Kartar Kaur Gill ➔ [Letter from Kartar Kaur to Indar Singh about 12 years of separation]

Item
Identifier:
2022_05_02_044
Repository
Repository Web Site
https://www.southasiancanadianheritage.ca/where-are-the-women-love-solace-and-courage/
Repository Identifier
Letter#6
Date
1942;Date(s) of creation
Extent
2 p. of textual records
Format
textual record
Description
Kartar Kaur is writing to her husband, Indar Singh, from Punjab to Canada possibly in 1942. Indar Singh had been in Canada since 1930. Kartar Kaur writes about Indar Singh always giving her false hope about returning home (India) after 12 years. Further, Kartar Kaur writes about how it has been four years since their daughter, Gurcharan Kaur's death and how it still weakens her. Lastly, Kartar Kaur speaks about how the household members took all the money Indar Singh had sent and she had been left with nothing.
Language
Punjabi
Subject Headings - SACDA
South Asian Canadian couples;South Asian Canadian women;Sikh children;Punjab (India) -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century
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];Money [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005649]