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Raji women carrying wood to local markets

Description: Photograph of Raji women carrying wood. Every day many Raji women carry wood they collect from jungles on their heads and come to the local market to sell it. Sometimes, they directly go to Kumauni families who are their regular customers.
Date: 2008
Creator: Rastogi, Kavita
Partner: UNT College of Information

Raji women in Mahakali Dhaba in the Jaulibi market

Description: Photograph of a group of Raji women (Basanti, Kalawati, etc.) sitting in Mahakali Dhaba enjoying tea. There are around 7 or 8 restaurants in Jauljibi market, but they either go to Ojha's place or Mahakali. Location-wise, Mahakali is at the beginning of the market, whereas Ojha ji's dhabha is situated at the endpoint. Rajis from Ganagaon hamlet usually visit Mahakali, whereas Kimkhola residents prefer Ojha ji's dhaba.
Date: 2008
Creator: Rastogi, Kavita
Partner: UNT College of Information

ARPAN meeting of Raji and Bhotia women

Description: Photograph of a cluster meeting that was organized by a local NGO 'ARPAN'. At this lunch meeting, Rastogi met many Raji women to cross-check spellings of various Raji words. Bhotia tribal women were also invited. Though educationally, economically, and socially, Bhotia are better off, Rajis consider themselves King of the forest, so many elderly Raji ladies did not have food as the Bhotia ladies were cooking food.
Date: 2008
Creator: Rastogi, Kavita
Partner: UNT College of Information

Elicitation of common words

Description: Elicitation of common nouns including body parts, family members, household items, clothing, and the natural world, and question words. Kushal Singh helps translate. Recorded in the Altodi Raji hamlet.
Date: November 16, 1998
Duration: 2 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: Rastogi, Kavita
Partner: UNT College of Information

ARPAN meeting of Raji and Bhotia women

Description: Photograph of a cluster meeting that was organized by a local NGO 'ARPAN'. At this lunch meeting, Rastogi met many Raji women to cross-check spellings of various Raji words. Bhotia tribal women were also invited. Though educationally, economically, and socially, Bhotia are better off, Rajis consider themselves King of the forest, so many elderly Raji ladies did not have food as the Bhotia ladies were cooking food.
Date: 2008
Creator: Rastogi, Kavita
Partner: UNT College of Information

ARPAN meeting of Raji and Bhotia women

Description: Photograph of a cluster meeting that was organized by a local NGO 'ARPAN'. At this lunch meeting, Rastogi met many Raji women to cross-check spellings of various Raji words. Bhotia tribal women were also invited. Though educationally, economically, and socially, Bhotia are better off, Rajis consider themselves King of the forest, so many elderly Raji ladies did not have food as the Bhotia ladies were cooking food.
Date: 2008
Creator: Rastogi, Kavita
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Field notes from elicitations

Description: Field notes from elicitations of common nouns (body parts, family members, colors, natural objects) and sentence structure. Sentence examples demonstrate negation, interrogatives, conditionals, and pronouns in Raji.
Date: 1998/2004
Creator: Rastogi, Kavita
Partner: UNT College of Information

Elicitation of simple sentences

Description: Elicitation of simple sentences in Raji including pronouns, grammatical gender, negation, and interrogatives. Recorded in Bhagichaura.
Date: November 17, 1998
Duration: 1 minute 48 seconds
Creator: Rastogi, Kavita
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation with Raji speakers

Description: Conversation to cross check the elicited data related to body parts, kinship terms, color terms and natural objects with an aim to find the dialectal variation. Recorded in Askote.
Date: 2001
Duration: 47 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: Rastogi, Kavita
Partner: UNT College of Information
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