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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 5
Gaathaa Mahala 5
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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 127531" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: navy">Canadian Minister Attempts to Defuse </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: navy">Escalating Diplomatic Spat With India</span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">May 28, 2010</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Rick Westhead </span></p><p><span style="color: navy">South Asia Bureau </span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy"><strong>NEW DELHI, INDIA</strong>-In a bid to defuse an increasingly venomous diplomatic spat between Canada and India, Canadian citizenship and immigration minister Jason Kenney has apologized for allegations made against immigration officers at Canada's mission in New Delhi.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">The debacle has been front-page news for much of the past week in India, beginning when a retired member of India’s border security force who was refused a visa to Canada released to the media a letter in which a Canadian diplomat said the BSF was a “notoriously violent” paramilitary unit. Since then, other letters have surface in which Canadian officials have disparaged Indian security forces.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">In one of the latest visa snubs, a Canadian immigration officer charged Punjab’s police of crimes against humanity.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Canada’s High Commissioner to India was summoned to India’s Ministry of External Affairs twice in a day this week to account for the allegations, local media reported.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">In a statement distributed Friday to Indian journalists, Kenney was quoted apologizing for the incident.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">“The Government of Canada therefore deeply regrets the recent incident in which letters drafted by public service officials during routine visa refusals to Indian nationals cast false aspersions on the legitimacy of work carried out by Indian defence and security institutions, which operate under the framework of democratic processes and the rule of law,” Kenney said.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">“This language, or the inaccurate impression it has created, in no way reflects the policy or position of the Government of Canada. While, under Canadian law, admissibility to Canada is determined by a number of different criteria, candidate assessments should in no way question Indian institutions which operate under the rule of law and within a democratic framework.”</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Kenney wrote that while visa applicants are considered on a case-by-case basis by non-partisan public servants, “this unfortunate incident has demonstrated that the deliberately broad legislation may create instances when the net is cast too widely by officials, creating irritants with our trusted and valued international allies. For this reason the admissibility policy within the legislation is under active review at this time.”</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Vishnu Prakash, a spokesman for India’s ministry of external affairs, told the Star that Kenney’s apology was “a useful step.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">“Canada is an important partner and the relationship means a lot to us,” Prakash said, adding the Indian government has been “surprised by the things that have been said against our security forces.” Prakash said he hopes Kenney’s apology marks “the last it,” but said others may yet surface with similar visa rejection letters.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">One of the highest-ranking officers refused a visa has been Ranbir Singh Khatra, the senior superintendent of police in Patiala, Punjab.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Khatra was refused entry to Canada in 2008 and 2009, the Indian Express newspaper reported. His first request was to visit Canada for personal travel. The second was to attend the World Police and Fire Games in B.C.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">In a letter to Khatra, a Canadian high commission diplomat wrote, “you are at the very least willfully blind to the crime against humanity committed by the Punjab police in Amritsar district, also, the government made little progress in holding hundreds of police and security officials accountable for serious human rights abuses committed during the Punjab counter-insurgency operations despite the presence of a special investigating commission.” </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">The dispute has also been politicized in India.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">“We don’t need any certificate from Canada on our armed forces but such incidents show that our foreign policy is weak,” Ravi Shankar Prasad, spokesman of the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, said this week.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Similarly, Sharad Yadav, leader of Janata Dal (United) party charged that, “The insult is reflective that India has become subservient to such countries.” Manish Tewari, spokesman for the ruling Congress Party was also interviewed on television about the incidents.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">“This obviously is going to outrage sensibilities in India and create a reaction both countries would want to avoid,” Tewari said.