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Gurbani (14-53)
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Gurbani (71-74)
Pahre (74-78)
Chhant (78-81)
Vanjara (81-82)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਝ | Raag Maajh
Gurbani (94-109)
Ashtpadi (109)
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Ashtpadi (129-130)
Ashtpadiyan (130-133)
Bara Maha (133-136)
Din Raen (136-137)
Vaar Maajh Ki (137-150)
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Gurbani (151-185)
Quartets/Couplets (185-220)
Ashtpadiyan (220-234)
Karhalei (234-235)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
Panchpadde (364-365)
Kaafee (365-409)
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Chhant (435-462)
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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)
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Gurbani (537-556)
Chhant (538-548)
Vaar Bihaagraa (548-556)
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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)
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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)
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Gurbani (1319-23)
Ashtpadiyan (1323-26)
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Gurbani (1327-1341)
Ashtpadiyan (1342-51)
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Gurbani (1352-53)
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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 11629" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><strong>Re: A Sikh Destiny:</strong></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.canada.com/vancouver/vancouversun/news/editorial/story.html?id=8b10ce91-9e9d-44e1-b607-c061443aa54c" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #800080">http://www.canada.com/vancouver/vancouversun/news/editorial/story.html?id=8b10ce91-9e9d-44e1-b607-c061443aa54c</span></u></a> </p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="color: blue">Irresponsible article was an offensive bashing of the whole Sikh community </span></strong><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>Bachan Rai </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>Special to the Sun </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>July 6, 2005 </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>VANCOUVER - Suresh Kurl's article, A Sikh Destiny, published on Canada Day, was nothing more than an offensive bashing of the Sikh community as a whole. </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>Kurl uses the terms "Indo-Canadians" and "Sikhs" interchangeably to suit his purposes. When he needs to hand-wring or establish his credibility to be even talking about this issue, it's all about "Indo-Canadians." But when he wants to twist the knife in a little further, the evildoers become "Sikhs." </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>Kurl's irresponsibility starts early. He begins by linking the Air India disaster with Indo-Canadian gangs that "emerged and embarked upon a killing spree." Somehow, it is the whole community that was not only responsible for the horrific terrorist attack, but then, instead of going into mourning, went on a killing rampage. </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>The only connection between the people who brought down the Air India plane and who committed the majority -- not all, mind you -- of the Indo-Canadian youth killings in the past decade were Sikhs. </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>They have that in common with me and a few hundred thousand B.C. residents. But they were also criminals and terrorists. I'm not. Why is Kurl lumping me with them on the basis of my faith, and not lumping them with terrorists and criminals of other faiths? </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>He may argue the Air India plane was brought down in the name of Sikhism. But that's no different than the mobs who periodically massacre non-Hindus in their thousands in India in the name of Hinduism. Should we then lump Kurl and all his fellow Hindus in the same category? </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>But Kurl doesn't stop with the Air India and youth violence issues. He sweeps crimes that are exclusively due to individual circumstances into his grab-bag of reasons to tar all Sikhs, including the incident where an estranged son-in-law murdered all his in-laws in Vernon some years ago and the recent case of the father who killed his daughter for having an interracial romance. </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>I suppose all Christians need to hang their heads in shame for the crimes of people like Hitler and Homolka, if Kurl's logic is to be accepted. </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>Kurl tut-tuts about "moderates" and "fundamentalists" in the Sikh religion, about battles in Sikh temples and about Sikhs building separate gurdwaras and having separate parades, and contrasts that with his version of the good old days when every Sikh he knew was a noble "sardarji." </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>What nonsense. Not all Sikhs are as bad today as he paints them to be, and neither were they all at one time as good as the "sardarjis" of his memories. </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>Why does it bother him so much that Sikhs have separate temples and parades? I say the more the merrier -- provided they don't resort to violence. </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>I suspect even the "sardarjis" of his memories come straight out of the stereotypical caricature of Sikhs