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ਸੋ ਦਰੁ | So Dar
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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)
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Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
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ਰਾਗ ਮਾਲਾ, Raag Maalaa
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<blockquote data-quote="spnadmin" data-source="post: 151370" data-attributes="member: 35"><p>By Anju Kaur, SikhNN staff writer, Washington Bureau</p><p></p><p>Pedro Antonio Ramirez was sentenced in a California court yesterday to 13 years in prison for his part in the November 2010 hate crime and assault of Harbhajan Singh, a Sikh cab driver.</p><p></p><p>Although Ramirez originally made a plea agreement to avoid trial for attempted murder, he changed his mind and asked the court on April 1 to withdraw his plea. His accomplice, Johnny Morales, who also pleaded guilty on March 7, was sentenced on April 1 to 238 days in jail, in addition to the time he had already spent since his arrest.</p><p></p><p>Judge Timothy Fall determined that Ramirez had been properly informed of the meaning of the plea and that he had been represented effectively by counsel, Shergill said. He was sentenced on June 3 in the Yolo County Superior Court.</p><p></p><p>During the sentencing hearing, a statement was read on behalf of the family by Aman Kaur, a family friend: "Today is not a happy days for us. We wish that none of this had happened. (Harbhajan) Singh wears the turban as an article of faith and this attack will not stop him from wearing it. He wants people to know that Sikhs are just like everyone else. He forgives his attackers and hopes that they find peace along with the rest of the community."</p><p></p><p>According to the West Sacramento Police Department report, on Nov. 28, 2010, at approximately 1:50 a.m., police responded to 685 Lighthouse Drive, regarding an abandoned 911 call. Upon arrival, officers found Harbhajan Singh, victim of an assault.</p><p></p><p>He had picked up the two accused and their wives in Sacramento and had driven them to West Sacramento when the men began assaulting him and demanded money.</p><p></p><p>But even after he handed them the money, Ramirez and Morales kept beating him while shouting explicatives and calling him Muslim and Osama bin Laden, said Jasjit Singh, associate director of the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund, in a previous interview.</p><p></p><p>The attack left Harbhajan Singh with facial fractures, multiple facial lacerations requiring stitches, eye injuries and bruising along his rib cage, said Amar Shergill, Harbhajan Singh’s attorney, in last night’s news release. It was only through intervention by Ramirez’s wife, who also was in the cab, that Harbhajan Singh was able to escape the attack.</p><p></p><p>In court, Ramirez and his family denied that this was a hate crime. But evidence showed that throughout the attack Ramirez repeatedly threatened to kill Harbhajan Singh while using racial epithets.</p><p></p><p>"It is difficult to take any solace in the sentence given the hardship to be endured by the family of Mr. Ramirez during his long sentence,” Shergill said. “If one lesson has been learned from this case, we hope that people realize that Sikhs have no relationship whatsoever with the enemies of the United States."</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.sikhnn.com/headlines/1437/man-gets-13-years-hate-crime-sikh-cabby" target="_blank">http://www.sikhnn.com/headlines/1437/man-gets-13-years-hate-crime-sikh-cabby</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 151370, member: 35"] By Anju Kaur, SikhNN staff writer, Washington Bureau Pedro Antonio Ramirez was sentenced in a California court yesterday to 13 years in prison for his part in the November 2010 hate crime and assault of Harbhajan Singh, a Sikh cab driver. Although Ramirez originally made a plea agreement to avoid trial for attempted murder, he changed his mind and asked the court on April 1 to withdraw his plea. His accomplice, Johnny Morales, who also pleaded guilty on March 7, was sentenced on April 1 to 238 days in jail, in addition to the time he had already spent since his arrest. Judge Timothy Fall determined that Ramirez had been properly informed of the meaning of the plea and that he had been represented effectively by counsel, Shergill said. He was sentenced on June 3 in the Yolo County Superior Court. During the sentencing hearing, a statement was read on behalf of the family by Aman Kaur, a family friend: "Today is not a happy days for us. We wish that none of this had happened. (Harbhajan) Singh wears the turban as an article of faith and this attack will not stop him from wearing it. He wants people to know that Sikhs are just like everyone else. He forgives his attackers and hopes that they find peace along with the rest of the community." According to the West Sacramento Police Department report, on Nov. 28, 2010, at approximately 1:50 a.m., police responded to 685 Lighthouse Drive, regarding an abandoned 911 call. Upon arrival, officers found Harbhajan Singh, victim of an assault. He had picked up the two accused and their wives in Sacramento and had driven them to West Sacramento when the men began assaulting him and demanded money. But even after he handed them the money, Ramirez and Morales kept beating him while shouting explicatives and calling him Muslim and Osama bin Laden, said Jasjit Singh, associate director of the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund, in a previous interview. The attack left Harbhajan Singh with facial fractures, multiple facial lacerations requiring stitches, eye injuries and bruising along his rib cage, said Amar Shergill, Harbhajan Singh’s attorney, in last night’s news release. It was only through intervention by Ramirez’s wife, who also was in the cab, that Harbhajan Singh was able to escape the attack. In court, Ramirez and his family denied that this was a hate crime. But evidence showed that throughout the attack Ramirez repeatedly threatened to kill Harbhajan Singh while using racial epithets. "It is difficult to take any solace in the sentence given the hardship to be endured by the family of Mr. Ramirez during his long sentence,” Shergill said. “If one lesson has been learned from this case, we hope that people realize that Sikhs have no relationship whatsoever with the enemies of the United States." [url]http://www.sikhnn.com/headlines/1437/man-gets-13-years-hate-crime-sikh-cabby[/url] [/QUOTE]
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