</span></p><p> </p><p>source: <a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/815795--canadian-minister-attempts-to-defuse-escalating-diplomatic-spat-with-india" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/815795--canadian-minister-attempts-to-defuse-escalating-diplomatic-spat-with-india</span></u></a></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.thestar.com/tops-counter?uid=815795&counter=" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 127531, member: 884"] [B][SIZE=5][COLOR=navy]Canadian Minister Attempts to Defuse [/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=5][COLOR=navy]Escalating Diplomatic Spat With India[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [COLOR=navy]May 28, 2010[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Rick Westhead [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]South Asia Bureau [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy][B]NEW DELHI, INDIA[/B]-In a bid to defuse an increasingly venomous diplomatic spat between Canada and India, Canadian citizenship and immigration minister Jason Kenney has apologized for allegations made against immigration officers at Canada's mission in New Delhi.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]The debacle has been front-page news for much of the past week in India, beginning when a retired member of India’s border security force who was refused a visa to Canada released to the media a letter in which a Canadian diplomat said the BSF was a “notoriously violent” paramilitary unit. Since then, other letters have surface in which Canadian officials have disparaged Indian security forces.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]In one of the latest visa snubs, a Canadian immigration officer charged Punjab’s police of crimes against humanity.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Canada’s High Commissioner to India was summoned to India’s Ministry of External Affairs twice in a day this week to account for the allegations, local media reported.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]In a statement distributed Friday to Indian journalists, Kenney was quoted apologizing for the incident.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]“The Government of Canada therefore deeply regrets the recent incident in which letters drafted by public service officials during routine visa refusals to Indian nationals cast false aspersions on the legitimacy of work carried out by Indian defence and security institutions, which operate under the framework of democratic processes and the rule of law,” Kenney said.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]“This language, or the inaccurate impression it has created, in no way reflects the policy or position of the Government of Canada. While, under Canadian law, admissibility to Canada is determined by a number of different criteria, candidate assessments should in no way question Indian institutions which operate under the rule of law and within a democratic framework.”[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Kenney wrote that while visa applicants are considered on a case-by-case basis by non-partisan public servants, “this unfortunate incident has demonstrated that the deliberately broad legislation may create instances when the net is cast too widely by officials, creating irritants with our trusted and valued international allies. For this reason the admissibility policy within the legislation is under active review at this time.”[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Vishnu Prakash, a spokesman for India’s ministry of external affairs, told the Star that Kenney’s apology was “a useful step.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]“Canada is an important partner and the relationship means a lot to us,” Prakash said, adding the Indian government has been “surprised by the things that have been said against our security forces.” Prakash said he hopes Kenney’s apology marks “the last it,” but said others may yet surface with similar visa rejection letters.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]One of the highest-ranking officers refused a visa has been Ranbir Singh Khatra, the senior superintendent of police in Patiala, Punjab.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Khatra was refused entry to Canada in 2008 and 2009, the Indian Express newspaper reported. His first request was to visit Canada for personal travel. The second was to attend the World Police and Fire Games in B.C.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]In a letter to Khatra, a Canadian high commission diplomat wrote, “you are at the very least willfully blind to the crime against humanity committed by the Punjab police in Amritsar district, also, the government made little progress in holding hundreds of police and security officials accountable for serious human rights abuses committed during the Punjab counter-insurgency operations despite the presence of a special investigating commission.” [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]The dispute has also been politicized in India.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]“We don’t need any certificate from Canada on our armed forces but such incidents show that our foreign policy is weak,” Ravi Shankar Prasad, spokesman of the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, said this week.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Similarly, Sharad Yadav, leader of Janata Dal (United) party charged that, “The insult is reflective that India has become subservient to such countries.” Manish Tewari, spokesman for the ruling Congress Party was also interviewed on television about the incidents.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]“This obviously is going to outrage sensibilities in India and create a reaction both countries would want to avoid,” Tewari said.[/COLOR] source: [URL="http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/815795--canadian-minister-attempts-to-defuse-escalating-diplomatic-spat-with-india"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/815795--canadian-minister-attempts-to-defuse-escalating-diplomatic-spat-with-india[/COLOR][/U][/URL] [IMG]http://www.thestar.com/tops-counter?uid=815795&counter=[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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