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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)
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Baavan Akhari (250-262)
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Thittee (296-300)
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Gurbani (323-330)
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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)
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Gurbani (1327-1341)
Ashtpadiyan (1342-51)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਜਾਵੰਤੀ | Raag Jaijaiwanti
Gurbani (1352-53)
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<blockquote data-quote="kds1980" data-source="post: 107813" data-attributes="member: 1178"><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">The Grammar of Rape Money</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> </span></strong><span style="color: #808080"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'">WSN Network</span></span> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> <a href="http://www.worldsikhnews.com/22%20July%202009/Image/FOR%20web/page%2022%20for%20web.pdf" target="_blank"> <img src="http://www.worldsikhnews.com/22%20July%202009/Image/Grabs/P-22.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>After a few shameful incidents of rape and murder of Dalit girls in UP, a jolted CM Mayawati asked her top police officer to visit the victim families. The DGP allegedly went by a helicopter and paid the government-ordered compensation of a few thousand rupees to the victim girls. Seeing a readymade issue in the development, the Congress, ever eager to get a better grip in the state that has spoiled its electoral arithmetic for years now, blasted the Bahujan Samaj Party’s governance. But the Congress’ UP chief, Rita Bahuguna, a woman, shunned all restraint in her tone, choice of words and delivery.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Exhorting the people to rise against Mayawati, she said the poor people should throw the compensation money into Mayawati’s face and say to her that were she to be raped, they will give Rs 1 crore as compensation<em>. “Yeh paise us ke moonh pe maro aur bolo ke ja Mayawati, tera balaatkaar ho jaye, main ek crore doongi,”</em> she said in a speech telecast live and repeated on prime time.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> Soon UP was on the boil as angry BSP workers went about burning Rita Bahuguna’s house, and other property. Mayawati blasted Sonia Gandhi for not immediately condemning the slur. Rahul Gandhi said Rita’s words may be wrong, her point was correct. Rita spent a couple of days in jail before getting bail but Mayawati seems intent on teaching her a lesson.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> <img src="http://www.worldsikhnews.com/22%20July%202009/Image/Rita%20Bahuguna%20Joshi.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />But even as this spat continues, just focus on the issue of financial compensation for rape victims. The 2007 National Crime Records Bureau states that Uttar Pradesh recorded 21,215 cases of violence against women, including 2,066 cases of dowry death, 1,532 cases of rape and 3,819 cases of kidnapping. Nearly half of the rape case complaints that the National Commission for Women gets are from UP. While Mayawati has said that compensation for rape is humiliating and erodes the self-esteem of Dalits, in government circles there have been moves to widen the compensation net. In 2008, the NCW recommended Rs 2 lakh compensation for rape victims, starting from the time an FIR is filed. Under the 11th Five Year Plan, the Planning Commission, too, has allocated funds for a similar scheme.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> Instead of theological calculations about how much the cost of rape is in compensatory terms, the appropriate compensation would be to have speedy trials and a far better conviction rate.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'">But is such compensation a solution? Poor victims most definitely could do with all the monetary support they can get after suffering a traumatic crime like rape. But how does one quantify this trauma in financial terms? The Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, mentions Rs 25,000 to each victim of `insult, humiliation and intimidation’ and Rs 50,000 to victims whose `modesty has been outraged’ and have been sexually exploited. Then there is the tricky issue of quantifying workdays lost in the case of working victims. Many are of the view that the compensation money helps victims to fund the legal process. True. But this is a damning indictment of the State whose duty it is to represent victims and fight their cases in courts.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> <img src="http://www.worldsikhnews.com/22%20July%202009/Image/Rita%20Bahuguna%20fire.