Item
Identifier:
2023_07_03_002
Repository
Kaatza Station Museum and Archives
Repository Web Site
https://www.kaatzastationmuseum.ca/
Repository Identifier
Karm Singh Manak Tape 2 RAW_2
Date
May 12 1994;Date(s) of creation
Extent
Audio (35 min., 39 sec.)
Format
sound recording
Description
Audio interview of Karm Singh Manak, an Indian Immigrant. He is talking about his life after marriage in Canada. He talks about homesickness among women with the interviewer. Furthermore, he talks about his four kids and other friends, and family. He mentions that at the time of the independence struggles in India, he was deeply involved in the fight for independence and was in contact with his friends and family back in India.
Language
English
Notes
Homesickness among immigrant women: The interviewer talks about how women used to find immigrating to Canada challanging and were getting homesick. While Karm Singh Manak argues that his wife found it easy to fit in and actually made some friends in short span of time. He talks that Duncan used to have some Indian immigrant families and Paldi which was very close had a lot of Indian immigrant families so his wife fitted in easily.
Karm Singh Manak's children: He talk about his four children in detail from their place of birth to whom they are married. He talks about his liberal thinking and explains how his children have parners from different ethinicity.
Work and Friends: Karm Singh talks a lot about his work and his friends working in different sectors. He used to own a logging truck and soon started his own business as well.
Rights Statement
In copyright