Kanwal Prakash Singh and Richard Hamilton
Kanwal Prakash Singh and Richard Hamilton Kanwal Prakash Singh and Richard Hamilton Kanwal Prakash Singh and Richard Hamilton Kanwal Prakash Singh and Richard Hamilton

Kanwal Prakash Singh and Richard Hamilton

Recorded September 13, 2007 01:19:17
Kanwal Prakash Singh and Richard Hamilton
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Id: MBX003054

Description

Kanwal Prakash (aka KP) (68) tells his friend Richard Hamilton (80) about surviving the violent partition of India and Pakistan in 1947, and later coming to American to become an architect.

Subject Log / Time Code

02:12
15 million people were relocated during the partition of India and Pakistan, KP was eight years old.
03:37
Remembers every gunshot from night of September 8th, 1947, family hid in Sikh temple.
07:31
KP’s family was scattered during move, but all survived and found each other in Punjab.
11:00
Went to University of Michigan, met wife Janice.
25:00
KP describes his spirituality in relationship to love of art and architecture.

Participants

  • Kanwal Prakash Singh
  • Richard Hamilton

Venue / Recording Kit