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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: 128776" data-attributes="member: 35"><p><strong>A minor inconvenience?</strong></p><p></p><p> Representatives of the Sikh and Muslim communities in the United States last week testified before a group of US congressmen on what one of them called "this senseless and dangerous dynamic" of racial profiling at US borders.</p><p></p><p> Amardeep Singh, programme director of the Sikh Coalition in New York, and Farhana Khera, president and executive director, Muslim Advocates in California, were among a group of civil rights groups and law professors who testified before the US House of Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties on June 16.</p><p></p><p> Narrating a recent incident where he and his son were subject to undue harassment at a US airport, Mr Singh said: "It is my humble submission today that the use by law enforcement of classifications based on race, national origin, religion, or ethnicity has severely undermined both our liberty and safety.</p><p></p><p> "As the experience of the Sikh American community makes clear, the use of these classifications by law enforcement is invariably inaccurate, inevitably misused, and ultimately detrimental to the important work of our men and women in uniform. In short, we profile, we lose."</p><p></p><p> He added: "We need this subcommittee and this Congress to put an end to this senseless and dangerous dynamic if our law enforcement leaders who profess an aversion to profiling cannot."</p><p></p><p> Although racial profiling is discriminatory, a gross violation of human rights and dangerously close to a form of apartheid, little has been reported about it in the global media. However, because this particular hearing included the Sikhs, whose turban and bearded appearance often sees them being mistaken for Muslims by western immigration and security officers who don't know the difference, it has been widely reported in the Indian media.</p><p> According to one report in the Indian Express, Congresswoman Judy Chu from California introduced a written testimony on behalf of another advocacy group, United Sikhs, which said: "Unfortunately, as our community knows, Sikhs have routinely faced discriminatory practices at airports across US."</p><p></p><p> This testimony emphasised the inconsistent policies regarding secondary inspections by Transportation Security Officers, the lack of training, oversight, and unfettered discretion of TSOs, and the unfair targeting of a community that presents no national security risk to the US, it said.</p><p> Congresswoman Chu announced she would be writing a letter to TSA asking them for data about complaints and racial profiling for Sikhs and all other ethnic groups.</p><p></p><p> In her testimony, Ms Khera told stories of a number of American Muslims who she said "have experienced discriminatory treatment and extensive, often highly invasive questioning and searches of their personal belongings without any evidence of wrongdoing."</p><p></p><p> She said: "Since 9/11, Muslim Americans and those perceived to be Muslim - including Arabs, South Asians, Middle Easterners, and Sikhs - have been subject to heightened scrutiny by federal law enforcement.</p><p></p><p> "Such discriminatory targeting includes: FBI interviews conducted in the community without suspicion of wrongdoing; extensive and invasive questioning and searches at the border; the surveillance of community organisations and the use of informants and undercover agents; and data gathering and mapping of the community based on cultural and ethnic behaviour.</p><p></p><p> David A. Harris, professor of law, University of Pittsburgh School of Law, testified: "When police use racial or ethnic targeting, we put a government-created burden on the targeted communities. We effectively say to them that being frisked on the way to the grocery store or thoroughly searched in the airport, on the basis of their racial or ethnic appearance, is only 'a minor inconvenience' they have to tolerate so that we can all be safe.</p><p></p><p> "Surely, being frisked or having one's belongings searched in public is more than just a minor inconvenience, even if these actions do not amount to arrest. The Supreme Court itself has said that being stopped and frisked is in fact not a minor annoyance but an intrusion on one's Fourth Amendment rights, no matter how brief the incident may be."</p><p></p><p> Others on the witness list included Christopher Burbank, Chief of Police, Salt Lake City Police Department, Brian L. Withrow, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Texas State University, and Deborah A. Ramirez, Professor of Law, Northeastern University.</p><p></p><p> Full copies of their testimonies have been posted on the following website: <a href="http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/hear" target="_blank">http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/hear</a> - 100617 - 1.html</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/economics/39125/a-minor-inconvenience" target="_blank">A minor inconvenience?</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 128776, member: 35"] [B]A minor inconvenience?[/B] Representatives of the Sikh and Muslim communities in the United States last week testified before a group of US congressmen on what one of them called "this senseless and dangerous dynamic" of racial profiling at US borders. Amardeep Singh, programme director of the Sikh Coalition in New York, and Farhana Khera, president and executive director, Muslim Advocates in California, were among a group of civil rights groups and law professors who testified before the US House of Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties on June 16. Narrating a recent incident where he and his son were subject to undue harassment at a US airport, Mr Singh said: "It is my humble submission today that the use by law enforcement of classifications based on race, national origin, religion, or ethnicity has severely undermined both our liberty and safety. "As the experience of the Sikh American community makes clear, the use of these classifications by law enforcement is invariably inaccurate, inevitably misused, and ultimately detrimental to the important work of our men and women in uniform. In short, we profile, we lose." He added: "We need this subcommittee and this Congress to put an end to this senseless and dangerous dynamic if our law enforcement leaders who profess an aversion to profiling cannot." Although racial profiling is discriminatory, a gross violation of human rights and dangerously close to a form of apartheid, little has been reported about it in the global media. However, because this particular hearing included the Sikhs, whose turban and bearded appearance often sees them being mistaken for Muslims by western immigration and security officers who don't know the difference, it has been widely reported in the Indian media. According to one report in the Indian Express, Congresswoman Judy Chu from California introduced a written testimony on behalf of another advocacy group, United Sikhs, which said: "Unfortunately, as our community knows, Sikhs have routinely faced discriminatory practices at airports across US." This testimony emphasised the inconsistent policies regarding secondary inspections by Transportation Security Officers, the lack of training, oversight, and unfettered discretion of TSOs, and the unfair targeting of a community that presents no national security risk to the US, it said. Congresswoman Chu announced she would be writing a letter to TSA asking them for data about complaints and racial profiling for Sikhs and all other ethnic groups. In her testimony, Ms Khera told stories of a number of American Muslims who she said "have experienced discriminatory treatment and extensive, often highly invasive questioning and searches of their personal belongings without any evidence of wrongdoing." She said: "Since 9/11, Muslim Americans and those perceived to be Muslim - including Arabs, South Asians, Middle Easterners, and Sikhs - have been subject to heightened scrutiny by federal law enforcement. "Such discriminatory targeting includes: FBI interviews conducted in the community without suspicion of wrongdoing; extensive and invasive questioning and searches at the border; the surveillance of community organisations and the use of informants and undercover agents; and data gathering and mapping of the community based on cultural and ethnic behaviour. David A. Harris, professor of law, University of Pittsburgh School of Law, testified: "When police use racial or ethnic targeting, we put a government-created burden on the targeted communities. We effectively say to them that being frisked on the way to the grocery store or thoroughly searched in the airport, on the basis of their racial or ethnic appearance, is only 'a minor inconvenience' they have to tolerate so that we can all be safe. "Surely, being frisked or having one's belongings searched in public is more than just a minor inconvenience, even if these actions do not amount to arrest. The Supreme Court itself has said that being stopped and frisked is in fact not a minor annoyance but an intrusion on one's Fourth Amendment rights, no matter how brief the incident may be." Others on the witness list included Christopher Burbank, Chief of Police, Salt Lake City Police Department, Brian L. Withrow, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Texas State University, and Deborah A. Ramirez, Professor of Law, Northeastern University. Full copies of their testimonies have been posted on the following website: [url]http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/hear[/url] - 100617 - 1.html [url=http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/economics/39125/a-minor-inconvenience]A minor inconvenience?[/url] [/QUOTE]
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