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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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Voices For Freedom Writes To The United Nations High Commissioner For Human Rights
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<blockquote data-quote="kaur-1" data-source="post: 51217" data-attributes="member: 3025"><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><strong> <span style="font-size: 15px"> Voices For Freedom writes to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights </span> </strong></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: gray"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><strong> Wednesday 7th of February 2007 </strong></span></span></p><p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong> Louise Arbour </strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong></strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong></strong></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">New York, NY - Voices For Freedom has written to the President of the United Nations General Assembly congratulating the Committee on the adoption of the "International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Di sappearance" on December 20, 2006, by the United Nations General Assembly. The Convention effectively brings the applicable international law in the process of administrating justice, keeping in v iew the established standards of customary international law. The Voices For Freedom welcomes the recognition by the Convention of the right not to be subjected to enforced disappearance and the requirement put on the member States to prohibit this practice in their national legislation.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong><span style="color: Blue"> The Convention is a step in the right direction but it will require sustained international pressure on countries that have refused to ratify it. It is the worst kind of human rights abuse; an individual is abducted, taken to a secret location, tortur ed and many a time killed without the family ever getting to know the whereabouts of a loved one. Such acts are a result of the government's unwillingness to protect its citizens. If the police or the Armed Forces act with impunity and are not held accountable for such violations disappearances will continued to take</span></strong></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong><span style="color: Blue">place.</span></strong></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong> India is one such country with a not so clean track record. </strong>Police continue to abduct people illegally without any concern for the procedures laid down in the rule books. <strong>The government lends full support to such covert operations and the guilty police officers and if there is ever any effort on the part of the victims to approach the Court for justice it is sabotaged and obstructed.</strong></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong></strong>India has not ratified major international conventions and covenants citing its tradition of commitment to human rights and its Constitution guarantees basic rights and freedom. However it performs poorly when it comes to the implementation of these for its citizens. Enforced disappearances are a crime against humanity and as the Convention recognizes this therefore Voices For Freedom feels that those found guilty should be subjected to International criminal prosecution. <strong>Disappearances and extra-judicial killing of thousands during the ten year period of violence in the state of Punjab have not produced a single convi ction of the guilty police officers . </strong></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Voices For Freedom has collected the data of <strong>more than 1700 disappearances and killings in that period and many more have gone undocumented. </strong>In fact the disappearances continue to take place in India. Recently Darshan Singh1 was abducted and kept in secret locations for seven days before presenting him in the court after the United Nation's Convention against Torture's Special Rapporteur intervened on the application filed by Voices For Freedom.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Voices For Freedom hopes that the adoption of the Convention will put pressure on countries like India to bring legislations in their domestic law.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">The Convention has been officially opened for signatures in Paris today.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Source:<a href="http://www.panthic.org/news/125/ARTICLE/3088/2007-02-07.html" target="_blank">Panthic Weekly: Voices For Freedom writes to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights</a></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span> </span></span></p><p></p><p>----------------------------------------</p><p> ----------------------------------------</p><p></p><p>----------------------------------------</p><p> ----------------------------------------</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kaur-1, post: 51217, member: 3025"] [LEFT][COLOR=#000000][FONT=verdana][B] [SIZE=4] Voices For Freedom writes to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights [/SIZE] [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT] [COLOR=gray][FONT=verdana][B] Wednesday 7th of February 2007 [/B][/FONT][/COLOR] [LEFT][COLOR=#000080][FONT=arial][B] Louise Arbour [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=verdana] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]New York, NY - Voices For Freedom has written to the President of the United Nations General Assembly congratulating the Committee on the adoption of the "International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Di sappearance" on December 20, 2006, by the United Nations General Assembly. The Convention effectively brings the applicable international law in the process of administrating justice, keeping in v iew the established standards of customary international law. The Voices For Freedom welcomes the recognition by the Convention of the right not to be subjected to enforced disappearance and the requirement put on the member States to prohibit this practice in their national legislation. [B][COLOR=Blue] The Convention is a step in the right direction but it will require sustained international pressure on countries that have refused to ratify it. It is the worst kind of human rights abuse; an individual is abducted, taken to a secret location, tortur ed and many a time killed without the family ever getting to know the whereabouts of a loved one. Such acts are a result of the government's unwillingness to protect its citizens. If the police or the Armed Forces act with impunity and are not held accountable for such violations disappearances will continued to take place.[/COLOR][/B] [B] India is one such country with a not so clean track record. [/B]Police continue to abduct people illegally without any concern for the procedures laid down in the rule books. [B]The government lends full support to such covert operations and the guilty police officers and if there is ever any effort on the part of the victims to approach the Court for justice it is sabotaged and obstructed. [/B]India has not ratified major international conventions and covenants citing its tradition of commitment to human rights and its Constitution guarantees basic rights and freedom. However it performs poorly when it comes to the implementation of these for its citizens. Enforced disappearances are a crime against humanity and as the Convention recognizes this therefore Voices For Freedom feels that those found guilty should be subjected to International criminal prosecution. [B]Disappearances and extra-judicial killing of thousands during the ten year period of violence in the state of Punjab have not produced a single convi ction of the guilty police officers . [/B] Voices For Freedom has collected the data of [B]more than 1700 disappearances and killings in that period and many more have gone undocumented. [/B]In fact the disappearances continue to take place in India. Recently Darshan Singh1 was abducted and kept in secret locations for seven days before presenting him in the court after the United Nation's Convention against Torture's Special Rapporteur intervened on the application filed by Voices For Freedom. Voices For Freedom hopes that the adoption of the Convention will put pressure on countries like India to bring legislations in their domestic law. The Convention has been officially opened for signatures in Paris today. Source:[url=http://www.panthic.org/news/125/ARTICLE/3088/2007-02-07.html]Panthic Weekly: Voices For Freedom writes to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights[/url] [/SIZE][/FONT] [/FONT][/COLOR] ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- [/QUOTE]
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