frequently portrayed in Bollywood movies -- the loud, good-natured but bumbling Punjabi, almost always a bus or taxi driver. </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>Most telling, though, is that tired old bogey Kurl and others conjure up whenever bad things happen in the community: What will "others" think? </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>Those who don't think are going to keep thinking the way they always do, irrespective of whatever anybody else does, good or bad. </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>The Sikhs are fine. They're making great strides as full and enthusiastic participants in Canadian endeavours and have a healthy presence in all walks of life -- good and bad. Most are confident, comfortable and Canadian enough to not hide in a corner every time some wannabe mainstream-media pundit starts playing to the gallery by talking down to them. </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>But a vicious ambush on Canada Day requires a response. </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>Bachan Rai is the assistant assignment editor at Channel M television in Vancouver. The views expressed here are his own. </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>© The Vancouver Sun 2005</strong></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 11629, member: 884"] [b]Re: A Sikh Destiny:[/b] [url="http://www.canada.com/vancouver/vancouversun/news/editorial/story.html?id=8b10ce91-9e9d-44e1-b607-c061443aa54c"][u][color=#800080]http://www.canada.com/vancouver/vancouversun/news/editorial/story.html?id=8b10ce91-9e9d-44e1-b607-c061443aa54c[/color][/u][/url] [b][color=blue]Irresponsible article was an offensive bashing of the whole Sikh community [/color][/b][color=blue] [b]Bachan Rai [/b] [b]Special to the Sun [/b] [b]July 6, 2005 [/b] [b]VANCOUVER - Suresh Kurl's article, A Sikh Destiny, published on Canada Day, was nothing more than an offensive bashing of the Sikh community as a whole. [/b] [b]Kurl uses the terms "Indo-Canadians" and "Sikhs" interchangeably to suit his purposes. When he needs to hand-wring or establish his credibility to be even talking about this issue, it's all about "Indo-Canadians." But when he wants to twist the knife in a little further, the evildoers become "Sikhs." [/b] [b]Kurl's irresponsibility starts early. He begins by linking the Air India disaster with Indo-Canadian gangs that "emerged and embarked upon a killing spree." Somehow, it is the whole community that was not only responsible for the horrific terrorist attack, but then, instead of going into mourning, went on a killing rampage. [/b] [b]The only connection between the people who brought down the Air India plane and who committed the majority -- not all, mind you -- of the Indo-Canadian youth killings in the past decade were Sikhs. [/b] [b]They have that in common with me and a few hundred thousand B.C. residents. But they were also criminals and terrorists. I'm not. Why is Kurl lumping me with them on the basis of my faith, and not lumping them with terrorists and criminals of other faiths? [/b] [b]He may argue the Air India plane was brought down in the name of Sikhism. But that's no different than the mobs who periodically massacre non-Hindus in their thousands in India in the name of Hinduism. Should we then lump Kurl and all his fellow Hindus in the same category? [/b] [b]But Kurl doesn't stop with the Air India and youth violence issues. He sweeps crimes that are exclusively due to individual circumstances into his grab-bag of reasons to tar all Sikhs, including the incident where an estranged son-in-law murdered all his in-laws in Vernon some years ago and the recent case of the father who killed his daughter for having an interracial romance. [/b] [b]I suppose all Christians need to hang their heads in shame for the crimes of people like Hitler and Homolka, if Kurl's logic is to be accepted. [/b] [b]Kurl tut-tuts about "moderates" and "fundamentalists" in the Sikh religion, about battles in Sikh temples and about Sikhs building separate gurdwaras and having separate parades, and contrasts that with his version of the good old days when every Sikh he knew was a noble "sardarji." [/b] [b]What nonsense. Not all Sikhs are as bad today as he paints them to be, and neither were they all at one time as good as the "sardarjis" of his memories. [/b] [b]Why does it bother him so much that Sikhs have separate temples and parades? I say the more the merrier -- provided they don't resort to violence. [/b] [b]I suspect even the "sardarjis" of his memories come straight out of the stereotypical caricature of Sikhs frequently portrayed in Bollywood movies -- the loud, good-natured but bumbling Punjabi, almost always a bus or taxi driver. [/b] [b]Most telling, though, is that tired old bogey Kurl and others conjure up whenever bad things happen in the community: What will "others" think? [/b] [b]Those who don't think are going to keep thinking the way they always do, irrespective of whatever anybody else does, good or bad. [/b] [b]The Sikhs are fine. They're making great strides as full and enthusiastic participants in Canadian endeavours and have a healthy presence in all walks of life -- good and bad. Most are confident, comfortable and Canadian enough to not hide in a corner every time some wannabe mainstream-media pundit starts playing to the gallery by talking down to them. [/b] [b]But a vicious ambush on Canada Day requires a response. [/b] [b]Bachan Rai is the assistant assignment editor at Channel M television in Vancouver. The views expressed here are his own. [/b] [b]© The Vancouver Sun 2005[/b][/color][b][/b] [/QUOTE]
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