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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="Tejwant Singh" data-source="post: 185927" data-attributes="member: 138"><p><strong>Re: What Punjab Has Done & What It Has Never Done</strong></p><p></p><p>The environment of that time consisted many people who wanted to destroy Sikhi, the same mentality that the Brits had, it was carried over by Gandhi, Nehru, Jinnah- who was only interested in the Muslims- Mahants,Nirmales and many other people who looked like Sikhs and pretended to be such.</p><p></p><p>One can make a tree with the twigs that may just look like a tree but it is rootless hence useless. The same thing happened with the Sikhs then. To be a Sikh at that time was not a political thing but it had a behaviorally devotional aspect. That was the reason, the first son of a Hindu family used to be a Sikh which gave the Hindu family a positive centre to gravitate towards, psychologically speaking.</p><p></p><p>Master Tara Singh, the Sikh "leader" at that time was born a Hindu. The martial side of Sikhi had dissipated from the main stream Sikhi and was taken over by the Nihangs who had no role in any Sikhi decisions then, and also very cleverly by the Brits be recruiting thousands of them in the armed forces who were trained to follow orders of the Goras commanders. The percentage of Sikhs who were in the armed forces and died in the wars not for India or by defending it but with the Sikhi value of fighting against injustice, its core value which was exploited by the Brits to its apex; was many times higher than its population.</p><p></p><p>This is the reason, Sikhi was absent of any leadership skills of Sikhs like Banda Singh Bahadur and Maharaja Ranjit Singh. All the Sikh Maharajas of the Princedoms in Punjab were there to please the White English Men and the Brits knew how to pump them with false pomposity to make them feel good. Many of them could have made great leaders when Sikhi needed them but sadly they were on the other side because they were promised to keep their titles.</p><p></p><p>Mastar Tara Singh, although a very religious man did not have the savvy that the times required. That is why he had cold feet when he was offered a Sikh Country with Lahore as its capital by the Brits. He was given false promises by Nehru, Gandhi and Jinnah to reject the offer but they were quite cunning to be able to sway the Brits about the partition by taking Master Tara Singh out of the equation.</p><p></p><p>The Jatt Sikhs that stayed in Pakistan side of Punjab converted themselves to Islam and became influential power brokers with time and wealth whereas Punjab on India side was cut by its limbs and divided into Himachal Pradesh and much later Haryana who were given funds to develop themselves, a lesson learned by the Congress of India from the Brits. </p><p></p><p>Despite all these handicaps, Punjab flourished, became the bread basket of India. But again due to lack of the centre leadership, the industrial complex were all grabbed by the Southern States. Many Punjabis had to leave Punjab and be successful in other states. The case in point is that Bollywood is reigned by the Punjabi transplants as are many other places in different parts of India.</p><p></p><p>Punjab may be weak but the Punjabi Spirit all over India is the wind that makes the Indian ship sail, especially in the rough seas.</p><p></p><p>Tejwant Singh</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tejwant Singh, post: 185927, member: 138"] [b]Re: What Punjab Has Done & What It Has Never Done[/b] The environment of that time consisted many people who wanted to destroy Sikhi, the same mentality that the Brits had, it was carried over by Gandhi, Nehru, Jinnah- who was only interested in the Muslims- Mahants,Nirmales and many other people who looked like Sikhs and pretended to be such. One can make a tree with the twigs that may just look like a tree but it is rootless hence useless. The same thing happened with the Sikhs then. To be a Sikh at that time was not a political thing but it had a behaviorally devotional aspect. That was the reason, the first son of a Hindu family used to be a Sikh which gave the Hindu family a positive centre to gravitate towards, psychologically speaking. Master Tara Singh, the Sikh "leader" at that time was born a Hindu. The martial side of Sikhi had dissipated from the main stream Sikhi and was taken over by the Nihangs who had no role in any Sikhi decisions then, and also very cleverly by the Brits be recruiting thousands of them in the armed forces who were trained to follow orders of the Goras commanders. The percentage of Sikhs who were in the armed forces and died in the wars not for India or by defending it but with the Sikhi value of fighting against injustice, its core value which was exploited by the Brits to its apex; was many times higher than its population. This is the reason, Sikhi was absent of any leadership skills of Sikhs like Banda Singh Bahadur and Maharaja Ranjit Singh. All the Sikh Maharajas of the Princedoms in Punjab were there to please the White English Men and the Brits knew how to pump them with false pomposity to make them feel good. Many of them could have made great leaders when Sikhi needed them but sadly they were on the other side because they were promised to keep their titles. Mastar Tara Singh, although a very religious man did not have the savvy that the times required. That is why he had cold feet when he was offered a Sikh Country with Lahore as its capital by the Brits. He was given false promises by Nehru, Gandhi and Jinnah to reject the offer but they were quite cunning to be able to sway the Brits about the partition by taking Master Tara Singh out of the equation. The Jatt Sikhs that stayed in Pakistan side of Punjab converted themselves to Islam and became influential power brokers with time and wealth whereas Punjab on India side was cut by its limbs and divided into Himachal Pradesh and much later Haryana who were given funds to develop themselves, a lesson learned by the Congress of India from the Brits. Despite all these handicaps, Punjab flourished, became the bread basket of India. But again due to lack of the centre leadership, the industrial complex were all grabbed by the Southern States. Many Punjabis had to leave Punjab and be successful in other states. The case in point is that Bollywood is reigned by the Punjabi transplants as are many other places in different parts of India. Punjab may be weak but the Punjabi Spirit all over India is the wind that makes the Indian ship sail, especially in the rough seas. Tejwant Singh [/QUOTE]
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