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[News Script: Global events]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about global events in locations such as Vietnam, Cambodia, India, and Pakistan.
Date: April 20, 1971, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Pakistan]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the Pakistan government radio charging that armed men from India are crossing into rebellious East Pakistan.
Date: April 1, 1971, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Bwisagi

Description: A poem on Boro New year festival Bwisagu included in a mouthpiece of the All Odalguri Silver Jubilee year celebration, Odalguri College, Udalguri held on 15-22, April 2017.
Date: April 22, 2017
Creator: Boro, Kiran
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Notes on languages on Northeast India

Description: Handwritten notes on several langues of Northeast India in Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and Arunachal Pradesh. Includes lists of languages, language name variants, hand drawn maps, and basic demographics of language communities. Notes on classification compare how the Linguistic Survey of India, Robert Schafer, and Geoffrey Marrison group these languages.
Date: April 2004
Creator: Burling, Robbins
Partner: UNT College of Information
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The India-Pakistan War of November-December 1971: Background, Causes, and The Role of American Diplomacy

Description: This report discusses the November and December 1971, war between India and Pakistan over the persecution of Hindus by the West Pakistani army fighting East Pakistani rebels in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and their refusal to allow East Pakistan to become independent. The war ended with India's defeat of the West Pakistani army in East Pakistan and the recognition of the new country of Bangladesh. U.S. policy towards India and Pakistan is also discussed.
Date: April 20, 1972
Creator: Niksch, Larry A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Conversation about the Panchayat

Description: Arvind and Kahan discuss the Panchayat, the village leadership that runs government programs in Chhitkul village, and what it has achieved. Arvind is a current member of the Panchayat, while Kahan is a former member. The recording was made at Amar Guest House in Chhitkul.
Date: April 12, 2019
Duration: 11 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Conversation about the Dhumti road

Description: Rajesh Kumar Thakur and Bhag Singh Negi discuss the Dumti road, which was being built at the time. The road will connect Chhitkul to Dumti, located closer to the border with China (Tibet). Dumti will serve as a military post. The road is the result of recurring tensions between India and China. The recording was made in front of Rajesh's house in Chhitkul village.
Date: April 13, 2019
Duration: 6 minutes
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Radha Devi and Yashpal Singh narrate The Family Story

Description: Radha Devi and Yashpal Singh complete set-up 2 of the Family Story Task, a picture-based stimulus task. They sit back to back in the first instance: Yashpal describes the content of pictures 5, 7, 9, 12 & 15, and Radha, based on his description, tells him how to arrange the five pictures so as to make a story. Afterwards, they tell the story. This set-up turned out to be more manageable for both participants than the initial 16-picture task. The recording was made in Radha's second home in Dhan… more
Date: April 9, 2019
Duration: 2 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Amir Singh and Kahan Singh Negi narrate The Family Story, part 2

Description: Amir and Kahan complete set-up 1 of the Family Story Task, a picture-based stimulus task. This is the second part of the task where they tell the whole story from start to finish. The recording was made at Amir's home, Amar Guest House, in Chhitkul village.
Date: April 12, 2019
Duration: 5 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Amir Singh and Kahan Singh Negi narrate The Family Story, part 1

Description: Amir and Kahan complete set-up 1 of the Family Story Task, a picture-based stimulus task. They describe the 16 pictures and then rearrange them in whatever order they think is right. This recording is the first part of three. The task was broken into three parts because the instructions for this task are too lengthy. Consequently, breaking down the recording made it more manageable to follow the instructions. The recording was made at Amir's home, Amar Guest House, in Chhitkul village.
Date: April 12, 2019
Duration: 21 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Amir Singh and Kahan Singh Negi narrate The Family Story, part 3

Description: Amir and Kahan complete set-up 1 of the Family Story Task, a picture-based stimulus task. This is the final part of the task where they tell the whole story from start to finish, from the man's perspective. The recording was made at Amir's home, Amar Guest House, in Chhitkul village.
Date: April 12, 2019
Duration: 3 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Meena Kumari and Seema Devi narrate The Family Story

Description: Meena and Seema complete set-up 1 of the Family Story Task, a picture-based stimulus task. They describe the 16 pictures and then rearrange them in whatever order they think is right. Then, they tell the whole story from start to finish. In this case, the final step of re-telling the story from another perspective was skipped because there was no third participant. The recording was made at Uma Homestay in Rakchham village.
Date: April 14, 2019
Duration: 25 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Conversation about the functions of Oracle and Interpreter in Rakchham village

Description: Ravinder Singh Mathus and Devi Chand describe the functions they perform at Rakchham’s main temple. They are the interpreter and oracle of the local deities, respectively. The recording was made next to Shiv's temple in Rakchham, during a ritual break.
Date: April 10, 2019
Duration: 20 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Partner: UNT College of Information
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