Family

Photo of Nirmal Singh and Kishan Kaur on a bridge with a water body underneath. Two people can be seen sitting in a half-open chamber on a water slide in the background.

Photo of Nirmal Singh holding a lion cub with Kishan Kaur besides him.

Photo of Bal Singh Mayer and Shanti Devi Mayer in their garden.

Group photo of Siddoo family and other women at the Kapoor Sawmill in Burnaby, BC. Kartar K. Sangha (standing at right) is identified as the company cook.

Group photo of women and children in Paldi, BC. The community consisted entirely of workers and families at the Mayo Lumber Company.

Creator: Mahal, Sylvia

Short written piece about the story of Janki Shori and her role in bringing Hindi films to Vancouver audiences, written by her daughter, Sylvia Mahal née Shori. Mahal writes about her family history and her mother's impact on the South Asian Canadian community in Vancouver. The essay is included in a book titled, "Celebrate Canada 150 abd Culture Days From Far and Wide: Multicultural Creative Writing Collection 2017," which was published by WS Immigrant and Multicultural Services Society. Sophia Xinyuan Zhang is listed as the editor-in-chief.

Photograph of Jaswinder Kaur Atwal and Mohinder Singh Atwal.

Photograph of Jaswinder Kaur Atwal and Mohinder Singh Atwal.

Group family photograph of Atwal family. Left to right: Mohinder Singh Atwal, Hardial Singh Atwal, Harjinder Singh Atwal, Rattan Kaur Atwal, Harninder Pal Singh Atwal

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 or planned to do.