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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)
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Gurbani (151-185)
Quartets/Couplets (185-220)
Ashtpadiyan (220-234)
Karhalei (234-235)
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Thintteen (343-344)
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Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
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Kaafee (365-409)
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Chhant (435-462)
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Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
Vaar Gujari (508-517)
Vaar Gujari (517-526)
ਰਾਗੁ ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀ | Raag Dayv-Gandhaaree
Gurbani (527-536)
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Gurbani (537-556)
Chhant (538-548)
Vaar Bihaagraa (548-556)
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Gurbani (557-564)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Gurbani (984-988)
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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)
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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)
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Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
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PM Issues Apology To Relatives Of Air India Victims
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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 128912" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><strong><span style="color: #002060"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>PM issues apology to relatives of Air India victims</strong> </span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060"><span style="font-size: 18px"><img src="http://beta.images.theglobeandmail.com/archive/00721/webcrop-sundial2_721642gm-a.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #002060"><strong><span style="color: #ff0000">‘I will make no attempt to make any sense of it,’ Stephen Harper says in powerful speech</span> </strong></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060"><strong>Anthony Reinhart </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #002060"><strong>Toronto — </strong><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><strong>Globe and Mail</strong> Update Published on Wednesday, Jun. 23, 2010 7:19PM EDT Last updated on Wednesday, Jun. 23, 2010 7:22PM EDT </span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">After 25 years of avoiding the mirror of accountability, Canada has turned to face its failure to stop the Air India bombing, with a full and powerful apology from Prime Minister Stephen Harper. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">“This was evil, perpetrated by cowards, despicable, senseless and vicious,” Mr. Harper said Wednesday evening at a Toronto ceremony for relatives of the 329 people, most of them Canadians, whose plane was bombed out of the sky on June 23, 1985, killing all aboard. “I will make no attempt to make any sense of it.” </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">What Mr. Harper did was give long-awaited government acknowledgement that the bombing – the worst act of mass murder in the country’s history – was a preventable, wholly Canadian crime, badly mishandled by federal intelligence and police agencies. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">The tragedy was made worse, the Prime Minister said, when “the families were for years after treated with scant respect or consideration” by Canadian authorities. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">“I stand before you, therefore, to offer on behalf of the Government of Canada, and all Canadians, an apology,” he said. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">Air India Flight 182 left Canada and disintegrated at 31,000 feet over the Atlantic Ocean after a bomb, hidden in luggage, exploded. An hour earlier, another bomb, destined for a second Air India plane on the other side of the world, exploded on the ground at Tokyo’s Narita Airport, killing two baggage handlers and bringing the total death toll to 331. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">The Prime Minister was accompanied at the Toronto ceremony by Public Safety Minister Vic Toews and Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty. The event was held around an Air India monument in a city park on the shores of Lake Ontario. Similar events were held Wednesday in Vancouver, Ottawa and in Ireland, where families travelled after the plane exploded off the Irish coast.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">They went in hope of claiming the remains of their loved ones, but just 131 bodies were recovered from the ocean. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">Canadian authorities linked the bombings to Sikh extremists intent on avenging anti-Sikh violence in India. Authorities had received advance warnings that Indian planes would be targeted, but failed to stop the attacks. Successive federal governments, meanwhile, refused to call an inquiry or apologize to the families, who were often treated as foreigners, though 278 of the victims were Canadians. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">Only one person has been convicted in relation to the bombings. Inderjit Singh Reyat, an electrician from Duncan, B.C., was convicted of manslaughter for his part in supplying the explosives placed in the two suitcases that originated at Vancouver International Airport. In 2005, two British Columbia men, Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri, were acquitted of mass murder and conspiracy charges. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">Canada’s mainstream Sikh community has repeatedly denounced the attacks, which also killed several Sikh passengers aboard Flight 182. Non-stop, 48-hour readings of Sikh scripture were held in several temples this week in the lead-up to Wednesday’s memorial events. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">For Deepak Khandelwal, who lost both his sisters and was only able to bring one of their bodies home, the government’s apology came far too late but was nonetheless welcome. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">While “sorry” is merely a word, Mr. Khandelwal said it was important and meaningful for families to hear it, and he credited Mr. Harper for saying it after taking “a real personal interest” in the case. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">“I know, as an outsider in other situations where the government has apologized, I have wondered, how important is it?” said Mr. Khandelwal, 42, who lit lanterns at the Toronto event. “In this case, where unfortunately I am personally involved, it does have deep meaning.” </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">The apology, which followed last week’s release of Justice John Major’s report from an inquiry into how Canadian authorities mishandled the Air India investigation, will not bring back the dead, Mr. Khandelwal said. But it will allow Canada to move forward after a quarter-century of investigatory bungling, avoidance of accountability and near-indifference to the families, he suggested. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">“There’s no hiding behind it, as various governments have done so much over the last 25 years,” Mr. Khandelwal said. