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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: 148655" data-attributes="member: 35"><p>KIRPAL HUSNA, a third-generation Sikh farmer from Woolgoolga, has thought about getting out of bananas many times.</p><p></p><p>He did so five years ago, escaping a torturous slump caused by oversupply, by diversifying into avocados and custard apples just a few cruel months before cyclone Larry changed farmers' fortunes.</p><p></p><p>But his 21-year old son, Gurkran, encouraged a return to bananas two years ago and in the wake of cyclone Yasi it seemed a blessed move.</p><p></p><p>Advertisement: Story continues below </p><p>''It's in the lap of the gods sometimes,'' he said. ''You might not get this situation for 10 years.''</p><p></p><p>Five months on from cyclone Yasi, which wiped out 75 per cent of Australia's banana production, NSW bananas are still fetching up to $15 per kilogram and demand is still sky-high for the state's smaller, sweeter, sometimes uglier bananas.</p><p></p><p>The 400 small-scale growers of NSW usually make up less than 15 per cent of Australia's $500 million banana industry but this has ballooned to about 40 per cent since February.</p><p></p><p>The Australian Banana Growers Council forecasts the nationwide supply shortage to keep prices high until October.</p><p></p><p>Mr Husna doesn't keep his money when it comes. With his daughter's wedding coming up and his Cavendish bananas selling for $120 a carton (13 kilograms), he finally has a chance ''to spend money willingly instead of being so stingy''.</p><p></p><p>''Most of all, it encourages my son to keep going when he sees these prices. I'm more happy for him than for me.''</p><p></p><p>A Woolgoolga grower, Ron Gray, who is president of the Coffs Harbour and Woolgoolga Banana Growers' Association, said banana farming was ''devastating'' before the cyclone.</p><p></p><p>''We'd been four years with no income and before that I was making enough to keep the bananas growing but not enough to keep me going. The highest I got in 14 years was $14 a carton. If something hadn't happened, NSW growers would not have been able to afford to keep going,'' he said.</p><p></p><p>Before Christmas, farmers were better off planting blueberries or letting their bananas rot than selling them for just $4 a carton, less than half the break-even price. They are now fetching up to $140 a carton.</p><p></p><p>The economist Saul Eslake said Australia should import bananas to relieve the hip pockets of frustrated shoppers but the mayor of Coffs Harbour, Keith Rhoades, said the risk of exotic disease was too great.</p><p></p><p>North Queensland growers are likely to start selling bananas in the coming months although damaged trees will produce smaller bunches and therefore reduce the number of cartons available.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Read more: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/environment/wind-of-change-put-growers-in-the-money-20110701-1gvbv.html#ixzz1QuW3zroG" target="_blank">http://www.smh.com.au/environment/wind-of-change-put-growers-in-the-money-20110701-1gvbv.html#ixzz1QuW3zroG</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 148655, member: 35"] KIRPAL HUSNA, a third-generation Sikh farmer from Woolgoolga, has thought about getting out of bananas many times. He did so five years ago, escaping a torturous slump caused by oversupply, by diversifying into avocados and custard apples just a few cruel months before cyclone Larry changed farmers' fortunes. But his 21-year old son, Gurkran, encouraged a return to bananas two years ago and in the wake of cyclone Yasi it seemed a blessed move. Advertisement: Story continues below ''It's in the lap of the gods sometimes,'' he said. ''You might not get this situation for 10 years.'' Five months on from cyclone Yasi, which wiped out 75 per cent of Australia's banana production, NSW bananas are still fetching up to $15 per kilogram and demand is still sky-high for the state's smaller, sweeter, sometimes uglier bananas. The 400 small-scale growers of NSW usually make up less than 15 per cent of Australia's $500 million banana industry but this has ballooned to about 40 per cent since February. The Australian Banana Growers Council forecasts the nationwide supply shortage to keep prices high until October. Mr Husna doesn't keep his money when it comes. With his daughter's wedding coming up and his Cavendish bananas selling for $120 a carton (13 kilograms), he finally has a chance ''to spend money willingly instead of being so stingy''. ''Most of all, it encourages my son to keep going when he sees these prices. I'm more happy for him than for me.'' A Woolgoolga grower, Ron Gray, who is president of the Coffs Harbour and Woolgoolga Banana Growers' Association, said banana farming was ''devastating'' before the cyclone. ''We'd been four years with no income and before that I was making enough to keep the bananas growing but not enough to keep me going. The highest I got in 14 years was $14 a carton. If something hadn't happened, NSW growers would not have been able to afford to keep going,'' he said. Before Christmas, farmers were better off planting blueberries or letting their bananas rot than selling them for just $4 a carton, less than half the break-even price. They are now fetching up to $140 a carton. The economist Saul Eslake said Australia should import bananas to relieve the hip pockets of frustrated shoppers but the mayor of Coffs Harbour, Keith Rhoades, said the risk of exotic disease was too great. North Queensland growers are likely to start selling bananas in the coming months although damaged trees will produce smaller bunches and therefore reduce the number of cartons available. Read more: [url]http://www.smh.com.au/environment/wind-of-change-put-growers-in-the-money-20110701-1gvbv.html#ixzz1QuW3zroG[/url] [/QUOTE]
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