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ਸੋ ਦਰੁ | So Dar
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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)
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Thittee (296-300)
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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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<blockquote data-quote="spnadmin" data-source="post: 141938" data-attributes="member: 35"><p>Kirpan kerfuffle back in Quebec legislature: PQ introduces motion for debate</p><p></p><p>QUEBEC - The emotional dispute over Sikh kirpans will resurface in the Quebec legislature Wednesday, with the opposition Parti Quebecois seeking to extend a debate that erupted last month.</p><p></p><p>The PQ has proposed a motion applauding a decision to prevent Sikhs from carrying their ceremonial daggers into the national assembly building.</p><p></p><p>The motion aims to force the provincial government to take a stronger stand on the emotional issue, the PQ says.</p><p></p><p>The Charest Liberals essentially bit their tongue when four Sikhs were barred from the building because some refused to surrender their kirpans. Immigration Minister Kathleen Weil would only say, at the time, that institutions were entitled to set their own security rules.</p><p></p><p>That response was far less enthusiastic than the offerings of the opposition, which saluted the work of parliamentary security guards and declared that multiculturalism was not a Quebec value.</p><p></p><p>The PQ announced its intention Tuesday to pursue the issue.</p><p></p><p>"The security service of the national assembly made the right decision by refusing entry to the group of Sikhs carrying the kirpan," said Louise Beaudoin, the PQ critic on the subject. Beaudoin is the party's designated critic for international relations, la Francophonie, the status of women, and for secularism.</p><p></p><p>"The problem was that the absence of a reaction from minister Weil when these events occurred has allowed an unhealthy ambiguity to linger and we need to clear it up."</p><p></p><p>The PQ's sister party in Ottawa, the Bloc Quebecois, has similarly tried raising the issue in the House of Commons but has found little enthusiasm there among federal parties for its position.</p><p></p><p>The issue took on a more personal twist in Ottawa when a Liberal MP, Navdeep Bains, emerged to say he wears a kirpan and that it had never caused him any problems with colleagues. He expressed sadness that the Bloc was trying to make it an issue.</p><p></p><p>The backdrop for the kirpan discussion is a long-simmering debate about minority rights in Quebec, dubbed the "reasonable accommodations" issue; four members of the World Sikh Organization had planned to come to the legislature to testify in favour of the right of Muslim women to wear face-coverings when receiving government services.</p><p></p><p>A new provincial bill would restrict that right.</p><p></p><p>The opposition PQ, which is seeking to grab the upper hand in what is colloquially referred to as "identity" issues, has accused the government of weakness. It says the legislation should go further, and apply to religious symbols including kirpans.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/kirpan-kerfuffle-back-in-quebec-legislature-pq-introduces-motion-for-debate-115593934.html" target="_blank">http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/kirpan-kerfuffle-back-in-quebec-legislature-pq-introduces-motion-for-debate-115593934.html</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 141938, member: 35"] Kirpan kerfuffle back in Quebec legislature: PQ introduces motion for debate QUEBEC - The emotional dispute over Sikh kirpans will resurface in the Quebec legislature Wednesday, with the opposition Parti Quebecois seeking to extend a debate that erupted last month. The PQ has proposed a motion applauding a decision to prevent Sikhs from carrying their ceremonial daggers into the national assembly building. The motion aims to force the provincial government to take a stronger stand on the emotional issue, the PQ says. The Charest Liberals essentially bit their tongue when four Sikhs were barred from the building because some refused to surrender their kirpans. Immigration Minister Kathleen Weil would only say, at the time, that institutions were entitled to set their own security rules. That response was far less enthusiastic than the offerings of the opposition, which saluted the work of parliamentary security guards and declared that multiculturalism was not a Quebec value. The PQ announced its intention Tuesday to pursue the issue. "The security service of the national assembly made the right decision by refusing entry to the group of Sikhs carrying the kirpan," said Louise Beaudoin, the PQ critic on the subject. Beaudoin is the party's designated critic for international relations, la Francophonie, the status of women, and for secularism. "The problem was that the absence of a reaction from minister Weil when these events occurred has allowed an unhealthy ambiguity to linger and we need to clear it up." The PQ's sister party in Ottawa, the Bloc Quebecois, has similarly tried raising the issue in the House of Commons but has found little enthusiasm there among federal parties for its position. The issue took on a more personal twist in Ottawa when a Liberal MP, Navdeep Bains, emerged to say he wears a kirpan and that it had never caused him any problems with colleagues. He expressed sadness that the Bloc was trying to make it an issue. The backdrop for the kirpan discussion is a long-simmering debate about minority rights in Quebec, dubbed the "reasonable accommodations" issue; four members of the World Sikh Organization had planned to come to the legislature to testify in favour of the right of Muslim women to wear face-coverings when receiving government services. A new provincial bill would restrict that right. The opposition PQ, which is seeking to grab the upper hand in what is colloquially referred to as "identity" issues, has accused the government of weakness. It says the legislation should go further, and apply to religious symbols including kirpans. [url]http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/kirpan-kerfuffle-back-in-quebec-legislature-pq-introduces-motion-for-debate-115593934.html[/url] [/QUOTE]
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