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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="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 128630" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #002060">Sikh community co-operation vital</span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #002060">to secure Canada</span></span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060"><strong>The StarPhoenix - June 18, 2010</strong> </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">Even to those who have followed closely the twisted and troubled trail of investigative incompetence since the 1985 Air India attack, Justice John Major's report is shocking.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">Almost every conceivable error that could have been made in terms of surveillance and investigation before and since the attack, was made. Worse yet, authorities repeatedly covered up or downplayed their incompetence, at the expense of making Canada safer and ensuring those culpable for the attack would be brought to justice.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">While it is true that evidence of all this came out, not only during Justice Major's inquiry but also during the trials that failed to secure a major conviction against those responsible, it is still jarring to see it all laid out in this report.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">Prime Minister Stephen Harper deserves credit for indicating his seriousness about acting to address the deficiencies in the system and for making that commitment directly to the families of the victims. The challenge will be to ensure that action is taken.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">The major security agencies involved consistently have stonewalled and dodged rather than make the changes suggested in earlier reports and editorials. However, the prime minister has taken a personal interest in this file almost from the day he came to office in early 2006. Within weeks, he had agreed to meet with the families of the victims of the June 23, 1985, attack and, by that summer, he appointed Justice Major to conduct an inquiry.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">Certainly Canadians have to hope the changes laid out in the Thursday's report, in terms of security oversight, increased efficiencies and the need for disparate organizations such as CSIS and the RCMP to work together rather than to sabotage one another, can be enacted.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">And the country will be eternally in the debt of those Canadians who lost family members in this attack and who have been denied justice ever since.</span></p><p><span style="color: #002060">But Justice Major didn't address the greatest challenge for Canadians, which is to deal with the separation of so many in the Canadian Sikh population from the rest of the country.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">The history of Sikhs in Canada is long and storied. This is an ethnic group that has contributed mightily to making Canada what it is -- in the distant past as well as the present. But, aside from the Keystone Kops-like attempts of CSIS and the RCMP to handle this mass murder investigation, among the chief reasons the Crown has been unable to secure a major conviction has been the reluctance among too many in the Sikh community to do what's right.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">Whether silenced by fear or a misplaced sense of loyalty, their reticence not only damages all Sikhs -- the vast majority of whom are in Canada to build for themselves a better life -- but continues to threaten the security of all Canadians.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">It's worth noting that this damage and danger have been recognized and battled by many Sikh leaders, including publisher Tara Singh Hayer, who lost his life trying to bring the perpetrators to justice, and Liberal MP and former B.C. premier Ujjal Dosanjh, who was severely beaten and hospitalized for his troubles.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">Yet annually during the Vaisakhi parade, photos of Air India bombing mastermind Talwinder Singh Parmar are put on display. And 25 years after the bombing, the two main suspects, Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri, continue to walk the streets, even though their trial was tainted by witness intimidation and charges of perjury.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">Until enough of the Sikh community is willing to expose and convict those culpable, and to stand squarely for Canadian values against the twisted malevolent ideology of those who committed this attack, achieving the security that Mr. Major prescribes will prove extremely challenging.</span></p><p><span style="color: #002060"><strong>- - -</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #002060"><strong>"Democracy cannot be maintained without its foundation: free public opinion and free discussion throughout the nation of all matters affecting the state within the limits set by the criminal code and the common law."</strong></span></span></p><p><strong><span style="color: #002060">-The Supreme Court of Canada, 1938</span></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">© Copyright (c) The StarPhoenix</span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">source: </span><a href="http://www.thestarphoenix.com/life/Sikh+community+operation+vital+secure+Canada/3169543/story.html" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #002060">http://www.thestarphoenix.com/life/Sikh+community+operation+vital+secure+Canada/3169543/story.html</span></u></a></p><p> </p><p>************************************************************</p><p><span style="color: red">Commission of Inquiry </span></p><p><span style="color: red">into the Investigation of the </span></p><p><span style="color: red">Bombing of Air India </span></p><p><span style="color: red">Flight 182</span></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="color: red">Full report at</span> :</strong> <a href="http://www.majorcomm.ca/en/reports/finalreport/" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">http://www.majorcomm.ca/en/reports/finalreport/</span></u></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 128630, member: 884"] [B][SIZE=6][SIZE=5][COLOR=#002060]Sikh community co-operation vital[/COLOR][/SIZE][/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=6][SIZE=5][COLOR=#002060]to secure Canada[/COLOR][/SIZE][/SIZE][/B] [COLOR=#002060][B]The StarPhoenix - June 18, 2010[/B] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]Even to those who have followed closely the twisted and troubled trail of investigative incompetence since the 1985 Air India attack, Justice John Major's report is shocking.