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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="IJSingh" data-source="post: 219033" data-attributes="member: 403"><p>by <strong>I.J. Singh & Neena I. Singh</strong></p><p></p><p>Only a few days from today, October 31beckons the day that promised to live in our memories for ever. But I had already paid my respects to the events that orchestrated such senseless attack on the Harmandar Sahib (Golden Temple) of the Sikhs by the Indian Army in early June of 1984. And now memories were blending and fading.</p><p></p><p>A few dreary months later in 1984 the saga of destruction and looting by the army had barely taken a breather, and there had been no moves towards an honest inquiry to build bridges with the valiant Sikh citizens for justice -- when Indira Gandhi, the Indian Prime Minister who was responsible for the ghastly attack of June met her maker at the hands of two Sikhs on October 31. On the worst days, N<u>ovember 1-4, </u>the government unleashed an initiative to destroy Sikhs in a pogrom ramped up several ghastly degrees.</p><p></p><p>Briefly, India, the government of a free people, abandoned all national or international dictates and mounted, not just an India-wide response of arbitrary destruction and killings of Sikhs but a world-wide international campaign of vilification against them, where Sikhs were pronounced guilty just by their identity, not by any inquiry or evidence.</p><p></p><p>I am aware that these are heavy-duty charges I am making. No government in a free democratic society should ever face them. An honest accounting is mandated</p><p></p><p>I will not recount the details. They are in the public record; today I merely list them so that they do not slip from their peremptory hold on time and memory. They are well-documented, not at all by the Indian government but by honest Indian citizens. The first reports were the products of non-Sikh, Hindu, legal scholars and icons – <em>Citizens for Justice</em></p><p></p><p>Remember that these were pre-Google days. Yet within six hours well-armed mobs had appeared in cities across the vast nation. Their agenda clearly laid out. In the India of 1984 Google did not exist. There were no lists of Sikh-owned property, or houses; arms were not easily or legally accessible in the open market – licenses and registrations were required; trucks to transport mobs of hoodlums to their targets were not available without bureaucratic paperwork that took days, if not weeks and months; similarly, for kerosene for burning houses and arson.</p><p></p><p>Yet, within six hours armed gangs of non-Sikh hoodlums surfaced in Sikh neighborhoods across India. Let us not forget that India -- a large country, almost a Continent boasts of perhaps the third or fourth largest army in the world, also a massive police force. More than 100 cities in 26 states were simultaneously affected! The vast Indian bureaucracy has rarely shown such clear-headed efficiency and competence.</p><p></p><p>The gangs did what gangs do. They dragged Sikhs – people who had protected the country throughout history with exemplary bravery and loyalty, chopped their turbans and hair, burnt them alive with tires around their necks, or shot them dead. They pulled them from buses and trains and killed them publicly en masse. They raped their women and what did the vaunted police and army do? Either not deployed or stood by gawking at the spectacle.</p><p></p><p>And the government? After the Prime Minister’s death her son Rajiv succeeded her without the benefit of any election, experience or competence. His first speech – a memorable one to justify the killings of Sikhs across India without evidence or trial.</p><p></p><p>Finally, years later, the government conceded that over 2700 Sikhs were killed in Delhi alone (the numbers remain contested by credible) observers, not to mention the many that became homeless.) and they branded the events as <strong><em>Anti-Sikh Riots</em></strong>. That inaccurate term continues to be used; the government spokesmen forget or never learned that rioting implies the element of spontaneity where both sides participate in the mayhem, and there is no evidence of that at all. It may be attempted <strong>genocide</strong> but certainly not a riot. This continues to be ignored.</p><p></p><p>But India is and remains a democratic republic. Some vociferous protests largely by Sikhs but aided by many non-Sikhs as well resulted in an Inquiry Commission led by a senior Justice. The result -- zero. Several (12 or more by some reckoning) governmental Inquiry Commissions have taken their turn with varying but fictitious results. Occasionally government spokesmen surface to publicly haggle over what, if any, compensation would be appropriate for such massive injustice Results still zero.</p><p></p><p>Yet passion for justice burns like the eternal flame. A <strong>Truth & Reconciliation Commission</strong> that many countries have found useful in similar situations would be a sensible beginning to get the past behind us.