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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: 180214" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">Cameron confronts 'shameful' colonial crime in India</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong> </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>AMRITSAR, India, Feb 20:</strong></span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy">British Prime Minister David Cameron visited the site of a colonial-era massacre in India on Wednesday, describing the episode as "deeply shameful" while stopping short of a public apology.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy">On the last leg of a three-day trip aimed at forging deeper economic ties, Cameron took the bold decision to visit the city of Amritsar and tackle an enduring scar of British rule over the subcontinent, which ended in 1947. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy">Dressed in a dark suit and bowing his head, he laid a wreath at the memorial to the victims at Jallianwala Bagh where British troops opened fire on thousands of unarmed protesters in 1919.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy">In a message in the visitors´ book, he wrote: "This was a deeply shameful event in British history and one that Winston Churchill rightly declared at the time as ´monstrous´.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy">"We must never forget what happened here. And in remembering we must ensure that the United Kingdom stands up for the right of peaceful protest around the world."</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">The number of casualties at the Jallianwala Bagh garden is unclear, with colonial-era records showing about 400 deaths while Indian figures put the number killed at closer to 1,000.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy">S.K. Mukherjee, the secretary of the Jallianwala Bagh memorial trust, spent half an hour guiding the British leader around the site, showing him a well into which 120 people jumped to their deaths as the bullets flew.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy">Mukherjee said Cameron had struggled for words but had told him he was "regretful and this should not happen ever again" as he left the memorial which has 20,000 visitors a day.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy">The incident that saw soldiers under General Reginald Dyer´s command open fire on men, women and children in the enclosed area is one of the most infamous of Britain´s colonial rule and helped spur the independence movement.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy">But the move to visit the site is seen as a gamble by Cameron, who is travelling with British-Indian parliamentarians, and could lead to calls for similar treatment from other former colonies or even other victims in India.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy">It immediately invited a debate about why Cameron was opening up wounds from the past -- and was stopping short of saying sorry -- during a visit designed to stress the future of Indo-British ties.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy">Cameron said Monday in Mumbai that he wanted Britain to be India´s "partner of choice," stressing their shared history, democratic values and the 1.5 million Britons of Indian origin as a foundation for a deeper alliance.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy">"Writing a note in the visitors´ diary is a half-hearted approach. He should have met us to say sorry," Bhusan Behl, who heads a trust for the families of Jallianwala Bagh victims, told AFP.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy">He has campaigned for decades on behalf of his grandfather who was killed during the firing, which was immortalised in Richard Attenborough´s film "Gandhi" and features in Salman Rushdie´s epic book "Midnight´s Children".</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy">Cameron is the first serving prime minister to visit the site, diplomatic sources said, but not the first senior British public figure.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy">In 1997 the Queen laid a wreath at a site during a tour of India. But her gaffe-prone husband Prince Philip stole the headlines by reportedly saying that the Indian estimates for the death count were "vastly exaggerated".</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy">R.P Bhatia, a professor of history at Khalsa College in Amritsar who was at the ceremony on Wednesday, interpreted Cameron´s words as an apology which he said would be "remembered forever."</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy">"This moment will be precious and cherished," he told AFP.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy">Daljit Kaur, a 29-year-old British citizen of Indian origin, also praised Cameron, who has visited India twice and made building an alliance with New Delhi a foreign policy priority since his election in 2010.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy">"I am proud that a British prime minister has admitted the blunders committed by former leaders and has invested his energy to understand Indian culture," she said.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy">Cameron has made several official apologies since becoming prime minister, saying sorry for the official handling of a football disaster at Hillsborough stadium in 1989 and 1972 killings in Northern Ireland known as "Bloody Sunday".