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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)
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)
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Sehskritee Mahala 5
Gaathaa Mahala 5
Phunhay Mahala 5
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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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Sikh Extremists Cannot Have Say In Annual Sikh Parade
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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 125106" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><span style="color: navy">source: </span><a href="http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/Sikh+extremists+cannot+have+annual+parade/2928075/story.html" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: navy">http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/Sikh+extremists+cannot+have+annual+parade/2928075/story.html</span></u></a></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="color: navy">Sikh extremists cannot</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="color: navy">have say in annual parade</span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">The StarPhoenix - April 20, 2010 3:13 AM </span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy">It would be a shame if the violent tendencies of a few were to sideline one of the largest and most colourful celebrations of Sikhism in Canada.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy">Unless organizers of the annual Vaisakhi Parade in Surrey, B.C., can wrest it away from the influence of a handful of adherents to the cause of violent secession of Punjab from India, the only recourse is to cancel the event.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy">This would send no small message, considering that the annual parade, which celebrates the day in 1699 when the last guru of Sikhism published the basic tenets of the faith, attracts an estimated 100,000 people to Surrey.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy">It's the scale of the event that makes acting against the radicals difficult. But the need to act was made clear this year when Inderjit Singh Bains, a parade organizer, issued a thinly veiled threat to the safety of Liberal MP Ujjal Dosanjh and B.C. MLA Dave Hayer, both of them also Sikhs, should they attend.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy">Both politicians know only too well the dangers posed by Sikh extremists. Mr. Dosanjh was severely beaten and hospitalized by radicals some years ago, while Mr. Hayer's father, a newspaper publisher, was killed.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy">Yet both men have a record of speaking out against radicals who advocate openly for a separate Sikh homeland called Khalistan -- particularly against those who are connected to the worst case of terrorism in Canadian history.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy">In 1985, a pro-Khalistan group attempted to simultaneously bomb two Air India planes returning from Canada -- one over the Pacific and the other over the Atlantic. Although the bomb in the Pacific flight went off only after the plane landed in Japan, killing two airport workers, Air India flight 182 was blown apart in Irish airspace, killing all 329 people on board -- including 280 Canadian nationals.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy">Canadian officials insist the mastermind of these attacks was Talwinder Singh Parmar. As has been the case in the past, this year's parade in Surrey had a float with Mr. Parmar's image included in a celebration of founders of separatist groups in India that the Canadian government considers to be terrorist organizations.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy">This was done despite the commitment from parade organizers that such a float would not be permitted this year.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy">In the past, as if to add insult to the injury of the hundreds of Canadian families that suffered losses from that 1985 acts of terrorism, right behind this float paraded Ajaib Singh Bagri, who was charged in connection with the attack but acquitted because many witnesses either were killed or later recanted their testimony.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy">It's no surprise that those who carried out that attack and who continued to parade their bloodied hands in public did so with impunity. Not only did the RCMP and CSIS both badly botch the case, allowing the guilty to go free, but for years politicians of all stripes ignored the history of violence to glad-hand a group that's been told to vote en masse to sway the Canadian government.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy">That this group relies on violence, intimidation and threats to get its way should be reason enough for all Canadians to stand up to such intimidation. For that reason it was a good sign that both Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff and Premier Gordon Campbell called for parade organizers to apologize for the threats.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy">"We must unequivocally condemn all threats of violence and extremism in Canadian communities," said Mr. Ignatieff.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy">His sentiment has no partisan boundaries, and would be more effective if the ruling Conservative party, too, decried the threats of violence and the participation in Vaisakhi Parade of the perpetrators of Canada's worst mass murder.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy">There was the hope for years that through accommodation, those who advocated violence could be brought into the mainstream. By now, politicians and rational Sikhs must realize that will never be the case.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy">Even more worrisome than the parade float is the growing level of Sikh-on-Sikh violence, including the recent bloody attacks inside a Brampton Sikh temple. It's the sort of violence that preceded the Air India bombings.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy">Sikhs have a long and positive history of contributing to Canada's society and cultural mosaic. Those who have stood fast against the violence need to know they have the support of all Canadians.