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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="Chaan Pardesi" data-source="post: 135074" data-attributes="member: 7047"><p>“This is California gubernatorial hopeful Jerry Brown, who currently serves as the state’s attorney general, has been targeted by a civil rights organization for his opposition to allowing a bearded Sikh to serve as a state prison guard.</p><p> </p><p>The Sikh Coalition launched a petition drive Oct. 8, asking the community to call upon their state legislators to demand that Brown take action on the long-pending case.</p><p> </p><p> “This is clearly a discriminatory policy that the Attorney General is defending and there’s a certain irony here given that Brown has a reputation of being very liberal on civil rights issues,” Harsimran Kaur, legal director of the Sikh Coalition, told India-West. </p><p> </p><p>“We hope he does the right thing to ensure the civil rights of our community,” said Kaur, adding that the timing of the launch of the petition drive was not intended to hamper Brown’s bid for governor.</p><p> </p><p>Susan Slager, lead attorney on the case for the AG’s office, told India-West she could not comment on the case, and referred the matter to Robert Gaultney, staff counsel for the CDCR. </p><p> </p><p>Gaultney also told India-West he could not comment on the case as it was a pending matter. Calls to Brown’s gubernatorial campaign headquarters had not been returned at press time.</p><p> </p><p>Former Indian naval officer Trilochan Singh Oberoi applied to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation in 2005 for a job as a correctional officer at the Folsom State Prison. </p><p> </p><p>After passing a battery of exams, Oberoi was told by prison officials that he would have to shave off his beard before taking the final “Respirator Fit” test. Oberoi refused, saying his beard was religiously mandated. The CDCR then deemed Oberoi unfit for employment with the agency.</p><p> </p><p>“I simply want a chance to serve my country,” Oberoi told India-West in an interview from his Folsom, Calif., home. Oberoi, who comes from a defense family, said he had worn gas masks on several occasions in his 26-year career as an Indian naval officer and nine years as a ship captain. He noted that he kept his beard tied, not free-flowing, which he said posed little impediment to wearing a mask. </p><p> </p><p>Oberoi currently works as an instructional aide in the Folsom Unified School District, and also works at Walmart.</p><p> </p><p>The California State Personnel Board ruled in favor of Oberoi on Nov. 10, 2008, noting that the CDCR had made no efforts to accommodate a religious requirement or to consider alternatives to the gas mask. </p><p> </p><p>The personnel board concluded that the CDCR had discriminated against Oberoi on the basis of his religion and ordered that the agency expedite Oberoi’s application for employment. The board also ordered the CDCR to determine a way to accommodate Oberoi’s beard, once he was employed.</p><p> </p><p>In the two years since the ruling, the Sikh Coalition and Oberoi’s attorney, Harmeet Dhillon, assert that the AG’s office has vigorously defended the CDCR, which has not yet allowed Oberoi to work in the state’s prison system. A second case was filed in state District Court in August 2009, which seeks $200,000 in back pay and punitive damages. </p><p> </p><p>Dhillon contended that Brown has unflaggingly impeded the progress of this case.</p><p> </p><p>“Brown raises tons of money from the Sikh community in Yuba City and around the state every time he runs, yet although the law and facts are squarely against them he insists on obstructing justice,” charged Dhillon, adding that the CDCR’s refusal to cede to the personnel board’s decision was “a waste of taxpayer money.”</p><p> </p><p>“(Brown) has taken a rigid, knee-jerk, inflexible position saying that my client is not eligible for accommodation,” said Dhillon, noting that the U.S. Army recently began accepting turbaned and bearded Sikhs into its ranks, who will serve in Iraq and Afghanistan.</p><p></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.indiawest.com/readmore.aspx?id=2571&sid=1" target="_blank">http://www.indiawest.com/readmore.aspx?id=2571&sid=1</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chaan Pardesi, post: 135074, member: 7047"] “This is California gubernatorial hopeful Jerry Brown, who currently serves as the state’s attorney general, has been targeted by a civil rights organization for his opposition to allowing a bearded Sikh to serve as a state prison guard. The Sikh Coalition launched a petition drive Oct. 8, asking the community to call upon their state legislators to demand that Brown take action on the long-pending case. “This is clearly a discriminatory policy that the Attorney General is defending and there’s a certain irony here given that Brown has a reputation of being very liberal on civil rights issues,” Harsimran Kaur, legal director of the Sikh Coalition, told India-West. “We hope he does the right thing to ensure the civil rights of our community,” said Kaur, adding that the timing of the launch of the petition drive was not intended to hamper Brown’s bid for governor. Susan Slager, lead attorney on the case for the AG’s office, told India-West she could not comment on the case, and referred the matter to Robert Gaultney, staff counsel for the CDCR. Gaultney also told India-West he could not comment on the case as it was a pending matter. Calls to Brown’s gubernatorial campaign headquarters had not been returned at press time. Former Indian naval officer Trilochan Singh Oberoi applied to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation in 2005 for a job as a correctional officer at the Folsom State Prison. After passing a battery of exams, Oberoi was told by prison officials that he would have to shave off his beard before taking the final “Respirator Fit” test. Oberoi refused, saying his beard was religiously mandated. The CDCR then deemed Oberoi unfit for employment with the agency. “I simply want a chance to serve my country,” Oberoi told India-West in an interview from his Folsom, Calif., home. Oberoi, who comes from a defense family, said he had worn gas masks on several occasions in his 26-year career as an Indian naval officer and nine years as a ship captain. He noted that he kept his beard tied, not free-flowing, which he said posed little impediment to wearing a mask. Oberoi currently works as an instructional aide in the Folsom Unified School District, and also works at Walmart. The California State Personnel Board ruled in favor of Oberoi on Nov. 10, 2008, noting that the CDCR had made no efforts to accommodate a religious requirement or to consider alternatives to the gas mask. The personnel board concluded that the CDCR had discriminated against Oberoi on the basis of his religion and ordered that the agency expedite Oberoi’s application for employment. The board also ordered the CDCR to determine a way to accommodate Oberoi’s beard, once he was employed. In the two years since the ruling, the Sikh Coalition and Oberoi’s attorney, Harmeet Dhillon, assert that the AG’s office has vigorously defended the CDCR, which has not yet allowed Oberoi to work in the state’s prison system. A second case was filed in state District Court in August 2009, which seeks $200,000 in back pay and punitive damages. Dhillon contended that Brown has unflaggingly impeded the progress of this case. “Brown raises tons of money from the Sikh community in Yuba City and around the state every time he runs, yet although the law and facts are squarely against them he insists on obstructing justice,” charged Dhillon, adding that the CDCR’s refusal to cede to the personnel board’s decision was “a waste of taxpayer money.” “(Brown) has taken a rigid, knee-jerk, inflexible position saying that my client is not eligible for accommodation,” said Dhillon, noting that the U.S. Army recently began accepting turbaned and bearded Sikhs into its ranks, who will serve in Iraq and Afghanistan. [URL]http://www.indiawest.com/readmore.aspx?id=2571&sid=1[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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