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Sidhu, Surjit Kaur

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Surjit Kaur is sitting in the living room with her daughter, Kulwant Kaur, while holding her newborn grandson, Harvey Singh in her lap. Harvey Singh is the son of Surjit's oldest daughter, Gurcharan Kaur. Surjit Kaur is wearing a purple-and-orange coloured salwar suit, an Indian women's attire, with a white chunni covering her head. Kulwant Kaur has a purple buttoned shirt, a teal cardigan, and her hair braided. The background consists of a man sitting on a couch on the left.
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Surjit Kaur sits in the living room with her grandson, Harvey Singh, on her lap. Surjit Kaur has a brown-coloured salwar suit, an Indian women's attire, with a pink-patterned cardigan and a pink chunni that is covering her head. The living room is decorated with a flower-patterned curtain, an armchair, a television, and a photograph.
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Surjit Kaur is beside her daughters for her oldest daughter, Gurcharan Kaur's graduation from Abbotsford Senior Secondary School. Surjit Kaur is wearing a pink-patterned salwar suit, a grey cardigan, and a pink chunni covering her head. Next to Surjit Kaur are her two daughters, who are wearing sarees . Behind them are graduation attendees.
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Surjit Kaur sits on a flower-patterned couch in a living room with an unidentified woman and her son Gurvir Singh. Both women are wearing blue-coloured salwar suits, an Indian women's attire, with their heads covered by a chunni.
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Photograph of Surjit Kaur and her three daughters. From left to the right: Gurcharan Kaur, Surjit Kaur, Jessi Kaur, and Kulwant Kaur. Surjit Kaur and her three daughters are standing near a window adorned with teal-coloured curtains. Gurcharan Kaur wears a blue-coloured Punjabi suit, gold hoops, and a gold necklace. Her wrists have bangles on one wrist, while the other wrist has a karhas, representing a Sikh's mission to carry out good deeds on earth. Surjit Kaur is wearing a patterned salwar suit with a pink chunni, a head covering. Jessi Kaur had a black-coloured long-sleeve top and a gold necklace. Lastly, Kulwant Kaur has a white-coloured long-sleeve top with a ring and a karhas .
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Surjit Kaur is standing on the left wearing a patterned salwar suit, an Indian women's attire, with a blue-coloured chunni covering her head. Her wrist has an iron bracelet, a karhas that represents a Sikh's mission to carry out good deeds on earth. Next to Surjit is her husband, Gurdev Singh, who is wearing a formal suit, and her four children (oldest to youngest): Gurcharan Kaur, Kulwant Kaur, Jessi Kaur, and Gurvir Singh. Two daughters, Kulwant Kaur and Jessi Kaur can be seen wearing karhas.
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The story consists of Surjit Kaur's childhood in Punjab, India, and all of the skills she learned. It talks about her marriage to Gurdev Singh and how Gurdev Singh was sponsored to come to Canada without her. Surjit Kaur's story consists of her hardship of communicating with her husband overseas. When she finally got her sponsorship papers, she was reunited with her husband and had to leave her homeland, which she struggled with.
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Surjit Kaur is standing near a table set in the middle of a farm, where she is cutting sprouts. She is wearing a black jacket with a hood covering her head. A woman is standing next to her wearing a pink chunni, which is a head covering, and holding sprouts. In the background, several people are working on collecting the vegetables and sorting them on tables.