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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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Will Texas Students Learn About Sikhs?
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<blockquote data-quote="Admin" data-source="post: 118988" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><strong>Will Texas Students Learn About Sikhs?</strong></p><p></p><p>(Austin, TX) 15 people have the chance to ensure public school students in Texas learn about Sikhs and Sikhism. 15 people have the opportunity to severely decrease the number of bias based bullying incidents against our Sikh children. 15 people have the ability to pioneer efforts to reflect the diversity of this country in our public school curriculum.</p><p></p><p>Who are these chosen 15? They constitute the 15 members of the Texas Board of Education.</p><p></p><p>The Coalition, along with local community members, has been allocating significant resources towards advocating for the inclusion of Sikhism into the Texas state standards for social studies since this past summer. Though the world’s fifth largest religion, the Texas standards currently lack any mention of Sikhism.</p><p></p><p>Decisions made on new classroom standards in the coming weeks will determine how social studies is taught in Texas public schools for the next several years.</p><p></p><p>Even more important, the standards used in Texas will also be used to develop state tests and by textbook publishers who develop material for the whole nation based on Texas, as it is one of the largest markets.</p><p></p><p>Leading up to the final decision making in March, Sikhs have had several opportunities to provide input and we’ve taken advantage of all of them:</p><p></p><p> * Over 400 Texan Sikhs wrote letters to the Board last September urging them to include our faith into their standards.</p><p> * Several Sikh community members came to testify at the Board of Education meeting held last November.</p><p> * Sikh Coalition staff and volunteers lobbied Board Members individually through one-on-one conversations, email, and the sharing of written supporting materials over the past 3 months</p><p> * And finally, 5 people spoke about the importance and necessity of adding Sikhism to the current draft of the standards at yesterday’s board meeting.</p><p></p><p>Of these 5 speakers, one of them was Reverend Stephen Nickle from Trinity University. He spoke about the importance of learning about a faith different from one’s own so students can ask themselves if what they trust is similar or different.</p><p></p><p>Harsimran Singh, a high school sophomore, related a personal story to the Board about how he was escorted to the principal’s office one day for wearing a “du-rag”. He tried to explain that he was wearing a patka, and that it was a part of his religion. Harsimran believes that incidents like this would not happen with other Sikh students if their teachers knew about Sikhism.</p><p></p><p>The other testimonies yesterday included Manpreet K. Singh and Shammi Gill from Houston and G.P. Singh from San Antonio.</p><p></p><p>The Board Members were very receptive to our testimonies, and one Board Member even voiced that he will fight to include Sikhism into the standards.</p><p></p><p>One of our community representatives and speakers, G.P. Singh, said it best “Every one did a great job with their testimony and Simran stole the show. Simran you are ‘my hero’. Thanks once again for everyone’s efforts. One of the lessons I walked away from this event was that in a representative democracy you have to make an effort to represent yourself. Otherwise what do you really have?”</p><p></p><p>What happens next? Sikhs in Texas are waiting with bated breath to hear the Board’s decision this Friday, 1/15/10.</p><p></p><p>However, the final vote and adoption of new state standards will occur in March. The Coalition will continue to partner with the community and engage the Board of Education on this initiative until that time.</p><p></p><p>If you would like to replicate this effort in your own state or have any questions, please contact the Coalition at <a href="mailto:manbeena@sikhcoalition.org">manbeena@sikhcoalition.org</a>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 118988, member: 1"] [B]Will Texas Students Learn About Sikhs?[/B] (Austin, TX) 15 people have the chance to ensure public school students in Texas learn about Sikhs and Sikhism. 15 people have the opportunity to severely decrease the number of bias based bullying incidents against our Sikh children. 15 people have the ability to pioneer efforts to reflect the diversity of this country in our public school curriculum. Who are these chosen 15? They constitute the 15 members of the Texas Board of Education. The Coalition, along with local community members, has been allocating significant resources towards advocating for the inclusion of Sikhism into the Texas state standards for social studies since this past summer. Though the world’s fifth largest religion, the Texas standards currently lack any mention of Sikhism. Decisions made on new classroom standards in the coming weeks will determine how social studies is taught in Texas public schools for the next several years. Even more important, the standards used in Texas will also be used to develop state tests and by textbook publishers who develop material for the whole nation based on Texas, as it is one of the largest markets. Leading up to the final decision making in March, Sikhs have had several opportunities to provide input and we’ve taken advantage of all of them: * Over 400 Texan Sikhs wrote letters to the Board last September urging them to include our faith into their standards. * Several Sikh community members came to testify at the Board of Education meeting held last November. * Sikh Coalition staff and volunteers lobbied Board Members individually through one-on-one conversations, email, and the sharing of written supporting materials over the past 3 months * And finally, 5 people spoke about the importance and necessity of adding Sikhism to the current draft of the standards at yesterday’s board meeting. Of these 5 speakers, one of them was Reverend Stephen Nickle from Trinity University. He spoke about the importance of learning about a faith different from one’s own so students can ask themselves if what they trust is similar or different. Harsimran Singh, a high school sophomore, related a personal story to the Board about how he was escorted to the principal’s office one day for wearing a “du-rag”. He tried to explain that he was wearing a patka, and that it was a part of his religion. Harsimran believes that incidents like this would not happen with other Sikh students if their teachers knew about Sikhism. The other testimonies yesterday included Manpreet K. Singh and Shammi Gill from Houston and G.P. Singh from San Antonio. The Board Members were very receptive to our testimonies, and one Board Member even voiced that he will fight to include Sikhism into the standards. One of our community representatives and speakers, G.P. Singh, said it best “Every one did a great job with their testimony and Simran stole the show. Simran you are ‘my hero’. Thanks once again for everyone’s efforts. One of the lessons I walked away from this event was that in a representative democracy you have to make an effort to represent yourself. Otherwise what do you really have?” What happens next? Sikhs in Texas are waiting with bated breath to hear the Board’s decision this Friday, 1/15/10. However, the final vote and adoption of new state standards will occur in March. The Coalition will continue to partner with the community and engage the Board of Education on this initiative until that time. If you would like to replicate this effort in your own state or have any questions, please contact the Coalition at [email]manbeena@sikhcoalition.org[/email]. [/QUOTE]
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