Bhagwant Kaur Gill

This document is about Kuldip Gill's first poetry collection called Dharma Rasa, where there is an analysis of select poems about her parents, Bhagwant Kaur (1914-1980) and Indar Singh (1901-1969). First, Kuldip's "Love letters-Canada to India" depicts Indar Singh's painful separation from his family in the 1930s while he was in Canada and his family was in India. Second… more

Family photograph taken of the Gill family. Top row, left to right: Pal Singh Gill, Ganga Singh Gill, and Indar Singh Gill. In the second row, left to right: Naranjan Singh Gill, Phangan Singh, and Indar Singh (Bhagwant Kaur's husband). In the bottom row, left to right: an unidentified young boy, and an unidentified young girl, Bhagwant Kaur Gill, who is holding a baby on her lap in the… more

Naranjan Singh Gill, Indar Singh's father, is sitting on a chair getting photographed in a professional studio. Naranjan Singh is wearing a formal suit and black-coloured shoes. A black-coloured turban covers his head, and on his wrist is a karah, an iron bracelet indicating his Sikh faith. The karah is a constant reminder of a Sikh's mission to carry out good deeds on earth. more

Photograph of Bhagwant Kaur. She had her head covered by a chunni, which is a garment that typically Punjabi women wear to represent modesty. There is black text "Bhagwant Kaur" across the picture. The photograph is a cropped image from a larger picture. The background contains a male family member's formal western suit. more

This document describes Bhagwant Kaur's journey, how she immigrated to Canada in 1939 with her two young children to reunite with her husband, Indar Singh Gill. Her immigration journey included travelling on a train from Punjab to Calcutta, Empress of Japan, and the CPR Empress of Japan. Bhagwant Kaur and Indar Singh's love is captured through their daughter, Dr. Kuldip Gill's poem… more