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Gurbani (14-53)
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Gurbani (71-74)
Pahre (74-78)
Chhant (78-81)
Vanjara (81-82)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਝ | Raag Maajh
Gurbani (94-109)
Ashtpadi (109)
Ashtpadiyan (110-129)
Ashtpadi (129-130)
Ashtpadiyan (130-133)
Bara Maha (133-136)
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Vaar Maajh Ki (137-150)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ | Raag Gauree
Gurbani (151-185)
Quartets/Couplets (185-220)
Ashtpadiyan (220-234)
Karhalei (234-235)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
Panchpadde (364-365)
Kaafee (365-409)
Aasaavaree (409-411)
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Chhant (435-462)
Vaar Aasaa (462-475)
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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)
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Gurbani (537-556)
Chhant (538-548)
Vaar Bihaagraa (548-556)
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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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Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
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Swaiyyae in Praise of Gurus
Shaloks in Addition To Vaars
Shalok Ninth Mehl
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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: 125120" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><strong>Re: Sikh extremists cannot have say in annual parade</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy"><strong>source:</strong> </span><a href="http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2010/04/20/national-post-editorial-board-a-marred-festival.aspx" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: navy">http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2010/04/20/national-post-editorial-board-a-marred-festival.aspx</span></u></a></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: red">National Post editorial board: A marred festival</span></span> </span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Posted: April 20, 2010, 9:45 AM by NP Editor </span></p><p><span style="color: navy"> </span></p><p><strong><span style="color: navy">It was right of British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell to boycott the annual Vaisahki festival in the Vancouver suburb of Surrey last Saturday. Whether or not organizers wish to admit it, their event has become too politicized, celebrating men and organizations many — including the federal government — consider to be terrorists and calling for an independent Sikh homeland in northwest India.</span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">When organizers also issued veiled threats against the safety of two B.C. politicians, the event ceased to be a celebration of Sikhism’s founding and the Punjabi harvest. Rather than being one of Canada’s largest multicultural occasions, the Surrey Vaisahki became an aggressive display of Sikh nationalism.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy">Mr. Campbell withdrew from the event late last week after Inderjit Singh Bains, one of many parade organizers, used an interview on Sher-E-Punjab radio to announce that federal Liberal MP Ujjal Dosanjh and B.C. MLA Dave Hayer from Surrey, would not be invited to Vaisahki, and if they attended, organizers would not guarantee their safety. "If they come they should bring their own security," Mr. Bains said.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy">Whatever one thinks of Mr. Dosanjh’s time as B.C. premier or his opinions on federal politics, he has been a tireless campaigner against the very sort of extremism that manifested itself at last weekend’s festival. It also marred the same parade in 2008.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy">Mr. Dosanjh’s life and limb have often been threatened because he has dared try to convince his fellow Indo-Canadians to throw off the old resentments a few have brought with them from their old homelands.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy">Despite assurances that this year’s parade would contain no controversial floats, someone managed to evade screeners (and the RCMP) and enter a float calling for Sikh independence, one that displayed portraits of several "martyrs," including alleged assassins of former Indian prime minister Indira Ghandi and a mastermind of the Air India bombings in 1985.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy">Surrey city council, the province of B.C. and the federal government should withdraw all subsidies and sanctions from next year’s Vaisahki until they are fully satisfied that it will not again be hijacked by extremists as a platform for their violent and unacceptable views.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 125120, member: 884"] [b]Re: Sikh extremists cannot have say in annual parade[/b] [COLOR=navy][B]source:[/B] [/COLOR][URL="http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2010/04/20/national-post-editorial-board-a-marred-festival.aspx"][U][COLOR=navy]http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2010/04/20/national-post-editorial-board-a-marred-festival.aspx[/COLOR][/U][/URL] [B][COLOR=navy][SIZE=4][COLOR=red]National Post editorial board: A marred festival[/COLOR][/SIZE] [/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=navy]Posted: April 20, 2010, 9:45 AM by NP Editor [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy] [/COLOR] [B][COLOR=navy]It was right of British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell to boycott the annual Vaisahki festival in the Vancouver suburb of Surrey last Saturday. Whether or not organizers wish to admit it, their event has become too politicized, celebrating men and organizations many — including the federal government — consider to be terrorists and calling for an independent Sikh homeland in northwest India.[/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=navy]When organizers also issued veiled threats against the safety of two B.C. politicians, the event ceased to be a celebration of Sikhism’s founding and the Punjabi harvest. Rather than being one of Canada’s largest multicultural occasions, the Surrey Vaisahki became an aggressive display of Sikh nationalism.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Mr. Campbell withdrew from the event late last week after Inderjit Singh Bains, one of many parade organizers, used an interview on Sher-E-Punjab radio to announce that federal Liberal MP Ujjal Dosanjh and B.C. MLA Dave Hayer from Surrey, would not be invited to Vaisahki, and if they attended, organizers would not guarantee their safety. "If they come they should bring their own security," Mr. Bains said.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Whatever one thinks of Mr. Dosanjh’s time as B.C. premier or his opinions on federal politics, he has been a tireless campaigner against the very sort of extremism that manifested itself at last weekend’s festival. It also marred the same parade in 2008.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Mr. Dosanjh’s life and limb have often been threatened because he has dared try to convince his fellow Indo-Canadians to throw off the old resentments a few have brought with them from their old homelands.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Despite assurances that this year’s parade would contain no controversial floats, someone managed to evade screeners (and the RCMP) and enter a float calling for Sikh independence, one that displayed portraits of several "martyrs," including alleged assassins of former Indian prime minister Indira Ghandi and a mastermind of the Air India bombings in 1985.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Surrey city council, the province of B.C. and the federal government should withdraw all subsidies and sanctions from next year’s Vaisahki until they are fully satisfied that it will not again be hijacked by extremists as a platform for their violent and unacceptable views.[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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