</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy">In 2006 former British prime minister Tony Blair expressed his "deep sorrow" for the slave trade in a move that was also seen as stopping short of a full apology. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"> </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Published on 2013-02-20 16:12:35 </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>source: </strong><a href="http://myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=50272" target="_blank">http://myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=50272</a> </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 180214, member: 884"] [COLOR="Navy"] [B][SIZE="5"]Cameron confronts 'shameful' colonial crime in India[/SIZE] AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE AMRITSAR, India, Feb 20:[/B] British Prime Minister David Cameron visited the site of a colonial-era massacre in India on Wednesday, describing the episode as "deeply shameful" while stopping short of a public apology. On the last leg of a three-day trip aimed at forging deeper economic ties, Cameron took the bold decision to visit the city of Amritsar and tackle an enduring scar of British rule over the subcontinent, which ended in 1947. Dressed in a dark suit and bowing his head, he laid a wreath at the memorial to the victims at Jallianwala Bagh where British troops opened fire on thousands of unarmed protesters in 1919. In a message in the visitors´ book, he wrote: "This was a deeply shameful event in British history and one that Winston Churchill rightly declared at the time as ´monstrous´. "We must never forget what happened here. And in remembering we must ensure that the United Kingdom stands up for the right of peaceful protest around the world." The number of casualties at the Jallianwala Bagh garden is unclear, with colonial-era records showing about 400 deaths while Indian figures put the number killed at closer to 1,000. S.K. Mukherjee, the secretary of the Jallianwala Bagh memorial trust, spent half an hour guiding the British leader around the site, showing him a well into which 120 people jumped to their deaths as the bullets flew. Mukherjee said Cameron had struggled for words but had told him he was "regretful and this should not happen ever again" as he left the memorial which has 20,000 visitors a day. The incident that saw soldiers under General Reginald Dyer´s command open fire on men, women and children in the enclosed area is one of the most infamous of Britain´s colonial rule and helped spur the independence movement. But the move to visit the site is seen as a gamble by Cameron, who is travelling with British-Indian parliamentarians, and could lead to calls for similar treatment from other former colonies or even other victims in India. It immediately invited a debate about why Cameron was opening up wounds from the past -- and was stopping short of saying sorry -- during a visit designed to stress the future of Indo-British ties. Cameron said Monday in Mumbai that he wanted Britain to be India´s "partner of choice," stressing their shared history, democratic values and the 1.5 million Britons of Indian origin as a foundation for a deeper alliance. "Writing a note in the visitors´ diary is a half-hearted approach. He should have met us to say sorry," Bhusan Behl, who heads a trust for the families of Jallianwala Bagh victims, told AFP. He has campaigned for decades on behalf of his grandfather who was killed during the firing, which was immortalised in Richard Attenborough´s film "Gandhi" and features in Salman Rushdie´s epic book "Midnight´s Children". Cameron is the first serving prime minister to visit the site, diplomatic sources said, but not the first senior British public figure. In 1997 the Queen laid a wreath at a site during a tour of India. But her gaffe-prone husband Prince Philip stole the headlines by reportedly saying that the Indian estimates for the death count were "vastly exaggerated". R.P Bhatia, a professor of history at Khalsa College in Amritsar who was at the ceremony on Wednesday, interpreted Cameron´s words as an apology which he said would be "remembered forever." "This moment will be precious and cherished," he told AFP. Daljit Kaur, a 29-year-old British citizen of Indian origin, also praised Cameron, who has visited India twice and made building an alliance with New Delhi a foreign policy priority since his election in 2010. "I am proud that a British prime minister has admitted the blunders committed by former leaders and has invested his energy to understand Indian culture," she said. Cameron has made several official apologies since becoming prime minister, saying sorry for the official handling of a football disaster at Hillsborough stadium in 1989 and 1972 killings in Northern Ireland known as "Bloody Sunday". In 2006 former British prime minister Tony Blair expressed his "deep sorrow" for the slave trade in a move that was also seen as stopping short of a full apology. Published on 2013-02-20 16:12:35 [B]source: [/B][url]http://myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=50272[/url] [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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