Kartar Kaur Gill ➔ [Letter from Kartar Kaur to Indar Singh after 1942?]

Item
Identifier:
2022_05_02_045
Repository
Repository Web Site
https://www.southasiancanadianheritage.ca/where-are-the-women-love-solace-and-courage/
Repository Identifier
Letter#7
Date
1940s
Extent
1 p. of textual records
Format
textual record
Description
Kartar Kaur is writing to her husband, Indar Singh, possibly after 1942, from Punjab to Canada. Indar Singh had been in Canada since 1930. Kartar Kaur writes about how her separation from Indar Singh and their daughter, Gurcharan Kaur's death, devastates her. Further in the letter, Kartar Kaur writes about how her uncles always ask her for money, which she cannot give them. She explains how money has made her life difficult. Later, Kartar Kaur explains how she feels isolated as people taunt her about her sad circumstances and feels forgotten by Indar Singh. Finally, she states that Joginder Singh, Indar Singh's brother, must have told him about the household's circumstances.
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]