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Composition, Arrangement & Layout
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="Admin" data-source="post: 107438" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>Sikh victims of crime in London, England are to be given the option of asking for a police officer of their own faith to work on their case. </p><p> This new service from the Metropolitan Police ("Met") aims to make use of the officers' specialist knowledge of Punjabi language and culture to help with cases like forced marriage and so-called honour crime. </p><p> </p><p>Officers within the Met have told the BBC Asian Network that crimes in the community have gone unsolved and unreported because of a lack of understanding of the culture by officers from a "white" background. </p><p> Palbinder Singh, chairman of the Metropolitan Police Sikh Association (MPSA) said: "It's about understanding and appreciating difference. I don't believe a non-Sikh officer is ever going to be fully conversant with a Sikh for example. We have got evidence in the most serious type of crimes where Punjabi culture itself is the issue, that they haven't been properly investigated." </p><p> <strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Raise victim's confidence </strong></p><p> <strong></strong> The new service will not allow victims of crime to prevent a white officer taking on their case. However, they can ask for a Sikh officer to be involved and, if required, be their contact with the police. </p><p> </p><p>A website also has been set up allowing crimes to be reported online. </p><p> Officers hope the website will give a voice to women who may be in danger of honour-based violence or forced marriage, or who are restricted from making an unsupervised phone call or leaving their home. </p><p> </p><p>The Met said the new service, which has been pioneered by the MPSA, could be extended to other minority groups in future. </p><p> </p><p>Ch Supt Joanna Young, from the Met's Criminal Justice Policy Unit, said: "We want more victims to feel confident that when they do come forward, their needs will be addressed. I think it's a great start and what we need to do is evaluate it ... Does it make a difference? Can we sustain it? </p><p> "Then if it's clear it's a success, I would encourage the other (police) associations to do likewise," she added. </p><p> </p><p>Jagdeesh Singh, whose 27-year-old sister Surjit Athwal was murdered in a so-called honour killing, supports the scheme. </p><p> </p><p>In 2007, Mrs Athwal's husband and mother-in-law were convicted of her murder, almost 10 years after she went missing from home. </p><p> He said the case "exposed many gaps". </p><p> </p><p>"They did not understand the methods of cover-up in the community. The investigation only started to produce results when we had a Sikh officer allocated to the investigation. Prior to that, for years and years we had a group of well-meaning officers who had great difficulty in comprehending the whole idea of an honour crime or honour killing," Jagdeesh Singh said. </p><p> <strong></strong></p><p><strong>'Separating communities' </strong> </p><p> He does concede that there needs to be more awareness of cultural crimes right across the police force. </p><p> </p><p>"We need officers to become a lot more aware of the diverse communities they're policing and that applies equally to Sikh officers," he said. "They need to be able to read the cultural signs in a crime." </p><p> </p><p>Other Sikhs in London, like Sandeep Singh and Sharan Kaur, agreed. However, arguing against such policing divisions, they said they are Sikh but also passionately British.</p><p></p><p> </p><p> "It doesn't matter what religion, what creed, colour you are, you need to be aware of issues that people deal with," Sharan Kaur said. "Because then you go into saying 'Muslim officers for Muslim crimes'. Even though it may be cultural or even religious, police officers need the diplomacy to work with any customer, any crime. Sikhism is about not separating," he added. </p><p> Palbinder Singh said he understood there would be accusations of separating communities, but that criticism does not worry him. </p><p> "If this is going to help vulnerable victims of crime - people who don't have the confidence in the police - to come forward, then please make all the accusations you want." </p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px">[</span><span style="font-size: 10px">by CATRIN NYE, Courtesy: BBC] </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 107438, member: 1"] Sikh victims of crime in London, England are to be given the option of asking for a police officer of their own faith to work on their case. This new service from the Metropolitan Police ("Met") aims to make use of the officers' specialist knowledge of Punjabi language and culture to help with cases like forced marriage and so-called honour crime. Officers within the Met have told the BBC Asian Network that crimes in the community have gone unsolved and unreported because of a lack of understanding of the culture by officers from a "white" background. Palbinder Singh, chairman of the Metropolitan Police Sikh Association (MPSA) said: "It's about understanding and appreciating difference. I don't believe a non-Sikh officer is ever going to be fully conversant with a Sikh for example. We have got evidence in the most serious type of crimes where Punjabi culture itself is the issue, that they haven't been properly investigated." [B] Raise victim's confidence [/B] The new service will not allow victims of crime to prevent a white officer taking on their case. However, they can ask for a Sikh officer to be involved and, if required, be their contact with the police. A website also has been set up allowing crimes to be reported online. Officers hope the website will give a voice to women who may be in danger of honour-based violence or forced marriage, or who are restricted from making an unsupervised phone call or leaving their home. The Met said the new service, which has been pioneered by the MPSA, could be extended to other minority groups in future. Ch Supt Joanna Young, from the Met's Criminal Justice Policy Unit, said: "We want more victims to feel confident that when they do come forward, their needs will be addressed. I think it's a great start and what we need to do is evaluate it ... Does it make a difference? Can we sustain it? "Then if it's clear it's a success, I would encourage the other (police) associations to do likewise," she added. Jagdeesh Singh, whose 27-year-old sister Surjit Athwal was murdered in a so-called honour killing, supports the scheme. In 2007, Mrs Athwal's husband and mother-in-law were convicted of her murder, almost 10 years after she went missing from home. He said the case "exposed many gaps". "They did not understand the methods of cover-up in the community. The investigation only started to produce results when we had a Sikh officer allocated to the investigation. Prior to that, for years and years we had a group of well-meaning officers who had great difficulty in comprehending the whole idea of an honour crime or honour killing," Jagdeesh Singh said. [B] 'Separating communities' [/B] He does concede that there needs to be more awareness of cultural crimes right across the police force. "We need officers to become a lot more aware of the diverse communities they're policing and that applies equally to Sikh officers," he said. "They need to be able to read the cultural signs in a crime." Other Sikhs in London, like Sandeep Singh and Sharan Kaur, agreed. However, arguing against such policing divisions, they said they are Sikh but also passionately British. "It doesn't matter what religion, what creed, colour you are, you need to be aware of issues that people deal with," Sharan Kaur said. "Because then you go into saying 'Muslim officers for Muslim crimes'. Even though it may be cultural or even religious, police officers need the diplomacy to work with any customer, any crime. Sikhism is about not separating," he added. Palbinder Singh said he understood there would be accusations of separating communities, but that criticism does not worry him. "If this is going to help vulnerable victims of crime - people who don't have the confidence in the police - to come forward, then please make all the accusations you want." [SIZE=2][[/SIZE][SIZE=2]by CATRIN NYE, Courtesy: BBC] [/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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