Poem Dedicated to Per Ajie
Chitra Singh is a singer/songwriter and a nursing aide. She is the co-founder of the Rajkumari Cultural Center, an Indo-Caribbean arts and culture organization in Queens.
Text of "Per ajie," a poem by Rajkumari Singh, Pritha and Chitra's mother, in her self-published collection Days of the Sahib.
Days of the Sahib Dedication Page
Chitra Singh is a singer/songwriter and a nursing aide. She is the co-founder of the Rajkumari Cultural Center, an Indo-Caribbean arts and culture organization in Queens.
Dedication page for Days of the Sahib
The poet dedicated her collection to her parents, Jung Bahadur Singh and Alice Sitalpersad Singh, who are shown here in pen portraits by Pritha Singh.
Days of the Sahib Poet Bio
Chitra Singh is a singer/songwriter and a nursing aide. She is the co-founder of the Rajkumari Cultural Center, an Indo-Caribbean arts and culture organization in Queens.
Here, a biography of Rajkumari Singh is accompanied by a portrait by pen done by her daughter Pritha Singh.
Kokila Bahadur Guiana Midwife's Certificate
Kokila Bahadur was working as a midwife on a sugar plantation in Guiana when she saw an ad from the Jersey City Medical Center seeking nurse trainees. This is her Guianese midwife's certificate.
Kokila Bahadur Guianese Nursing Certificate
Kokila Bahadur came as a nurse trainee at the Jersey City Medical Center in 1966, the year of Guyana's independence. The first in the Bahadur family to immigrate, Kokila Bahadur sponsored her husband, children and many dozens of other relatives through provisions of the 1965 Hart-Cellar Act, the immigration law that profoundly changed the demographics of the United States.
Kokila Bahadur Jersey City Medical Center Certificate
Kokila Bahadur came as a nurse trainee at the Jersey City Medical Center in 1966, the year of Guyana's independence. The first in the Bahadur family to immigrate, Kokila Bahadur sponsored her husband, children and many dozens of other relatives through provisions of the 1965 Hart-Cellar Act, the immigration law that profoundly changed the demographics of the United States.
Dalip Singh Saund on Black Voting Rights
Dalip Singh Saund (September 20, 1899 – April 22, 1973) was an American politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives. He served the 29th District of California from 1957 to 1963. He was the first Sikh American, Asian American and Indian American elected as a voting member of the United States Congress.
Mohaiyuddin Khan, trader
Khan left Guiana at the age of ten and traced out a seaman's or trader’s trajectory over the course of his life, traveling across the Malay States, India, South America, Africa, Japan, China, Switzerland, Ceylon and Italy. Khan had become a naturalized U.S. citizen the year before. For six months in 1921-1922, he traveled to London to buy skins and hides as an agent for an A.M.
Poem, "Ramu" Manuscript
This is the original manuscript for Ramu, composed while Moses Bhagwan was imprisoned by the British for his role as an anti-colonial leader, in the youth wing of the Guiana's People's Progressive Party.
Letter from Kamala Cornelius
Page one of letter from Kamala Cornelius (Pennsylvania College for Women Class of 1918) reprinted in the June 1919 issue of the Alumnae Recorder. The letter includes a discussion of Cornelius' work in Madras, India and how coursework at PCW served to prepare her. The letter offers congratulations to the class of 1919 and is continued on the second page.