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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)
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Sehskritee Mahala 1
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Gaathaa Mahala 5
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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="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 156937" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">Mixed marriages are on the rise in the West</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy">November 21, 2011</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Gillian Steward - The Toronto Star</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">A few years ago when I was teaching at the University of Regina, one of my students was a bright, gregarious young woman whose parents had emigrated from Pakistan. She had been raised in Calgary and had no trouble fitting in with the rest of the journalism students.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">But one day she came to class completely despondent. Her parents had told her they would be arranging a marriage for her in the not-too-distant future. This is not what she wanted; she loved her parents and didn’t want to disappoint them but she also wanted to be able to choose her own husband, just like all the other Canadian young women she knew.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">I don’t know if she eventually sorted out her dilemma with her parents. I hope she was able to convince them that in Canada she has the right to choose her own husband, or not get married at all.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">As the immigrant population swells, these questions become more and more urgent. We need no more evidence than the ongoing trial in Kingston in which a mother and father and their son are accused of killing four other female family members allegedly because of their association with young men outside their ethnic community.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">But while these sorts of murders (wrongly referred to as honour killings because there is no honour involved at all, they are all about control and revenge) get lots of media attention, as they should, it’s clear that there is a strong trend in the other direction.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">An increasing number of children of immigrants are marrying outside their ethnic communities, particularly in Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto, and even more are expected to do so in the future.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">According to figures compiled by Statistics Canada from the 2006 Census, almost 4 per cent of couples in Canada were mixed marriages. In comparison, mixed marriages represented 3.1 per cent of all couples in 2001 and 2.6 per cent in 1991. Between 2001 and 2006, mixed unions grew at a rapid pace (33 per cent), more than five times the growth for all couples.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">While these national numbers may seem small, the rate of mixed marriages in the large cities is proportionally much higher. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Vancouver had the highest proportion of mixed marriages at 8.5 per cent, followed by Toronto at 7.1 per cent and Calgary at 6.1 per cent (twice as high as the national average). While Vancouver and Toronto have long had large visible minority populations, Calgary had the fourth highest proportion of visible minorities aged 15 and older in 2006 (21 per cent) after Toronto (41 per cent).</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Most of those mixed marriages are between people who could be classified as white, Euro-Canadians and people belonging to a visible minority. The census data also made it clear that Canadian-born visible minorities are much more likely to marry outside their ethnic group than those born in their home country.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">None of this census data takes into account young people who are simply fraternizing with or dating people from different ethnic groups.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">One doesn’t have to spend much time on a university or college campus in Vancouver or Calgary to notice that young people seem colour-blind when it comes to making friends or dating. Parents may not agree but by the time their kids hit their late teenage years they are deciding who they want to hang out with and who they will date.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">And before we get too righteous about narrow-minded parents let’s not forget that it was only a few decades ago that Catholics were not allowed to marry Protestants; Jews only married other Jews; and no one except another Hindu would consider marrying a Hindu. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">But in a country like Canada, which has such a long history of immigration, it’s not surprising that it’s the young people who break all the old taboos as they strive for freedom and equality. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">And may they continue to do so.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><em><strong>Gillian Steward is a Calgary writer and journalist, and former managing editor of the Calgary Herald. Her column appears every other week.</strong></em></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><a href="mailto:gsteward@telus.net">gsteward@telus.net</a></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong> </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>source:</strong> <a href="http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1090456--steward-mixed-marriages-are-on-the-rise-in-the-west" target="_blank">http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1090456--steward-mixed-marriages-are-on-the-rise-in-the-west</a></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 156937, member: 884"] [COLOR="Navy"][B][SIZE="5"]Mixed marriages are on the rise in the West[/SIZE][/B] November 21, 2011 Gillian Steward - The Toronto Star A few years ago when I was teaching at the University of Regina, one of my students was a bright, gregarious young woman whose parents had emigrated from Pakistan. She had been raised in Calgary and had no trouble fitting in with the rest of the journalism students. But one day she came to class completely despondent. Her parents had told her they would be arranging a marriage for her in the not-too-distant future. This is not what she wanted; she loved her parents and didn’t want to disappoint them but she also wanted to be able to choose her own husband, just like all the other Canadian young women she knew. I don’t know if she eventually sorted out her dilemma with her parents. I hope she was able to convince them that in Canada she has the right to choose her own husband, or not get married at all. As the immigrant population swells, these questions become more and more urgent. We need no more evidence than the ongoing trial in Kingston in which a mother and father and their son are accused of killing four other female family members allegedly because of their association with young men outside their ethnic community. But while these sorts of murders (wrongly referred to as honour killings because there is no honour involved at all, they are all about control and revenge) get lots of media attention, as they should, it’s clear that there is a strong trend in the other direction. An increasing number of children of immigrants are marrying outside their ethnic communities, particularly in Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto, and even more are expected to do so in the future. According to figures compiled by Statistics Canada from the 2006 Census, almost 4 per cent of couples in Canada were mixed marriages. In comparison, mixed marriages represented 3.1 per cent of all couples in 2001 and 2.6 per cent in 1991. Between 2001 and 2006, mixed unions grew at a rapid pace (33 per cent), more than five times the growth for all couples. While these national numbers may seem small, the rate of mixed marriages in the large cities is proportionally much higher. Vancouver had the highest proportion of mixed marriages at 8.5 per cent, followed by Toronto at 7.1 per cent and Calgary at 6.1 per cent (twice as high as the national average). While Vancouver and Toronto have long had large visible minority populations, Calgary had the fourth highest proportion of visible minorities aged 15 and older in 2006 (21 per cent) after Toronto (41 per cent). Most of those mixed marriages are between people who could be classified as white, Euro-Canadians and people belonging to a visible minority. The census data also made it clear that Canadian-born visible minorities are much more likely to marry outside their ethnic group than those born in their home country. None of this census data takes into account young people who are simply fraternizing with or dating people from different ethnic groups. One doesn’t have to spend much time on a university or college campus in Vancouver or Calgary to notice that young people seem colour-blind when it comes to making friends or dating. Parents may not agree but by the time their kids hit their late teenage years they are deciding who they want to hang out with and who they will date. And before we get too righteous about narrow-minded parents let’s not forget that it was only a few decades ago that Catholics were not allowed to marry Protestants; Jews only married other Jews; and no one except another Hindu would consider marrying a Hindu. But in a country like Canada, which has such a long history of immigration, it’s not surprising that it’s the young people who break all the old taboos as they strive for freedom and equality. And may they continue to do so. [I][B]Gillian Steward is a Calgary writer and journalist, and former managing editor of the Calgary Herald. Her column appears every other week.[/B][/I] [email]gsteward@telus.net[/email] [B] source:[/B] [url]http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1090456--steward-mixed-marriages-are-on-the-rise-in-the-west[/url][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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