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Series 2: Letters and Poetry of Kartar Kaur
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Series 2: Letters and Poetry of Kartar Kaur
Series 2: Letters and Poetry of Kartar Kaur
Postcard from Kartar Kaur addressed to her older brother, Kartar Singh and Arjan Singh regarding a job that she is planning to apply for at a government school in Mahilpur, anticipating that she clears it. It is the single surviving sample of Kartar Kaur's handwriting. more
Series 2: Letters and Poetry of Kartar Kaur
Series 2: Letters and Poetry of Kartar Kaur
Handwritten poem titled "Kirti Goonj" (The Echoes of Labour) around the theme of constraints and struggles of being a labourer under the rule of "Gorey" (Hindu term for white people). more
Series 2: Letters and Poetry of Kartar Kaur
Series 2: Letters and Poetry of Kartar Kaur
Handwritten poem by Kartar Kaur expressing emotions of pain towards her love. She uses the metaphor of crossing a river on an old boat as a non-swimmer, unable to see the other shore, to describe her feelings and struggles.
Series 2: Letters and Poetry of Kartar Kaur
Series 2: Letters and Poetry of Kartar Kaur
A flyer about a National Film Board documenting the migration of the Sunga family and two other families from India to Canada. The flyer also lists numerous books, pamphlets, articles, films and videotapes that are related to the documentary's themes surrounding the history of the South Asian community in Canada. more
Series 2: Letters and Poetry of Kartar Kaur
Series 2: Letters and Poetry of Kartar Kaur
Highlights from Kartar's letters compiled and copied by Atma Singh Rai. Kartar Kaur frequently wrote letters from India to her husband, Atma Singh, who lived and worked as a sawmill worker in Hillcrest, Vancouver Island in Canada. She expressed her hopes, fears, and longings in poetic verses along with occassional news. Additionally, she would write about daily events and tasks that she did… more