]http://www.punjabnewsline.com/news/Let___s-not-hang-Bhullar_-eye-for-any-eye-goes-contrary-to-Gandhi___s-philosophy.html[/url][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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