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]Almost every conceivable error that could have been made in terms of surveillance and investigation before and since the attack, was made. Worse yet, authorities repeatedly covered up or downplayed their incompetence, at the expense of making Canada safer and ensuring those culpable for the attack would be brought to justice.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]While it is true that evidence of all this came out, not only during Justice Major's inquiry but also during the trials that failed to secure a major conviction against those responsible, it is still jarring to see it all laid out in this report.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]Prime Minister Stephen Harper deserves credit for indicating his seriousness about acting to address the deficiencies in the system and for making that commitment directly to the families of the victims. The challenge will be to ensure that action is taken.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]The major security agencies involved consistently have stonewalled and dodged rather than make the changes suggested in earlier reports and editorials. However, the prime minister has taken a personal interest in this file almost from the day he came to office in early 2006. Within weeks, he had agreed to meet with the families of the victims of the June 23, 1985, attack and, by that summer, he appointed Justice Major to conduct an inquiry.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]Certainly Canadians have to hope the changes laid out in the Thursday's report, in terms of security oversight, increased efficiencies and the need for disparate organizations such as CSIS and the RCMP to work together rather than to sabotage one another, can be enacted.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]And the country will be eternally in the debt of those Canadians who lost family members in this attack and who have been denied justice ever since.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]But Justice Major didn't address the greatest challenge for Canadians, which is to deal with the separation of so many in the Canadian Sikh population from the rest of the country.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]The history of Sikhs in Canada is long and storied. This is an ethnic group that has contributed mightily to making Canada what it is -- in the distant past as well as the present. But, aside from the Keystone Kops-like attempts of CSIS and the RCMP to handle this mass murder investigation, among the chief reasons the Crown has been unable to secure a major conviction has been the reluctance among too many in the Sikh community to do what's right.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]Whether silenced by fear or a misplaced sense of loyalty, their reticence not only damages all Sikhs -- the vast majority of whom are in Canada to build for themselves a better life -- but continues to threaten the security of all Canadians.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]It's worth noting that this damage and danger have been recognized and battled by many Sikh leaders, including publisher Tara Singh Hayer, who lost his life trying to bring the perpetrators to justice, and Liberal MP and former B.C. premier Ujjal Dosanjh, who was severely beaten and hospitalized for his troubles.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]Yet annually during the Vaisakhi parade, photos of Air India bombing mastermind Talwinder Singh Parmar are put on display. And 25 years after the bombing, the two main suspects, Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri, continue to walk the streets, even though their trial was tainted by witness intimidation and charges of perjury.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]Until enough of the Sikh community is willing to expose and convict those culpable, and to stand squarely for Canadian values against the twisted malevolent ideology of those who committed this attack, achieving the security that Mr. Major prescribes will prove extremely challenging.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060][B]- - -[/B][/COLOR] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#002060][B]"Democracy cannot be maintained without its foundation: free public opinion and free discussion throughout the nation of all matters affecting the state within the limits set by the criminal code and the common law."[/B][/COLOR][/FONT] [B][COLOR=#002060]-The Supreme Court of Canada, 1938[/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=#002060]© Copyright (c) The StarPhoenix[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]source: [/COLOR][URL="http://www.thestarphoenix.com/life/Sikh+community+operation+vital+secure+Canada/3169543/story.html"][U][COLOR=#002060]http://www.thestarphoenix.com/life/Sikh+community+operation+vital+secure+Canada/3169543/story.html[/COLOR][/U][/URL] ************************************************************ [COLOR=red]Commission of Inquiry into the Investigation of the Bombing of Air India Flight 182[/COLOR] [COLOR=red][/COLOR] [B][COLOR=red]Full report at[/COLOR] :[/B] [URL="http://www.majorcomm.ca/en/reports/finalreport/"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]http://www.majorcomm.ca/en/reports/finalreport/[/COLOR][/U][COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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