</p><p></p><p><em><u>Go to <strong>Sikh Genocide Remembrance Day.Org</strong> </u>to add your name to the list. This is the least we can do to preserve our memories that are the foundations of history.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IJSingh, post: 219033, member: 403"] by [B]I.J. Singh & Neena I. Singh[/B] Only a few days from today, October 31beckons the day that promised to live in our memories for ever. But I had already paid my respects to the events that orchestrated such senseless attack on the Harmandar Sahib (Golden Temple) of the Sikhs by the Indian Army in early June of 1984. And now memories were blending and fading. A few dreary months later in 1984 the saga of destruction and looting by the army had barely taken a breather, and there had been no moves towards an honest inquiry to build bridges with the valiant Sikh citizens for justice -- when Indira Gandhi, the Indian Prime Minister who was responsible for the ghastly attack of June met her maker at the hands of two Sikhs on October 31. On the worst days, N[U]ovember 1-4, [/U]the government unleashed an initiative to destroy Sikhs in a pogrom ramped up several ghastly degrees. Briefly, India, the government of a free people, abandoned all national or international dictates and mounted, not just an India-wide response of arbitrary destruction and killings of Sikhs but a world-wide international campaign of vilification against them, where Sikhs were pronounced guilty just by their identity, not by any inquiry or evidence. I am aware that these are heavy-duty charges I am making. No government in a free democratic society should ever face them. An honest accounting is mandated I will not recount the details. They are in the public record; today I merely list them so that they do not slip from their peremptory hold on time and memory. They are well-documented, not at all by the Indian government but by honest Indian citizens. The first reports were the products of non-Sikh, Hindu, legal scholars and icons – [I]Citizens for Justice[/I] Remember that these were pre-Google days. Yet within six hours well-armed mobs had appeared in cities across the vast nation. Their agenda clearly laid out. In the India of 1984 Google did not exist. There were no lists of Sikh-owned property, or houses; arms were not easily or legally accessible in the open market – licenses and registrations were required; trucks to transport mobs of hoodlums to their targets were not available without bureaucratic paperwork that took days, if not weeks and months; similarly, for kerosene for burning houses and arson. Yet, within six hours armed gangs of non-Sikh hoodlums surfaced in Sikh neighborhoods across India. Let us not forget that India -- a large country, almost a Continent boasts of perhaps the third or fourth largest army in the world, also a massive police force. More than 100 cities in 26 states were simultaneously affected! The vast Indian bureaucracy has rarely shown such clear-headed efficiency and competence. The gangs did what gangs do. They dragged Sikhs – people who had protected the country throughout history with exemplary bravery and loyalty, chopped their turbans and hair, burnt them alive with tires around their necks, or shot them dead. They pulled them from buses and trains and killed them publicly en masse. They raped their women and what did the vaunted police and army do? Either not deployed or stood by gawking at the spectacle. And the government? After the Prime Minister’s death her son Rajiv succeeded her without the benefit of any election, experience or competence. His first speech – a memorable one to justify the killings of Sikhs across India without evidence or trial. Finally, years later, the government conceded that over 2700 Sikhs were killed in Delhi alone (the numbers remain contested by credible) observers, not to mention the many that became homeless.) and they branded the events as [B][I]Anti-Sikh Riots[/I][/B]. That inaccurate term continues to be used; the government spokesmen forget or never learned that rioting implies the element of spontaneity where both sides participate in the mayhem, and there is no evidence of that at all. It may be attempted [B]genocide[/B] but certainly not a riot. This continues to be ignored. But India is and remains a democratic republic. Some vociferous protests largely by Sikhs but aided by many non-Sikhs as well resulted in an Inquiry Commission led by a senior Justice. The result -- zero. Several (12 or more by some reckoning) governmental Inquiry Commissions have taken their turn with varying but fictitious results. Occasionally government spokesmen surface to publicly haggle over what, if any, compensation would be appropriate for such massive injustice Results still zero. Yet passion for justice burns like the eternal flame. A [B]Truth & Reconciliation Commission[/B] that many countries have found useful in similar situations would be a sensible beginning to get the past behind us. [I][U]Go to [B]Sikh Genocide Remembrance Day.Org[/B] [/U]to add your name to the list. This is the least we can do to preserve our memories that are the foundations of history.[/I] [/QUOTE]
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