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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="spnadmin" data-source="post: 118415" data-attributes="member: 35"><p><a href="http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100109/saturday/above.htm" target="_blank">http://www.tribuneindia.com/<wbr>2010/20100109/saturday/above.<wbr>htm</a></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"The same applies to Sikhs. The BJP’s partnership with the Akali Dal is one of convenience, as they have nothing in common. The BJP has two Sikhs to display * cricketer Sidhu, MP, Lok Sabha, and S.S. Ahluwalia, once chief noise-maker of the Congress, now chief noise-maker with the BJP."</em></p><p></p><p>This Above All : Masters of doublespeak</p><p>January 9, 2010</p><p></p><p>ALL politicians are glib talkers. They have to be like that to win people’s support. Indian politicians go further. They say one thing, mean something else, and do what suits them. The best example of this brand of doublespeak is Mohan Bhagwat, head of the RSS. He maintains that the RSS is a social organisation, which has nothing to do with politics. He repeated this not so very long ago, and told BJP leaders to sort out their differences themselves.</p><p></p><p>A couple of weeks later he ordered Advani and Rajnath Singh to relinquish their posts — one as Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, the other as president of the BJP. He went further and said that new leaders should not be Dilliwalas but from other parts of India. Lest people had any doubts left in their minds, he nominated Nitin Gadkari, a fellow Brahmin from his hometown Nagpur and a successful PWD Minister in the Maharashtra Government, to take over from Rajnath Singh.</p><p></p><p>Very dutifully BJP leaders made suitable speeches of accepting Mohan Bhagwat’s diktat, but quickly passed an amendment to their constitution, created a new post for Advani while preparing to welcome Gadkari. He arrived in Delhi, was duly garlanded by everybody, warmly embraced, had pedas popped in his mouth (he is fat enough) and all appeared hunky-dory.</p><p></p><p>Mohan Bhagwat retreated back to Nagpur and reiterates that the RSS does not meddle with politics. You can be sure that Gadkari’s attempts at refurbishing the image of his party will be thwarted not by Opposition leaders but men like Advani, Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley. Advani has no intention of retiring gracefully. The word sanyas does not exist in his dictionary. Gadkari says he will instil the spirit of national culture in the people. That sounds nice. But while doing so he must tell us whether he approves of demolition of the Babri Masjid, as does Mohan Bhagwat. It is not an outdated or an irrelevant question, as in the minds of most Indians it is the acid test of secularism. He must spell out the role of religious minorities — the Muslims, the Christians and the Sikhs — in the BJP.</p><p></p><p>Giving two or three Muslims important posts in the party does not fool anybody. The BJP has had three showpieces on its rolls — Shahnawaz Husain (MP), Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Najma Heptullah, MP (Rajya Sabha). None of the three carries any weight in own community, least of all Najma Heptullah. She was a member of the Congress and cashed in on the spurious claim of being Maulana Azad’s niece.</p><p></p><p>She was caught issuing a fake photograph of the Maulana beside her. People like them can be kept happy with a few crumbs from the leaders’ dining tables. The same applies to Sikhs. The BJP’s partnership with the Akali Dal is one of convenience, as they have nothing in common. The BJP has two Sikhs to display — cricketer Sidhu, MP, Lok Sabha, and S.S. Ahluwalia, once chief noise-maker of the Congress, now chief noise-maker with the BJP.</p><p></p><p>I have not heard him make any coherent speech in the Rajya Sabha, and Navjot Singh Sidhu is better known for his wisecracks on TV shows than speeches in the Lok Sabha. Both men are self-promoters without any political principles. Gadkari has to find genuine supporters of his ideology from the minority communities, or do without them. I wish him luck in contending with leaders of the ruling party as well as detractors in his own party.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 118415, member: 35"] [URL="http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100109/saturday/above.htm"]http://www.tribuneindia.com/<wbr>2010/20100109/saturday/above.<wbr>htm[/URL] [I] "The same applies to Sikhs. The BJP’s partnership with the Akali Dal is one of convenience, as they have nothing in common. The BJP has two Sikhs to display * cricketer Sidhu, MP, Lok Sabha, and S.S. Ahluwalia, once chief noise-maker of the Congress, now chief noise-maker with the BJP."[/I] This Above All : Masters of doublespeak January 9, 2010 ALL politicians are glib talkers. They have to be like that to win people’s support. Indian politicians go further. They say one thing, mean something else, and do what suits them. The best example of this brand of doublespeak is Mohan Bhagwat, head of the RSS. He maintains that the RSS is a social organisation, which has nothing to do with politics. He repeated this not so very long ago, and told BJP leaders to sort out their differences themselves. A couple of weeks later he ordered Advani and Rajnath Singh to relinquish their posts — one as Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, the other as president of the BJP. He went further and said that new leaders should not be Dilliwalas but from other parts of India. Lest people had any doubts left in their minds, he nominated Nitin Gadkari, a fellow Brahmin from his hometown Nagpur and a successful PWD Minister in the Maharashtra Government, to take over from Rajnath Singh. Very dutifully BJP leaders made suitable speeches of accepting Mohan Bhagwat’s diktat, but quickly passed an amendment to their constitution, created a new post for Advani while preparing to welcome Gadkari. He arrived in Delhi, was duly garlanded by everybody, warmly embraced, had pedas popped in his mouth (he is fat enough) and all appeared hunky-dory. Mohan Bhagwat retreated back to Nagpur and reiterates that the RSS does not meddle with politics. You can be sure that Gadkari’s attempts at refurbishing the image of his party will be thwarted not by Opposition leaders but men like Advani, Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley. Advani has no intention of retiring gracefully. The word sanyas does not exist in his dictionary. Gadkari says he will instil the spirit of national culture in the people. That sounds nice. But while doing so he must tell us whether he approves of demolition of the Babri Masjid, as does Mohan Bhagwat. It is not an outdated or an irrelevant question, as in the minds of most Indians it is the acid test of secularism. He must spell out the role of religious minorities — the Muslims, the Christians and the Sikhs — in the BJP. Giving two or three Muslims important posts in the party does not fool anybody. The BJP has had three showpieces on its rolls — Shahnawaz Husain (MP), Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Najma Heptullah, MP (Rajya Sabha). None of the three carries any weight in own community, least of all Najma Heptullah. She was a member of the Congress and cashed in on the spurious claim of being Maulana Azad’s niece. She was caught issuing a fake photograph of the Maulana beside her. People like them can be kept happy with a few crumbs from the leaders’ dining tables. The same applies to Sikhs. The BJP’s partnership with the Akali Dal is one of convenience, as they have nothing in common. The BJP has two Sikhs to display — cricketer Sidhu, MP, Lok Sabha, and S.S. Ahluwalia, once chief noise-maker of the Congress, now chief noise-maker with the BJP. I have not heard him make any coherent speech in the Rajya Sabha, and Navjot Singh Sidhu is better known for his wisecracks on TV shows than speeches in the Lok Sabha. Both men are self-promoters without any political principles. Gadkari has to find genuine supporters of his ideology from the minority communities, or do without them. I wish him luck in contending with leaders of the ruling party as well as detractors in his own party. [/QUOTE]
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