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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="spnadmin" data-source="post: 151787" data-attributes="member: 35"><p>BY MICHAEL DOYLE</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>WASHINGTON — Tejinder Bhullar's brother might be hanged at any time, achingly far from Bhullar's Sacramento Valley home.</p><p></p><p>The Indian government calls Bhullar's brother a terrorist who confessed to a murderous conspiracy. Bhullar calls his older brother, Devinderpal, an innocent man bent by torture. Against international odds, he's trying to save his sibling by making him a cause celebre and a symbol of ethnic oppression.</p><p>"I'm really proud to be an American, because I know I could get justice over here," Bhullar said. "But in India, if you are a Sikh, there's a good chance you won't see justice."</p><p></p><p>This month marks the 10-year anniversary of Devinderpal Singh Bhullar's conviction on conspiracy charges, but his case resonates well beyond one family's fears. His fate is followed closely within the United States' expatriate Sikh community. It also underscores how anti-terrorism priorities in all their severity can dominate both diplomacy and police work.</p><p></p><p>Tejinder Bhullar is 32, a married postal worker living with his wife and mother in Live Oak, near Sacramento. They are among an estimated 200,000 Sikhs living in California, for many of whom the Bhullar case is a foreign affair that hits home.</p><p></p><p>"Everybody knows about it," said Fresno, Calif., resident Harjinder Dhillon, a former president of the Sikh Association of Fresno. "His life should be spared."</p><p></p><p>Prosecutors say Devinderpal Bhullar helped plot a 1993 bombing of a Youth Congress office in New Delhi that killed nine people and injured 29 others. In August 2002, a divided Indian Supreme Court upheld the conviction and death sentence under the country's now-defunct Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Prevention Act.</p><p></p><p>Indian authorities identified Devinderpal Bhullar as a member of the Khalistan Liberation Force. In its heyday during the 1990s, the group fought for Sikh independence in the Indian state of Punjab.</p><p></p><p>Tejinder Bhullar, though, insists his brother was neither a militant organization member nor a bombing conspirator. A resident of the United States since the early 1990s, Bhullar now speaks, writes and travels on his brother's behalf.</p><p></p><p>"He was not involved in any independence party," Bhullar said. "He was against the killing of innocent people, and he was very vocal about that."</p><p>His brother's confession was wrung out through torture, Bhullar said. It's not necessarily a far-fetched claim. Indian citizens "alleged that authorities used torture to coerce confessions ... (and) to extort money or as summary punishment," according to the U.S. State Department's 2010 Human Rights Report.</p><p></p><p>Indian embassy officials did not respond to several calls seeking comment.</p><p>One former Indian diplomat, while not ruling out the possibility that "there may have been third-degree methods, as there were at Guantanamo Bay," stressed that India does not engage in systematic torture.</p><p></p><p>Harsh Bhasin, now a professor at Stony Brook University, also noted that relations between Sikhs and the central Indian government have improved to the extent that a Sikh is now the country's prime minister.</p><p></p><p>"In the past, there was a temporary alienation, but then the Sikh community came around," said Bhasin, who formerly served as India's consul general in New York City. "It took a few years, but things came back to normal."</p><p></p><p></p><p>Read more: <a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/08/20/2365397/us-family-works-to-free-sikh-brother.html#ixzz1ViFIf5yG" target="_blank">http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/08/20/2365397/us-family-works-to-free-sikh-brother.html#ixzz1ViFIf5yG</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 151787, member: 35"] BY MICHAEL DOYLE WASHINGTON — Tejinder Bhullar's brother might be hanged at any time, achingly far from Bhullar's Sacramento Valley home. The Indian government calls Bhullar's brother a terrorist who confessed to a murderous conspiracy. Bhullar calls his older brother, Devinderpal, an innocent man bent by torture. Against international odds, he's trying to save his sibling by making him a cause celebre and a symbol of ethnic oppression. "I'm really proud to be an American, because I know I could get justice over here," Bhullar said. "But in India, if you are a Sikh, there's a good chance you won't see justice." This month marks the 10-year anniversary of Devinderpal Singh Bhullar's conviction on conspiracy charges, but his case resonates well beyond one family's fears. His fate is followed closely within the United States' expatriate Sikh community. It also underscores how anti-terrorism priorities in all their severity can dominate both diplomacy and police work. Tejinder Bhullar is 32, a married postal worker living with his wife and mother in Live Oak, near Sacramento. They are among an estimated 200,000 Sikhs living in California, for many of whom the Bhullar case is a foreign affair that hits home. "Everybody knows about it," said Fresno, Calif., resident Harjinder Dhillon, a former president of the Sikh Association of Fresno. "His life should be spared." Prosecutors say Devinderpal Bhullar helped plot a 1993 bombing of a Youth Congress office in New Delhi that killed nine people and injured 29 others. In August 2002, a divided Indian Supreme Court upheld the conviction and death sentence under the country's now-defunct Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Prevention Act. Indian authorities identified Devinderpal Bhullar as a member of the Khalistan Liberation Force. In its heyday during the 1990s, the group fought for Sikh independence in the Indian state of Punjab. Tejinder Bhullar, though, insists his brother was neither a militant organization member nor a bombing conspirator. A resident of the United States since the early 1990s, Bhullar now speaks, writes and travels on his brother's behalf. "He was not involved in any independence party," Bhullar said. "He was against the killing of innocent people, and he was very vocal about that." His brother's confession was wrung out through torture, Bhullar said. It's not necessarily a far-fetched claim. Indian citizens "alleged that authorities used torture to coerce confessions ... (and) to extort money or as summary punishment," according to the U.S. State Department's 2010 Human Rights Report. Indian embassy officials did not respond to several calls seeking comment. One former Indian diplomat, while not ruling out the possibility that "there may have been third-degree methods, as there were at Guantanamo Bay," stressed that India does not engage in systematic torture. Harsh Bhasin, now a professor at Stony Brook University, also noted that relations between Sikhs and the central Indian government have improved to the extent that a Sikh is now the country's prime minister. "In the past, there was a temporary alienation, but then the Sikh community came around," said Bhasin, who formerly served as India's consul general in New York City. "It took a few years, but things came back to normal." Read more: [url]http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/08/20/2365397/us-family-works-to-free-sikh-brother.html#ixzz1ViFIf5yG[/url] [/QUOTE]
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