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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="spnadmin" data-source="post: 137232" data-attributes="member: 35"><p>Three civil liberties organizations say the rights of Sikhs in America are being further trampled upon as the Transportation Security Administration rolls out a new policy which will mandatorily require all turbaned Sikhs to undergo three levels of security screening at U.S. airports.</p><p></p><p>The new policy was first unveiled at a Sept. 21 meeting with representatives from the Sikh Coalition, United Sikhs and the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Kimberly Walton, TSA Special Counsel, and Margo Schlanger, officer for civil rights and civil liberties at the Department of Homeland Security.</p><p></p><p>That meeting was ostensibly held to discuss new advanced imaging technology scanners – also known as backscatter x-rays - that are being rolled out throughout the nation’s airports. More than 750 such devices will be installed by next year, and allow TSA screeners to view a full-body, nude image of each passenger.</p><p></p><p>Advanced imaging technology enhances security by detecting both metallic and non-metallic threat items concealed under layers of clothing, says the TSA in an advisory to travelers displayed on its Web site. Scanners are designed to be able to detect explosive devices under several layers of clothing.</p><p></p><p>But the civil rights organizations learned at that meeting that all turbaned Sikhs would now have to undergo two additional compulsory screenings in addition to the body scan, including examination by a hand-held metal detector and a turban pat-down.</p><p></p><p>Sikhs can elect to pat down their own turbans, but will then have their hands swabbed for trace chemicals.</p><p></p><p>The TSA has long allowed its screeners to use their own discretion to determine whether a turban needs patting down. It defines this nebulous policy under its dictates for “loose-fitting clothing” which can also require a pat-down at the screener’s discretion.</p><p></p><p>Hansdeep Singh, senior staff attorney at United Sikhs, told India-West that though body scanners were specifically designed to detect explosive devices under layers of clothing, TSA officials have said the technology cannot penetrate the many layers of a turban.</p><p></p><p>“We had been told that body scanners would be the solution to the issue of (turban) pat-downs,” he said, adding that AITs are the most-advanced imaging systems in the world.</p><p></p><p>Singh, who wears a turban, said that he is currently pulled aside for a secondary screening about 90 percent of the time. He will now have to undergo two additional screenings every time he flies.</p><p></p><p>“Sikhs are viewed as suspects and automatically suspected of wrongdoing by the general public who see these screenings every time they fly,” said Singh.</p><p></p><p>(The TSA) is “targeting a certain population in an attempt to make other passengers feel safe,” J.J. Singh, president of AllDocuments software in Redwood City, Calif., told India-West. “This extra layer of security is ridiculous.”</p><p></p><p>At a Sept. 23 hearing of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission, Singh and his eight-year-old son Josh testified to being routinely pulled aside for secondary screenings. Josh wears a small turban known as a patka.</p><p></p><p>A TSA advisory states that travelers who wear loose-fitting clothing may also be subject to an additional pat-down during security screenings.</p><p></p><p>“This is a very problematically narrow policy and more upsetting because turbans are rarely loose-fitting,” Veena Dubal, staff attorney for the Asian Law Caucus, told India-West.</p><p></p><p>No defined policy exists about what constitutes “loose fitting clothing,” said Dubal. “It is completely subjective,” she asserted, adding that it remained unclear whether the new policy of additional screenings for turbans would also be applied to hijabs.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://news.oneindia.in/2010/11/18/forensicexpert-tells-court-that-pregnant-canadian-sikhwoma.html" target="_blank">http://news.oneindia.in/2010/11/18/forensicexpert-tells-court-that-pregnant-canadian-sikhwoma.html</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 137232, member: 35"] Three civil liberties organizations say the rights of Sikhs in America are being further trampled upon as the Transportation Security Administration rolls out a new policy which will mandatorily require all turbaned Sikhs to undergo three levels of security screening at U.S. airports. The new policy was first unveiled at a Sept. 21 meeting with representatives from the Sikh Coalition, United Sikhs and the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Kimberly Walton, TSA Special Counsel, and Margo Schlanger, officer for civil rights and civil liberties at the Department of Homeland Security. That meeting was ostensibly held to discuss new advanced imaging technology scanners – also known as backscatter x-rays - that are being rolled out throughout the nation’s airports. More than 750 such devices will be installed by next year, and allow TSA screeners to view a full-body, nude image of each passenger. Advanced imaging technology enhances security by detecting both metallic and non-metallic threat items concealed under layers of clothing, says the TSA in an advisory to travelers displayed on its Web site. Scanners are designed to be able to detect explosive devices under several layers of clothing. But the civil rights organizations learned at that meeting that all turbaned Sikhs would now have to undergo two additional compulsory screenings in addition to the body scan, including examination by a hand-held metal detector and a turban pat-down. Sikhs can elect to pat down their own turbans, but will then have their hands swabbed for trace chemicals. The TSA has long allowed its screeners to use their own discretion to determine whether a turban needs patting down. It defines this nebulous policy under its dictates for “loose-fitting clothing” which can also require a pat-down at the screener’s discretion. Hansdeep Singh, senior staff attorney at United Sikhs, told India-West that though body scanners were specifically designed to detect explosive devices under layers of clothing, TSA officials have said the technology cannot penetrate the many layers of a turban. “We had been told that body scanners would be the solution to the issue of (turban) pat-downs,” he said, adding that AITs are the most-advanced imaging systems in the world. Singh, who wears a turban, said that he is currently pulled aside for a secondary screening about 90 percent of the time. He will now have to undergo two additional screenings every time he flies. “Sikhs are viewed as suspects and automatically suspected of wrongdoing by the general public who see these screenings every time they fly,” said Singh. (The TSA) is “targeting a certain population in an attempt to make other passengers feel safe,” J.J. Singh, president of AllDocuments software in Redwood City, Calif., told India-West. “This extra layer of security is ridiculous.” At a Sept. 23 hearing of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission, Singh and his eight-year-old son Josh testified to being routinely pulled aside for secondary screenings. Josh wears a small turban known as a patka. A TSA advisory states that travelers who wear loose-fitting clothing may also be subject to an additional pat-down during security screenings. “This is a very problematically narrow policy and more upsetting because turbans are rarely loose-fitting,” Veena Dubal, staff attorney for the Asian Law Caucus, told India-West. No defined policy exists about what constitutes “loose fitting clothing,” said Dubal. “It is completely subjective,” she asserted, adding that it remained unclear whether the new policy of additional screenings for turbans would also be applied to hijabs. [url]http://news.oneindia.in/2010/11/18/forensicexpert-tells-court-that-pregnant-canadian-sikhwoma.html[/url] [/QUOTE]
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