Kartar Kaur Gill ➔ [Letter to Indar Singh about Gurcharan Kaur's death]

Item
Identifier:
2022_05_02_040
Repository
Repository Web Site
https://www.southasiancanadianheritage.ca/where-are-the-women-love-solace-and-courage/
Repository Identifier
Letter#2
Date
August 13 1938;Date(s) of creation
Extent
4 p. of textual records
Format
textual record
Description
First, Mahinder Singh is writing on behalf of a weakened Kartar Kaur, who is grieving the death of Gurcharan Kaur (Indar Singh and Kartar Kaur's daughter), to Indar Singh. Mahinder Singh implores Indar Singh to return to India from Canada to support Kartar Kaur. Second, Kartar Kaur expresses how Gurcharan Kaur consumes her thoughts. She tells Indar Singh to accept Gurcharan Kaur's death as God's wish and not to worry. Kartar Kaur tells Indar Singh to come back home.
Language
Punjabi
Subject Headings - SACDA
South Asian Canadian couples;Punjab (India) -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century;South Asian Canadian women;Sikh children
Subject Headings - Library of Congress
Letters [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85076240];Separation [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008786];Children and death [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85023513];Grief [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057330]