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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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Refugee Seeks Asylum In Sikh Temple
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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 56246" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #810081"><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070709.BCEVADE09/TPStory/National" target="_blank"><u>http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070709.BCEVADE09/TPStory/National</u></a></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><strong>AVOIDING DEPORTATION</strong></span></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000080">Refugee seeks asylum in Sikh temple</span></strong></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000080">Supporters of claimant say it's cruel to send the recently disabled man back to India, where the level of care is uncertain</span></strong></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: 10px">JANE ARMSTRONG</span> </span><span style="color: #000080">July 9, 2007</span></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><strong>VANCOUVER</strong> -- A failed refugee claimant, left disabled from an aneurysm, has dodged another deportation order by moving into a Sikh temple in the Fraser Valley city of Abbotsford.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">Laibar Singh, 48, who is paralyzed, in a wheelchair and needs regular dialysis treatment, left a Vancouver long-term care centre over the weekend for the sanctuary of the Kalgidhar temple in Abbotsford, about an hour's drive east of Vancouver.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">He was to have been deported to India yesterday on a jet chartered by Canadian authorities to accommodate his health needs.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">Instead, Mr. Singh will stay at the Abbotsford temple indefinitely, said Harpal Singh Nagra, a spokesman for a B.C.-based South Asian human rights group. "He's not ever going to leave," Mr. Nagra said. "He said he wants to die there."r. Singh has been trying to obtain legal status in Canada since 2003 when he entered the country in Toronto using a false passport. The widowed father of four made a refugee claim, saying he would face torture by Punjab police if he were returned to India because he's been falsely linked to a Khalistan nationalist group whose goal is to form a Sikh state.</span></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">Mr. Singh's case has been championed by some members of British Columbia's Sikh community, who said it's cruel to deport a disabled man to India, where the level of his care is uncertain. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">A rights group for the disabled also backed Mr. Singh's bid to stay in Canada, saying a man in his condition should not be sent to India.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">Until his move to the temple, Mr. Singh was at a Vancouver long-term care home, which costs about $400 a day. Prior to that, he was at Vancouver General Hospital for five months. Mr. Nagra said Mr. Singh's health-care costs have been paid by taxpayers, although his supporters have pledged to cover his health-care needs while in the temple.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">A throng of supporters yesterday turned out when Mr. Singh was wheeled into the temple. Mr. Nagra said the community has arranged for medical staff to treat him inside the temple.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">Faith St. John, a spokeswoman for the Canadian Border Services Agency, said staff aren't permitted to discuss individual cases. However, she said Ottawa doesn't condone hiding in a place of worship as a means of evading deportation.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">"There are other safeguards in place to ensure people in need are protected," Ms. St. John said.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">After his refugee claim was rejected, Mr. Singh appealed, but a judicial review rejected his claim. He later made an appeal to stay on humanitarian and compassionate grounds but that too was rejected. Last year, a deportation order was handed down in Montreal, but Mr. Singh fled to Vancouver.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">He found construction work, but late last year was felled by the aneurysm.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">Mr. Singh's children are all in India.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 56246, member: 884"] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=#810081][URL="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070709.BCEVADE09/TPStory/National"][U]http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070709.BCEVADE09/TPStory/National[/U][/URL][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][/FONT] [COLOR=#ff0000][B]AVOIDING DEPORTATION[/B][/COLOR] [B][COLOR=#000080]Refugee seeks asylum in Sikh temple[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#000080]Supporters of claimant say it's cruel to send the recently disabled man back to India, where the level of care is uncertain[/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=#000080][SIZE=2]JANE ARMSTRONG[/SIZE] [/COLOR][COLOR=#000080]July 9, 2007[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080][B]VANCOUVER[/B] -- A failed refugee claimant, left disabled from an aneurysm, has dodged another deportation order by moving into a Sikh temple in the Fraser Valley city of Abbotsford.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Laibar Singh, 48, who is paralyzed, in a wheelchair and needs regular dialysis treatment, left a Vancouver long-term care centre over the weekend for the sanctuary of the Kalgidhar temple in Abbotsford, about an hour's drive east of Vancouver.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]He was to have been deported to India yesterday on a jet chartered by Canadian authorities to accommodate his health needs.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Instead, Mr. Singh will stay at the Abbotsford temple indefinitely, said Harpal Singh Nagra, a spokesman for a B.C.-based South Asian human rights group. "He's not ever going to leave," Mr. Nagra said. "He said he wants to die there."r. Singh has been trying to obtain legal status in Canada since 2003 when he entered the country in Toronto using a false passport. The widowed father of four made a refugee claim, saying he would face torture by Punjab police if he were returned to India because he's been falsely linked to a Khalistan nationalist group whose goal is to form a Sikh state.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Mr. Singh's case has been championed by some members of British Columbia's Sikh community, who said it's cruel to deport a disabled man to India, where the level of his care is uncertain. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]A rights group for the disabled also backed Mr. Singh's bid to stay in Canada, saying a man in his condition should not be sent to India.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Until his move to the temple, Mr. Singh was at a Vancouver long-term care home, which costs about $400 a day. Prior to that, he was at Vancouver General Hospital for five months. Mr. Nagra said Mr. Singh's health-care costs have been paid by taxpayers, although his supporters have pledged to cover his health-care needs while in the temple.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]A throng of supporters yesterday turned out when Mr. Singh was wheeled into the temple. Mr. Nagra said the community has arranged for medical staff to treat him inside the temple.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Faith St. John, a spokeswoman for the Canadian Border Services Agency, said staff aren't permitted to discuss individual cases. However, she said Ottawa doesn't condone hiding in a place of worship as a means of evading deportation.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]"There are other safeguards in place to ensure people in need are protected," Ms. St. John said.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]After his refugee claim was rejected, Mr. Singh appealed, but a judicial review rejected his claim. He later made an appeal to stay on humanitarian and compassionate grounds but that too was rejected. Last year, a deportation order was handed down in Montreal, but Mr. Singh fled to Vancouver.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]He found construction work, but late last year was felled by the aneurysm.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Mr. Singh's children are all in India.[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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