Conversation about a visit to Kashmir

This is a conversation between Naik Muhammad (a 42-year old male driver) and Muhammad Awaiz (a 32-year old male government servant) about Naik Muhammad's recent visit to Kashmir.
Date: January 10, 2019
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of causative verbs and verb conjugation transcript

Analytical discussion of causative verbs and verb conjugation

Causative verbs and verb conjugation discussion with Daniel Tholung in Chandel based on the conjugation of the verb 'sleep'.
Date: August 10, 2018
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of a poem about a happy life

This is a poem by Muhammad Awaiz (a 32-year old male). In this poem he says that the whole world is like our home, we should live a happy life by co-operating with each other.
Date: March 10, 2019
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
System: The UNT Digital Library

Personal narrative of Muhammad Awaiz

Recording of a personal narrative by Muhammad Awaiz (a 31-year old male) in which the speaker talks about the economic hardships he endured as a student up until high school. He then moved to a far off big city in search of a job. There, he acquired a government job which helped him improve his financial situation. In this light, he reiterates his resolve to provide his children better education and better opportunities.
Date: March 10, 2019
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of the story of seven brothers and a sister

This is a retelling of the story about seven brothers and their sister by Muhammad Awaiz (a 32-year old government servant) with Naik Muhammad (a 42-year old male) as the listener. In this story, the brothers get separated from their sister and the latter is searching for them. The sister finds her lost brothers in a forest but the brothers cannot recognise her and each one of them wants to marry her. When the sister lets them know that she was their sister, they drop the idea of marrying her.
Date: January 10, 2019
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
System: The UNT Digital Library

Traditional story about an orphan who encounters a tiger

This a traditional story about an orphan who encounters a tiger; by using a container with a mirror on top, he manages to convince the tiger that he (the orphan) has caught a large tiger in that container; the tiger is scared and the orphan ends up managing to steal gold from the tigers’ Rongker (= the name of a ceremony in Karbi traditional culture) due to his trick with the mirror container. Chikari Tisso was an active listener during the recording of this text. All of his backchanneling as well as clarification questions and other remarks are included in this transcription, signaled by{curly brackets}.
Date: April 10, 2010
Creator: Konnerth, Linda
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of a folk song 'Lungthonbui lui Nthai liwna'

This folk song is a message to a girl who wants to marry outside her village from her lover, sung by late Namrihabou of Rienta village.
Date: June 10, 2011
Creator: Mataina, Wichamdinbo
System: The UNT Digital Library