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />In India, the conviction rate for rape is a dismal 27 per cent. Instead of theological calculations about how much the cost of rape is in compensatory terms, the appropriate compensation would be to have speedy trials and a far better conviction rate. Instead of using the issue to wage a political war that will benefit no one beyond those hoping to score some quick `identity politics’ brownie points, let the Bahujan Samaj Party government provide real justice by ensuring that rapists are brought to dock and rape is not treated as any old ailment that needs a quick-fix treatment, but a preventive as well as a more nuanced, long-term one.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #999999"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">22 July 2009</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kds1980, post: 107813, member: 1178"] [B][FONT=Arial]The Grammar of Rape Money [/FONT][/B][COLOR=#808080] [FONT=Arial]WSN Network[/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [URL="http://www.worldsikhnews.com/22%20July%202009/Image/FOR%20web/page%2022%20for%20web.pdf"] [IMG]http://www.worldsikhnews.com/22%20July%202009/Image/Grabs/P-22.jpg[/IMG][/URL]After a few shameful incidents of rape and murder of Dalit girls in UP, a jolted CM Mayawati asked her top police officer to visit the victim families. The DGP allegedly went by a helicopter and paid the government-ordered compensation of a few thousand rupees to the victim girls. Seeing a readymade issue in the development, the Congress, ever eager to get a better grip in the state that has spoiled its electoral arithmetic for years now, blasted the Bahujan Samaj Party’s governance. But the Congress’ UP chief, Rita Bahuguna, a woman, shunned all restraint in her tone, choice of words and delivery.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Exhorting the people to rise against Mayawati, she said the poor people should throw the compensation money into Mayawati’s face and say to her that were she to be raped, they will give Rs 1 crore as compensation[I]. “Yeh paise us ke moonh pe maro aur bolo ke ja Mayawati, tera balaatkaar ho jaye, main ek crore doongi,”[/I] she said in a speech telecast live and repeated on prime time.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial] Soon UP was on the boil as angry BSP workers went about burning Rita Bahuguna’s house, and other property. Mayawati blasted Sonia Gandhi for not immediately condemning the slur. Rahul Gandhi said Rita’s words may be wrong, her point was correct. Rita spent a couple of days in jail before getting bail but Mayawati seems intent on teaching her a lesson.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [IMG]http://www.worldsikhnews.com/22%20July%202009/Image/Rita%20Bahuguna%20Joshi.gif[/IMG]But even as this spat continues, just focus on the issue of financial compensation for rape victims. The 2007 National Crime Records Bureau states that Uttar Pradesh recorded 21,215 cases of violence against women, including 2,066 cases of dowry death, 1,532 cases of rape and 3,819 cases of kidnapping. Nearly half of the rape case complaints that the National Commission for Women gets are from UP. While Mayawati has said that compensation for rape is humiliating and erodes the self-esteem of Dalits, in government circles there have been moves to widen the compensation net. In 2008, the NCW recommended Rs 2 lakh compensation for rape victims, starting from the time an FIR is filed. Under the 11th Five Year Plan, the Planning Commission, too, has allocated funds for a similar scheme.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial] Instead of theological calculations about how much the cost of rape is in compensatory terms, the appropriate compensation would be to have speedy trials and a far better conviction rate.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]But is such compensation a solution? Poor victims most definitely could do with all the monetary support they can get after suffering a traumatic crime like rape. But how does one quantify this trauma in financial terms? The Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, mentions Rs 25,000 to each victim of `insult, humiliation and intimidation’ and Rs 50,000 to victims whose `modesty has been outraged’ and have been sexually exploited. Then there is the tricky issue of quantifying workdays lost in the case of working victims. Many are of the view that the compensation money helps victims to fund the legal process. True. But this is a damning indictment of the State whose duty it is to represent victims and fight their cases in courts.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [IMG]http://www.worldsikhnews.com/22%20July%202009/Image/Rita%20Bahuguna%20fire.jpg[/IMG]In India, the conviction rate for rape is a dismal 27 per cent. Instead of theological calculations about how much the cost of rape is in compensatory terms, the appropriate compensation would be to have speedy trials and a far better conviction rate. Instead of using the issue to wage a political war that will benefit no one beyond those hoping to score some quick `identity politics’ brownie points, let the Bahujan Samaj Party government provide real justice by ensuring that rapists are brought to dock and rape is not treated as any old ailment that needs a quick-fix treatment, but a preventive as well as a more nuanced, long-term one.[/FONT] [SIZE=2][COLOR=#999999][FONT=Arial]22 July 2009[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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