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Composition, Arrangement & Layout
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="Admin" data-source="post: 111995" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><span style="font-size: 15px">The Shoe's On The Other Foot</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span>A miffed journalist. A flying shoe. A politician who ducks – just barely. </p><p>Sound familiar? </p><p></p><p></p><p>An Iraqi reporter hurled two shoes at former president George W. Bush in Baghdad last December. Four months later, a Sikh journalist tossed a shoe at an Indian federal minister in New Delhi.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The ensuing furor made both men poster boys for their communities – all for throwing a shoe.</p><p></p><p></p><p>"I didn't plan it – it just happened," says Jarnail Singh, 36, who hogged the headlines after he threw a white Reebok runner at Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram. </p><p></p><p></p><p>"All I wanted was to highlight a wrong that was done years ago. I don't know how it came to this." </p><p></p><p></p><p><em>This</em> is a downtown hotel room in Toronto, where he will be honoured at this weekend's annual Spinning Wheel Festival, which showcases films by and about Sikhs. </p><p></p><p></p><p>It's the furthest he has ever been from his hometown of New Delhi, but then nothing has been the same since the April 7 incident. Singh has been offered thousands of rupees, random jobs and even a chance to run in parliamentary elections. </p><p></p><p></p><p>All because he was asking questions – tough questions, he says. </p><p>The journalist, working then for <em>Dainik Jagran</em>, a widely read Hindi language newspaper, was at a news conference and he says his question was simple. "All I said was there seemed to be a conspiracy that two politicians accused in the massacre of Sikhs had been exonerated so soon before elections." </p><p></p><p></p><p>He was talking about Jagdish Tytler and Sajjan Kumar, two former Congress Party ministers who are the main people accused in the 1984 riots in northern India, which killed hundreds of Sikhs. Some have put the number of dead at 3,000. </p><p></p><p></p><p>The riots were triggered by the assassination of then-prime minister Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Some time before the parliamentary elections in India this May, the two former ministers were nominated to run. </p><p></p><p></p><p>At the news conference, Singh questioned that, too. He says he felt humiliated when Chidambaram accused him of using the "platform for my own agenda."</p><p></p><p></p><p>That's when, Singh says, he took off his shoe – the right one – and hurled it at the home minister. "I did it to remind him of his duty." </p><p>Within seconds, Singh was led away by officers. "I wasn't scared," he says. "I knew if they kept me in jail, I would not let anyone post bail. I would protest from (within)."</p><p></p><p></p><p>But Singh was let off without any charges and within days, the Congress Party withdrew the nominations for the two men. Singh became a hero. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Birinder Singh Ahluwalia, co-founder of the film festival, says the journalist's actions are being honoured. "He was courageous and stood up for the community. People are very keen on meeting him." </p><p></p><p></p><p>Singh, meanwhile, has lost his job, but has been offered others. He is working on a book about the riots. </p><p></p><p></p><p>He knows people in Toronto will ask him dozens of questions about the incident. He will tell them about the heat of the moment and offer this advice: "Don't do it." </p><p></p><p></p><p><em><em>More than two dozen films will be screened at the Spinning Wheel Festival at the Royal Ontario Museum's Eaton Theatre from tomorrow to Sunday.</em></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 111995, member: 1"] [SIZE=4]The Shoe's On The Other Foot [/SIZE]A miffed journalist. A flying shoe. A politician who ducks – just barely. Sound familiar? An Iraqi reporter hurled two shoes at former president George W. Bush in Baghdad last December. Four months later, a Sikh journalist tossed a shoe at an Indian federal minister in New Delhi. The ensuing furor made both men poster boys for their communities – all for throwing a shoe. "I didn't plan it – it just happened," says Jarnail Singh, 36, who hogged the headlines after he threw a white Reebok runner at Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram. "All I wanted was to highlight a wrong that was done years ago. I don't know how it came to this." [I]This[/I] is a downtown hotel room in Toronto, where he will be honoured at this weekend's annual Spinning Wheel Festival, which showcases films by and about Sikhs. It's the furthest he has ever been from his hometown of New Delhi, but then nothing has been the same since the April 7 incident. Singh has been offered thousands of rupees, random jobs and even a chance to run in parliamentary elections. All because he was asking questions – tough questions, he says. The journalist, working then for [I]Dainik Jagran[/I], a widely read Hindi language newspaper, was at a news conference and he says his question was simple. "All I said was there seemed to be a conspiracy that two politicians accused in the massacre of Sikhs had been exonerated so soon before elections." He was talking about Jagdish Tytler and Sajjan Kumar, two former Congress Party ministers who are the main people accused in the 1984 riots in northern India, which killed hundreds of Sikhs. Some have put the number of dead at 3,000. The riots were triggered by the assassination of then-prime minister Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards. Some time before the parliamentary elections in India this May, the two former ministers were nominated to run. At the news conference, Singh questioned that, too. He says he felt humiliated when Chidambaram accused him of using the "platform for my own agenda." That's when, Singh says, he took off his shoe – the right one – and hurled it at the home minister. "I did it to remind him of his duty." Within seconds, Singh was led away by officers. "I wasn't scared," he says. "I knew if they kept me in jail, I would not let anyone post bail. I would protest from (within)." But Singh was let off without any charges and within days, the Congress Party withdrew the nominations for the two men. Singh became a hero. Birinder Singh Ahluwalia, co-founder of the film festival, says the journalist's actions are being honoured. "He was courageous and stood up for the community. People are very keen on meeting him." Singh, meanwhile, has lost his job, but has been offered others. He is working on a book about the riots. He knows people in Toronto will ask him dozens of questions about the incident. He will tell them about the heat of the moment and offer this advice: "Don't do it." [I][I]More than two dozen films will be screened at the Spinning Wheel Festival at the Royal Ontario Museum's Eaton Theatre from tomorrow to Sunday.[/I][/I] [/QUOTE]
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