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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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Operation Bluestar: Canadian Sikhs Say They Have Moved On
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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 102756" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><a href="http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=operation+bluestar&FORM=ZZIR6#focal=c87666e15685808ec63d053c5f026468&furl=http://www.topnews.in/files/BLue-star.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://ts1.images.live.com/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=937863939184&id=e739b83a70b0cb7cc4d663deb8df98a9" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><a href="http://in.news.yahoo.com/43/20090606/890/twl-operation-bluestar-canadian-sikhs-sa.html" target="_blank">Operation Bluestar: Canadian Sikhs say they have moved on - Yahoo! India News</a></span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #000080">Operation Bluestar: Canadian Sikhs say they have moved on</span></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080">Sat, Jun 6 12:12 PM</span></span></strong></p><p></p><p> <span style="color: #000080"><strong>Toronto, June 6 (IANS)</strong> :Though they still carry the emotional trauma of the Indian Army's Operation Bluestar at the Golden Temple in Amrtisar, the Sikh community in Canada says it has moved on since the tragic events of 1984.</span></p><p></p><p> <span style="color: #000080">Canada was the worst affected by the militancy in Punjab, with radicals targeting moderate Sikhs, including former British Columbia premier Ujjal Dosanjh.</span></p><p> <span style="color: #000080">The anti-India campaign resulted in the bombing of the Air India Kanishka flight from Toronto to Delhi in June 1985, killing all 329 people on board.</span></p><p></p><p> <span style="color: #000080">'Though the wound has not healed, we have moved on. The government should have found other ways to deal with the situation at the Golden Temple,' said Vancouver-based Jarnail Singh Bhandal, who once headed Canada's oldest gurdwara called Ross Street Sikh Temple.</span></p><p></p><p> <span style="color: #000080">'The lesson for the Indian government is: respect and protect all religious minorities. The lesson for the Sikhs is: violence never achieves anything.</span></p><p></p><p> <span style="color: #000080">'The history of Sikhs after Maharaja Ranjit Singh shows that whenever they protested peacefully, they always succeeded - be it the Panja Sahib protests or the Jaiton Morcha. Violence should have no place in any kind of protests,' Bhandal added.</span></p><p></p><p> <span style="color: #000080">Richmond-based school psychiatrist and Punjabi language activist Balwant Sanghera told IANS: 'It is time to move on. There should have been some sort of closure on this tragedy by now. Commissions of inquiry have come and gone, but the guilty of the 1984 riots have not been punished.'</span></p><p></p><p> <span style="color: #000080">'The closure lies in punishing the guilty and rehabilitating the widows of the riot victims,' he added.</span></p><p></p><p> <span style="color: #000080">Birinder Singh Ahluwalia, owner of the Diagnostic Imaging Centre in Toronto, said: 'It was a tragedy for the Sikhs, but we cannot remain trapped in the past. There should be open, honest dialogue and a fair process to understand why this thing happened so that we can move forward.'</span></p><p></p><p> <span style="color: #000080">'Principles of secularism defined by Nehru and Gandhi are the core of India. The more we adhere to these principles, the more India will progress. India is the greatest civilization on the face of this earth and the principles of Nehru and Gandhi are the way to build a great country of our dreams,' said Ahluwalia, who got married in Amritsar the day Operation Bluestar took place.</span></p><p></p><p> <span style="color: #000080">Mississauga-based Nachhattar Singh Chohan said: 'We have moved on, but the events of 1984 will remain a dark page in our history. Thousands of innocent people were killed, but nobody was punished.'</span></p><p></p><p> <span style="color: #000080">'Bhagat Singh was my relative. We made more sacrifices for the country than others. We lost our homes, family members in Pakistan and moved to India. Dialogue rather than violence leads to solutions. The Indian government should safeguard all religious minorities.'</span></p><p></p><p> <span style="color: #000080">There are reportedly over 600,000 Sikhs in Canada, with most of them concentrated in the Vancouver and Toronto areas.</span></p><p></p><p> <span style="color: #000080"><strong>Gurmukh Singh</strong> </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
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