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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)
Salok | Gatha | Phunahe | Chaubole | Swayiye
Sehskritee Mahala 1
Sehskritee Mahala 5
Gaathaa Mahala 5
Phunhay Mahala 5
Chaubolae Mahala 5
Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
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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: 150278" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><span style="color: Navy">July 27, 2011</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">Discrimination against Sikh family </span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">forces Texas' Harris county to hire expert</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Jul 27, 2011, 05.01PM IST</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">The Commissioners Court of Harris County, Texas, voted unanimously (July 12) to authorize a memorandum of agreement with the U.S. Justice Department to hire an expert to monitor the department's internal affairs division to end a federal inquiry into sheriff deputies' alleged religious and racial discrimination. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">The U.S. Justice Department probe was triggered by the treatment of a Sikh family who were handcuffed and harassed after they reported a burglary at their home in Houston, Texas, Nov. 2, 2008 (I-W, Dec. 19, 2008). </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">The investigation also uncovered e-mails from sheriff's commanders disparaging religious, racial and ethnic groups, AP reported. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Both incidents happened before current Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia took office. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">The agreement, subject to recruiting a monitor and having the contract approved by the Commissioners Court, requires the department to develop diversity training and calls for a report after an eight-month review. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Assistant County Attorney John Odam said on July 18 that the agreement is not an admission of any wrongdoing. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">In the 2008 incident, Kawaljeet Kaur and her brother, Ramandeep Singh, returned to their Houston home and discovered a broken window in a bathroom, belongings on the floor of the master bedroom and jewelry and money missing. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">They called police, but when a deputy arrived, he seemed more bothered about Singh and Kaur than concerned by the break-in. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Singh wears a beard and turban and Kaur wore on her hip a Kirpan, a small ceremonial knife mandated by the Sikh faith. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">The incident escalated when the deputy saw the Kirpan and when other deputies arrived, they detained and handcuffed Kaur, Singh and other family members, including Kaur's 60-year-old mother. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Kaur had a taser pointed at her forehead and was pushed to the ground with a deputy applying a knee on her back. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">One deputy reportedly asked them if they'd "heard about the bombings in Bombay." Another allegedly said he had been to Kuwait and "knew about Muslims." </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">A department supervisor arrived and ordered deputies to release the family from custody and admitted they overreacted.(Dec. 19, 2008). </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">The incident drew a strong protest from the Sikh Coalition, which asked that deputies be disciplined and racial sensitivity training be implemented. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Odam said the investigation would not be closed until the monitor is hired and submits the report. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Source: India-West </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">RICHARD SPRINGER India-West Staff Reporter </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>source:</strong> <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/us-canada-news/Discrimination-against-Sikh-family-forces-Texas-Harris-county-to-hire-expert/articleshow/9384125.cms" target="_blank">http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/us-canada-news/Discrimination-against-Sikh-family-forces-Texas-Harris-county-to-hire-expert/articleshow/9384125.cms</a></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 150278, member: 884"] [COLOR="Navy"]July 27, 2011 [B][SIZE="5"]Discrimination against Sikh family forces Texas' Harris county to hire expert[/SIZE][/B] Jul 27, 2011, 05.01PM IST The Commissioners Court of Harris County, Texas, voted unanimously (July 12) to authorize a memorandum of agreement with the U.S. Justice Department to hire an expert to monitor the department's internal affairs division to end a federal inquiry into sheriff deputies' alleged religious and racial discrimination. The U.S. Justice Department probe was triggered by the treatment of a Sikh family who were handcuffed and harassed after they reported a burglary at their home in Houston, Texas, Nov. 2, 2008 (I-W, Dec. 19, 2008). The investigation also uncovered e-mails from sheriff's commanders disparaging religious, racial and ethnic groups, AP reported. Both incidents happened before current Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia took office. The agreement, subject to recruiting a monitor and having the contract approved by the Commissioners Court, requires the department to develop diversity training and calls for a report after an eight-month review. Assistant County Attorney John Odam said on July 18 that the agreement is not an admission of any wrongdoing. In the 2008 incident, Kawaljeet Kaur and her brother, Ramandeep Singh, returned to their Houston home and discovered a broken window in a bathroom, belongings on the floor of the master bedroom and jewelry and money missing. They called police, but when a deputy arrived, he seemed more bothered about Singh and Kaur than concerned by the break-in. Singh wears a beard and turban and Kaur wore on her hip a Kirpan, a small ceremonial knife mandated by the Sikh faith. The incident escalated when the deputy saw the Kirpan and when other deputies arrived, they detained and handcuffed Kaur, Singh and other family members, including Kaur's 60-year-old mother. Kaur had a taser pointed at her forehead and was pushed to the ground with a deputy applying a knee on her back. One deputy reportedly asked them if they'd "heard about the bombings in Bombay." Another allegedly said he had been to Kuwait and "knew about Muslims." A department supervisor arrived and ordered deputies to release the family from custody and admitted they overreacted.(Dec. 19, 2008). The incident drew a strong protest from the Sikh Coalition, which asked that deputies be disciplined and racial sensitivity training be implemented. Odam said the investigation would not be closed until the monitor is hired and submits the report. Source: India-West RICHARD SPRINGER India-West Staff Reporter [B] source:[/B] [url]http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/us-canada-news/Discrimination-against-Sikh-family-forces-Texas-Harris-county-to-hire-expert/articleshow/9384125.cms[/url][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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