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy">And those who stand for the violence need to see that it's a no-win game in Canada.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy">© Copyright (c) The StarPhoenix</span> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 9px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 9px"></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 125106, member: 884"] [COLOR=navy]source: [/COLOR][URL="http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/Sikh+extremists+cannot+have+annual+parade/2928075/story.html"][U][COLOR=navy]http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/Sikh+extremists+cannot+have+annual+parade/2928075/story.html[/COLOR][/U][/URL] [B][SIZE=6][COLOR=navy]Sikh extremists cannot[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=6][COLOR=navy]have say in annual parade[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [COLOR=navy]The StarPhoenix - April 20, 2010 3:13 AM [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]It would be a shame if the violent tendencies of a few were to sideline one of the largest and most colourful celebrations of Sikhism in Canada.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Unless organizers of the annual Vaisakhi Parade in Surrey, B.C., can wrest it away from the influence of a handful of adherents to the cause of violent secession of Punjab from India, the only recourse is to cancel the event.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]This would send no small message, considering that the annual parade, which celebrates the day in 1699 when the last guru of Sikhism published the basic tenets of the faith, attracts an estimated 100,000 people to Surrey.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]It's the scale of the event that makes acting against the radicals difficult. But the need to act was made clear this year when Inderjit Singh Bains, a parade organizer, issued a thinly veiled threat to the safety of Liberal MP Ujjal Dosanjh and B.C. MLA Dave Hayer, both of them also Sikhs, should they attend.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Both politicians know only too well the dangers posed by Sikh extremists. Mr. Dosanjh was severely beaten and hospitalized by radicals some years ago, while Mr. Hayer's father, a newspaper publisher, was killed.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Yet both men have a record of speaking out against radicals who advocate openly for a separate Sikh homeland called Khalistan -- particularly against those who are connected to the worst case of terrorism in Canadian history.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]In 1985, a pro-Khalistan group attempted to simultaneously bomb two Air India planes returning from Canada -- one over the Pacific and the other over the Atlantic. Although the bomb in the Pacific flight went off only after the plane landed in Japan, killing two airport workers, Air India flight 182 was blown apart in Irish airspace, killing all 329 people on board -- including 280 Canadian nationals.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Canadian officials insist the mastermind of these attacks was Talwinder Singh Parmar. As has been the case in the past, this year's parade in Surrey had a float with Mr. Parmar's image included in a celebration of founders of separatist groups in India that the Canadian government considers to be terrorist organizations.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]This was done despite the commitment from parade organizers that such a float would not be permitted this year.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]In the past, as if to add insult to the injury of the hundreds of Canadian families that suffered losses from that 1985 acts of terrorism, right behind this float paraded Ajaib Singh Bagri, who was charged in connection with the attack but acquitted because many witnesses either were killed or later recanted their testimony.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]It's no surprise that those who carried out that attack and who continued to parade their bloodied hands in public did so with impunity. Not only did the RCMP and CSIS both badly botch the case, allowing the guilty to go free, but for years politicians of all stripes ignored the history of violence to glad-hand a group that's been told to vote en masse to sway the Canadian government.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]That this group relies on violence, intimidation and threats to get its way should be reason enough for all Canadians to stand up to such intimidation. For that reason it was a good sign that both Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff and Premier Gordon Campbell called for parade organizers to apologize for the threats.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]"We must unequivocally condemn all threats of violence and extremism in Canadian communities," said Mr. Ignatieff.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]His sentiment has no partisan boundaries, and would be more effective if the ruling Conservative party, too, decried the threats of violence and the participation in Vaisakhi Parade of the perpetrators of Canada's worst mass murder.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]There was the hope for years that through accommodation, those who advocated violence could be brought into the mainstream. By now, politicians and rational Sikhs must realize that will never be the case.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Even more worrisome than the parade float is the growing level of Sikh-on-Sikh violence, including the recent bloody attacks inside a Brampton Sikh temple. It's the sort of violence that preceded the Air India bombings.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Sikhs have a long and positive history of contributing to Canada's society and cultural mosaic. Those who have stood fast against the violence need to know they have the support of all Canadians.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]And those who stand for the violence need to see that it's a no-win game in Canada.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]© Copyright (c) The StarPhoenix[/COLOR] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=1] [/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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