Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods

Jagadindu Barman describes his experience during the 2022 Assam floods. The speaker is a retired government worker with a high school education who speaks Bengali, Hindi, and English in addition to Dimasa. He is 62 years old at the time of recording.
Date: October 12, 2022
Creator: Barman, Moumita
System: The UNT Digital Library
Description of life in Chhitkul village in earlier times captions transcript

Description of life in Chhitkul village in earlier times

Amir Sing describes how life was in Chhitkul village before it was connected to the world by major roads, or the 'highway road.' He emphasizes how hard life was in Chhitkul when the village was still isolated, before the road was built in the 1980s. The recording was made at Amar Guest House, which is run by Amir and his family. The video starts at the back of Chhitkul's main temple and follows the narrow path up to the wooden guest house.
Date: October 12, 2018
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
System: The UNT Digital Library

Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods

Brojogopal Barman describes his experience during the 2022 Assam floods. The speaker is a retired government worker with a high school education who speaks Bengali, Hindi, and English in addition to Dimasa. He is 70 years old at the time of recording.
Date: October 12, 2022
Creator: Barman, Moumita
System: The UNT Digital Library

Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods

Raj Barman describes his experience during the 2022 Assam floods. The speaker is a student with a BA education who speaks Bengali, Hindi, and English in addition to Dimasa. He is 22 years old at the time of recording.
Date: October 12, 2022
Creator: Barman, Moumita
System: The UNT Digital Library

Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods

Shyamapada Barman describes his experience during the 2022 Assam floods. The speaker is a retired government worker with a high school education who speaks Bengali, Hindi, and English in addition to Dimasa. He is 60 years old at the time of recording.
Date: October 12, 2022
Creator: Barman, Moumita
System: The UNT Digital Library
Roshan Laal Negi's experience in the Indian army captions transcript

Roshan Laal Negi's experience in the Indian army

Roshan Laal Negi describes his experience in the ITBP (Indo-Tibetan Border Police) and in the Indian Army. The ITBP is very much present in the area of Chhitkul village, notably due to recurring tensions with China. The recording was made in the living room of his house in Chhitkul village. His house is one of the most spacious houses at the back of the village.
Date: October 12, 2018
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description of making pitang oying

Joya Medok Doley describes the process of making pitang oying, a traditional dish of the Mising community made with rice and chicken. She begins by washing the rice with water. After washing, a small amount of water is left so the grains expand. She then peels ginger and garlic. Black pepper and chilies should be added based on the amount of curry that is being made. Then, she removes the soaked rice and pounds it with a mortar and pestle. The rice is pounded till it becomes grainy. The hen is put into hot boiling water. This makes it easy to remove the feathers. The hen is then roasted in the fire. For the pitang oying, big pieces of chicken are preferred. These pieces are tied together with a string or leaf so that the pieces of the same hen do not get mixed with other hen's pieces because the dish is being made for a ui (domestic puja). Mustard oil is put on a wok. Then, we wait until it becomes hot. Paanch phoran (Indian masala) is put and stirred until black, then chicken pieces are placed. Onions are added, followed by ginger-garlic paste. Black pepper, chili paste, tumeric, …
Date: October 12, 2022
Creator: Doley, Normoda
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description of making yumrang oying

Joya Medok Doley describes the process of making yumrang or jabor oying. Different types of green leafy vegetables such as tajik, takuk, ombe, mírné koːtung, gurban, and marsang are washed. They have to be rubbed together and rinsed thoroughly. Once the wok is hot, mustard oil is put in there. Once hot, we add panch phoran and onions. A ground mixture of chili, garlic, and onions is added. Any meat can be added. Here, we can see local chicken, which is bred at home, is being cooked. Then, salt and red chili powder are added accordingly. Then, the green leafy vegetables are added to the wok. She says most of the Mising people love to tear the leaves before adding. It is ready to serve after cooking the leaves for 5-10 minutes.
Date: October 12, 2022
Creator: Doley, Normoda
System: The UNT Digital Library