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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: 107202" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">source: <a href="http://www.southasiapost.org/2009/20090715/features.htm" target="_blank">South Asia Post</a></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #000080"><strong>Decriminalizing homosexuality is a right thing to do</strong></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080"><strong>Gurpreet Singh - South Asia Post - Vancouver, B.C.</strong></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">AS the news of India becoming 127th country to decriminalize the homosexuality reached Metro Vancouver, the gays and the lesbians in this part of the world cheered at the development. Particularly, Sher Vancouver, a group representing the queer population of the South Asian origin welcomed the verdict of the Delhi High Court that outlawed section 377 of the Indian Penal Code that treated homosexuality as crime and unnatural.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">Until now the Indian police hounded the homosexuals for indulging in ``unnatural sexual acts’’. The law had for a long time forced the gays and the lesbians in India to live in anonymity. They were often harassed by the thugs and the cops alike. A sustained campaign by a number of support groups finally forced a court to decriminalize a form of sexual orientation that was for long considered abnormal. However, the homosexuality still remains a taboo in the conservative Indian society. The religious groups have condemned the verdict while the Indian government is shying from taking a firm position on the issue.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">Although homosexuality is a reality since the beginning of this world, but even the developed nations took years to accept it. In Canada too, the Church groups are not willing to accept same sex marriages so it’s hard to expect the Hindu, the Muslim and the Sikh priests to agree to this kind of relationship in their traditional environment. When the debate over allowing the same sex marriages rocked the Canadian Parliament, the Sikh clergy had asked the Sikh MPs to restrain from voting in support of the bill. But this did not stop several Sikh MPs from voting in favour of the law that allowed same sex weddings. A moderate Sikh leader of Metro Vancouver, Balwant Singh Gill had once stirred a controversy by expressing his disliking for the homosexuals.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">The response on Punjabi radio talk shows on the subject indicate that majority South Asians do not approve of such relationship. A very few callers came in support of Amar Sangha, the Sher Vancouver leader who had joined me for discussion last week while most callers were hostile towards him. It takes a lot of courage for a man like Amar to speak about his sexual orientation openly on a Punjabi radio show. He acknowledged that his parents were initially hesitant about his being a gay and tried to get him a therapy in the hope of making him straight. Amar chose the name Sher (Tiger in Punjabi) for his group deliberately. This symbolizes the courage of the people who accept being homosexuals.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">A free society cannot be allowed to be governed by the religious groups. When the science has proved that the homosexuality is not a mental disorder or something abnormal then the moral policing of this minority group should end. The decriminalizing of the homosexuality is a right thing to do in the current century. The Indian government that claims to be secular should not buckle under the pressure of the religious groups and abrogate the controversial law permanently.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 107202, member: 884"] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]source: [URL="http://www.southasiapost.org/2009/20090715/features.htm"]South Asia Post[/URL][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=5][COLOR=#000080][B]Decriminalizing homosexuality is a right thing to do[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [COLOR=#000080][B]Gurpreet Singh - South Asia Post - Vancouver, B.C.[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]AS the news of India becoming 127th country to decriminalize the homosexuality reached Metro Vancouver, the gays and the lesbians in this part of the world cheered at the development. Particularly, Sher Vancouver, a group representing the queer population of the South Asian origin welcomed the verdict of the Delhi High Court that outlawed section 377 of the Indian Penal Code that treated homosexuality as crime and unnatural.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Until now the Indian police hounded the homosexuals for indulging in ``unnatural sexual acts’’. The law had for a long time forced the gays and the lesbians in India to live in anonymity. They were often harassed by the thugs and the cops alike. A sustained campaign by a number of support groups finally forced a court to decriminalize a form of sexual orientation that was for long considered abnormal. However, the homosexuality still remains a taboo in the conservative Indian society. The religious groups have condemned the verdict while the Indian government is shying from taking a firm position on the issue.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Although homosexuality is a reality since the beginning of this world, but even the developed nations took years to accept it. In Canada too, the Church groups are not willing to accept same sex marriages so it’s hard to expect the Hindu, the Muslim and the Sikh priests to agree to this kind of relationship in their traditional environment. When the debate over allowing the same sex marriages rocked the Canadian Parliament, the Sikh clergy had asked the Sikh MPs to restrain from voting in support of the bill. But this did not stop several Sikh MPs from voting in favour of the law that allowed same sex weddings. A moderate Sikh leader of Metro Vancouver, Balwant Singh Gill had once stirred a controversy by expressing his disliking for the homosexuals.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]The response on Punjabi radio talk shows on the subject indicate that majority South Asians do not approve of such relationship. A very few callers came in support of Amar Sangha, the Sher Vancouver leader who had joined me for discussion last week while most callers were hostile towards him. It takes a lot of courage for a man like Amar to speak about his sexual orientation openly on a Punjabi radio show. He acknowledged that his parents were initially hesitant about his being a gay and tried to get him a therapy in the hope of making him straight. Amar chose the name Sher (Tiger in Punjabi) for his group deliberately. This symbolizes the courage of the people who accept being homosexuals.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]A free society cannot be allowed to be governed by the religious groups. When the science has proved that the homosexuality is not a mental disorder or something abnormal then the moral policing of this minority group should end. The decriminalizing of the homosexuality is a right thing to do in the current century. The Indian government that claims to be secular should not buckle under the pressure of the religious groups and abrogate the controversial law permanently.[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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