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Pahre (74-78)
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Gurbani (94-109)
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Ashtpadi (129-130)
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Gurbani (151-185)
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Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
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Gurbani (527-536)
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Alaahaniiaa (578-582)
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Gurbani (660-685)
Astpadhiya (685-687)
Chhant (687-691)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਤਸਰੀ | Raag Jaitsree
Gurbani (696-703)
Chhant (703-705)
Vaar Jaitsaree (705-710)
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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)
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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)
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Anand (917-922)
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Sidh Gosat (938-946)
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Gurbani (975-980)
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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)
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Gurbani (1168-1187)
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Vaar Basant (1193-1196)
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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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Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 14078" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #800080"><a href="http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20051012/main6.htm" target="_blank">http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20051012/main6.htm</a></span></span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: blue">US Congress to discuss ‘caste bias’ in India</span></span></span></strong></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: blue"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: blue"></span></span></span><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: blue">Resolution wants Bush to monitor RSS, VHP</span></span></span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: blue"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: blue"></span></span></span><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: blue">Satish Misra</span></span></span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: blue"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: blue"><strong>Tribune News Service </strong></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: blue">New Delhi, October 11</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: blue"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: blue">A concurrent resolution asking the US Government to monitor the activities and funds of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and the Rashtriya Swyamsevak Sangh (RSS), and address the problems of “caste discrimination and untouchability” in India will be introduced in the two Houses of US Congress next month. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: blue">The resolution, being tabled by US Congressman Trent Franks of Arizona, is the result of a US House Subcommittee on Global Human Rights hearing last week in Washington, National Chairman of the All-India Confederation of SC and ST Organisations Udit Raj told newspersons here today. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: blue">Mr Franks is a member of the India Caucus and the Human Rights Caucus. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: blue">Mr Raj, who returned from Washington after participating in the Congress hearing, said the coming resolution would not only take note of the VHP and the RSS, which had directly and indirectly financially supported the campaign of violence against religious minorities and had distributed weapons for use against religious minorities, but would also ask the American Government to address the problem of the treatment of groups outside the caste system. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: blue">The US Congress hearing, that was titled “India’s Unfinished Agenda: Equality and Justice for 200 Million Victims of the Caste System”, will also ask the Bush administration to encourage World Bank to consider “caste discrimination” when funding development projects in India, Mr Raj said. “This is a very important development. Nothing like this has happened before,” Mr Raj said. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: blue">The five-page resolution states that the “untouchables”, now known as Dalits, and the forest tribes of India, called tribal, are outside the caste system and, therefore, considered to be less than human. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: blue">The resolution wants the US to raise the issue of “caste discrimination and untouchability” through diplomatic channels, both directly with the Indian Government and within the context international parliament bodies. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: blue">The resolution points out that “discrimination” against Dalits and tribesmen by the Indian Government has existed for more than 2,000 years and has included educational discrimination, economic disenfranchisement, physical abuse and discrimination in medical care. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: blue">Though the Indian Constitution outlaws “untouchability” and the Indian Government consistently denies its existence, Dalits and tribesmen are still considered outcasts in the Indian society, it adds. </span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: blue">Dalits and tribesmen are denied equal treatment under the law and Dalit women are often raped with impunity, Mr Franks’s resolution stresses. </span><span style="color: blue">The resolution calls for inviting Dalit organisations to review rural development projects from the USAID and other US development funds, and oversee their implementation while prioritising funding for projects that directly impact Dalit and tribal communities.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
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