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Gurbani (151-185)
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Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
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Gurbani (660-685)
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Gurbani (696-703)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਟੋਡੀ | Raag Todee
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Gurbani (721-727)
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Gurbani (728-750)
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Chhant (763-785)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ | Raag Bilaaval
Gurbani (795-831)
Ashtpadiyan (831-838)
Thitteen (838-840)
Vaar Sat (841-843)
Chhant (843-848)
Vaar Bilaaval (849-855)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਗੋਂਡ | Raag Gond
Gurbani (859-869)
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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)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਕਾਨੜਾ | Raag Kaanraa
Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
Chhant (1312)
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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 140642" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><strong><span style="color: red">Globe Editorial</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: navy">A cowed legislature, a banned kirpan </span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: navy">From Wednesday's Globe and Mail </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: navy">Published Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011 7:30PM EST</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: navy">Last updated Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011 7:41AM EST</span></span></strong></p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy">By barring four kirpan-wearing Sikh men from public hearings on reasonable accommodation on Tuesday, the Quebec National Assembly failed to live up to its obligation to promote the widest possible participation in the democratic process. </span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy">Where is the leadership to cool passions associated with the current debate around minority religious observances? The wearing of the kirpan by Sikh schoolchildren in Montreal was the most inflammatory part of an inflamed, province-wide debate. The Supreme Court of Canada gave its unanimous support to the wearing of the kirpan five years ago. Reason should long ago have prevailed over passion, especially in the seat of government.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Committee chairman Bernard Drainville, a Parti Québécois MNA, should have suspended the hearings until the issue could be settled by discussion. The hearings focus on Bill 94, which would limit the wearing of Islamic face coverings by users of public services. To bar those who observe minority religions such as Sikhism is to render the committee’s work incomplete and, frankly, ridiculous from the start. Immigration Minister Kathleen Weil, sponsor of the bill, said she would not comment on a decision of National Assembly security. The opposition PQ, leaping to exploit the passions, said the face-covering bill does not go far enough. But Ms. Weil’s silence is worse, an abdication of duty. </span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy">It is fair to set regulations around the size of the kirpan and how it is secured and sheathed. But it is wrong to bar it completely. British Columbia does not do so. Ottawa does not do so. Imagine the hostile message to religious minorities if the kirpan-wearing Liberal MP Navdeep Bains and others were barred from Parliament.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Sociologist Gérard Bouchard and philosopher Charles Taylor wrote movingly in their government-sponsored report 2½ years ago on accommodation about the need for French-speaking Quebec to find common ground with immigrants and minorities. It is hard to be optimistic when government itself is so cowed. </span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy"><strong>source:</strong> </span><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/a-cowed-legislature-a-banned-kirpan/article1874913/" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: navy">http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/a-cowed-legislature-a-banned-kirpan/article1874913/</span></u></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 140642, member: 884"] [B][COLOR=red]Globe Editorial[/COLOR][/B] [B][SIZE=5][COLOR=navy]A cowed legislature, a banned kirpan [/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=2][COLOR=navy]From Wednesday's Globe and Mail [/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=2][COLOR=navy]Published Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011 7:30PM EST[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=2][COLOR=navy]Last updated Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011 7:41AM EST[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [COLOR=navy]By barring four kirpan-wearing Sikh men from public hearings on reasonable accommodation on Tuesday, the Quebec National Assembly failed to live up to its obligation to promote the widest possible participation in the democratic process. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Where is the leadership to cool passions associated with the current debate around minority religious observances? The wearing of the kirpan by Sikh schoolchildren in Montreal was the most inflammatory part of an inflamed, province-wide debate. The Supreme Court of Canada gave its unanimous support to the wearing of the kirpan five years ago. Reason should long ago have prevailed over passion, especially in the seat of government.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Committee chairman Bernard Drainville, a Parti Québécois MNA, should have suspended the hearings until the issue could be settled by discussion. The hearings focus on Bill 94, which would limit the wearing of Islamic face coverings by users of public services. To bar those who observe minority religions such as Sikhism is to render the committee’s work incomplete and, frankly, ridiculous from the start. Immigration Minister Kathleen Weil, sponsor of the bill, said she would not comment on a decision of National Assembly security. The opposition PQ, leaping to exploit the passions, said the face-covering bill does not go far enough. But Ms. Weil’s silence is worse, an abdication of duty. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]It is fair to set regulations around the size of the kirpan and how it is secured and sheathed. But it is wrong to bar it completely. British Columbia does not do so. Ottawa does not do so. Imagine the hostile message to religious minorities if the kirpan-wearing Liberal MP Navdeep Bains and others were barred from Parliament.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Sociologist Gérard Bouchard and philosopher Charles Taylor wrote movingly in their government-sponsored report 2½ years ago on accommodation about the need for French-speaking Quebec to find common ground with immigrants and minorities. It is hard to be optimistic when government itself is so cowed. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy][B]source:[/B] [/COLOR][URL="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/a-cowed-legislature-a-banned-kirpan/article1874913/"][U][COLOR=navy]http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/a-cowed-legislature-a-banned-kirpan/article1874913/[/COLOR][/U][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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