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">“I do hope the government implements [Justice Major’s] recommendations to make Canada a safer place, and that no one has to go through this again.” </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">Mr. Harper, who cited some of the more stinging passages of Justice Major’s report, pledged action, and said the government has already moved to improve airport security. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">“The finest memorial we can build to your loved ones is to prevent another Flight 182,” he said. “This is our duty to you, and to all Canadians.” </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060"><strong>source: </strong></span><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/pm-issues-apology-to-relatives-of-air-india-victims/article1615348/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #890b00">http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/pm-issues-apology-to-relatives-of-air-india-victims/article1615348/</span></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 128912, member: 884"] [B][COLOR=#002060][SIZE=5][B]PM issues apology to relatives of Air India victims[/B] [/SIZE][/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=#002060][SIZE=5][IMG]http://beta.images.theglobeandmail.com/archive/00721/webcrop-sundial2_721642gm-a.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE][/COLOR] [SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#002060][B][COLOR=#ff0000]‘I will make no attempt to make any sense of it,’ Stephen Harper says in powerful speech[/COLOR] [/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [COLOR=#002060][B]Anthony Reinhart [/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060][B]Toronto — [/B][FONT=Comic Sans MS][B]Globe and Mail[/B] Update Published on Wednesday, Jun. 23, 2010 7:19PM EDT Last updated on Wednesday, Jun. 23, 2010 7:22PM EDT [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]After 25 years of avoiding the mirror of accountability, Canada has turned to face its failure to stop the Air India bombing, with a full and powerful apology from Prime Minister Stephen Harper. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]“This was evil, perpetrated by cowards, despicable, senseless and vicious,” Mr. Harper said Wednesday evening at a Toronto ceremony for relatives of the 329 people, most of them Canadians, whose plane was bombed out of the sky on June 23, 1985, killing all aboard. “I will make no attempt to make any sense of it.” [/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]What Mr. Harper did was give long-awaited government acknowledgement that the bombing – the worst act of mass murder in the country’s history – was a preventable, wholly Canadian crime, badly mishandled by federal intelligence and police agencies. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]The tragedy was made worse, the Prime Minister said, when “the families were for years after treated with scant respect or consideration” by Canadian authorities. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]“I stand before you, therefore, to offer on behalf of the Government of Canada, and all Canadians, an apology,” he said. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]Air India Flight 182 left Canada and disintegrated at 31,000 feet over the Atlantic Ocean after a bomb, hidden in luggage, exploded. An hour earlier, another bomb, destined for a second Air India plane on the other side of the world, exploded on the ground at Tokyo’s Narita Airport, killing two baggage handlers and bringing the total death toll to 331. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]The Prime Minister was accompanied at the Toronto ceremony by Public Safety Minister Vic Toews and Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty. The event was held around an Air India monument in a city park on the shores of Lake Ontario. Similar events were held Wednesday in Vancouver, Ottawa and in Ireland, where families travelled after the plane exploded off the Irish coast.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]They went in hope of claiming the remains of their loved ones, but just 131 bodies were recovered from the ocean. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]Canadian authorities linked the bombings to Sikh extremists intent on avenging anti-Sikh violence in India. Authorities had received advance warnings that Indian planes would be targeted, but failed to stop the attacks. Successive federal governments, meanwhile, refused to call an inquiry or apologize to the families, who were often treated as foreigners, though 278 of the victims were Canadians. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]Only one person has been convicted in relation to the bombings. Inderjit Singh Reyat, an electrician from Duncan, B.C., was convicted of manslaughter for his part in supplying the explosives placed in the two suitcases that originated at Vancouver International Airport. In 2005, two British Columbia men, Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri, were acquitted of mass murder and conspiracy charges. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]Canada’s mainstream Sikh community has repeatedly denounced the attacks, which also killed several Sikh passengers aboard Flight 182. Non-stop, 48-hour readings of Sikh scripture were held in several temples this week in the lead-up to Wednesday’s memorial events. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]For Deepak Khandelwal, who lost both his sisters and was only able to bring one of their bodies home, the government’s apology came far too late but was nonetheless welcome. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]While “sorry” is merely a word, Mr. Khandelwal said it was important and meaningful for families to hear it, and he credited Mr. Harper for saying it after taking “a real personal interest” in the case. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]“I know, as an outsider in other situations where the government has apologized, I have wondered, how important is it?” said Mr. Khandelwal, 42, who lit lanterns at the Toronto event. “In this case, where unfortunately I am personally involved, it does have deep meaning.” [/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]The apology, which followed last week’s release of Justice John Major’s report from an inquiry into how Canadian authorities mishandled the Air India investigation, will not bring back the dead, Mr. Khandelwal said. But it will allow Canada to move forward after a quarter-century of investigatory bungling, avoidance of accountability and near-indifference to the families, he suggested. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]“There’s no hiding behind it, as various governments have done so much over the last 25 years,” Mr. Khandelwal said. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]“I do hope the government implements [Justice Major’s] recommendations to make Canada a safer place, and that no one has to go through this again.” [/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]Mr. Harper, who cited some of the more stinging passages of Justice Major’s report, pledged action, and said the government has already moved to improve airport security. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]“The finest memorial we can build to your loved ones is to prevent another Flight 182,” he said. “This is our duty to you, and to all Canadians.” [/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060][B]source: [/B][/COLOR][URL="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/pm-issues-apology-to-relatives-of-air-india-victims/article1615348/"][COLOR=#890b00]http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/pm-issues-apology-to-relatives-of-air-india-victims/article1615348/[/COLOR][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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