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Photograph of the locality of Burushaski speakers in Srinagar

Photograph of the neighbourhood in Srinagar where majority of the Burushaski speakers are settled. The historic Hariparbat Fort is visible on the horizon.
Date: June 2008
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Photograph of Sadfar and Mehboob

Photograph of Safdar and Mehboob, Srinagar Burushaski speakers Raja Safdar Ali Khan and Raja Mehboob Ali Khan.
Date: June 2008
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of Hira and Moti transcript

Retelling of Hira and Moti

Recording of Huma Safdar, a student, reciting "Hira and Moti," in the Srinagar dialect. This is a popular story told amongst Srinagar burushos.
Date: June 2008
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
India-U.S. Relations (open access)

India-U.S. Relations

This report discusses on relations between the United States and India, a relationship deepened in the Clinton and G. W. Bush Administrations. The report talks about the continuing U.S. interest in South Asia with a focus on ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan, the proliferation of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, human rights issues, caste-based discrimination, and India's economic expansion.
Date: July 1, 2008
Creator: Kronstadt, K. Alan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Near-Death Experiences in India: Prevalence and New Features (open access)

Near-Death Experiences in India: Prevalence and New Features

Study seeking to learn about the prevalence rate in a larger Indian population and to explore new features of near-death experiences (NDEs).
Date: Summer 2008
Creator: Pasricha, Satwant K.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Students at Raji Tribal Residential School

Photograph of children from classes 4 and 5 during a break from class.
Date: 2008
Creator: Rastogi, Kavita
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Satyendra Awasthi working with students at Raji Tribal Residential School

Photograph of Satyendra Awasthi, project assistant, cross-checking data with students Vijay and Ramesh. After completing residential school, a few senior Raji male students enrolled at the local Intermediate College. Vijay and Ramesh were very cooperative.
Date: 2008
Creator: Rastogi, Kavita
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Raji women carrying wood to local markets

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
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Raji women in Mahakali Dhaba in the Jaulibi market

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
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

ARPAN meeting of Raji and Bhotia women

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
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

ARPAN meeting of Raji and Bhotia women

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
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

ARPAN meeting of Raji and Bhotia women

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
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
Capability and cost assessment of the major forest nations to measure and monitor their forest carbon (open access)

Capability and cost assessment of the major forest nations to measure and monitor their forest carbon

According to the Executive Summary, the aims and objective of this report are to provide an assessment of national capacity and capability in 25 tropical countries for measuring and monitoring forest as a requirement for reporting on REDD under IPCC guidelines. This paper was commissioned by the United Kingdom Office of Climate Change as background work to its report 'Climate Change: Financing Global Forests' (the Eliasch Review).
Date: April 7, 2008
Creator: Harcastle, P. D.; Baird, David & Harden, Virginia
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Towards Sustainable Global Health (open access)

Towards Sustainable Global Health

Global health has in recent years drawn increasing scientific, political and popular attention not only due to global epidemics themselves,but also because of the social activities and environmental conditions that shape health threats and influence those who are affected. The study dealswith the issue of 'Sustainable Global Health'which has evolved from the realization that there will be no alleviation of poverty without success in control of serious public health threats, no economic prosperity and sustainability without a healthy workforce, and no social stability and peace as long as people have to suffer from insufficient health services, from malnutrition, from HIV/AIDS pandemics, or from lack of safe water. The study addresses a broad range of issues related to human health at regional and global levels. It includes the theme of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) as a tool for the private sector to exercise responsibility and interest in using the workplaces as a route and as means for education, and for a wide participation of every citizen in securing his or her individual health and well-being. Highlighted throughout the study are integrated approaches towards sustainable health.These approaches shed light on both the importance of multilevel health governance and the …
Date: 2008
Creator: Exner, Martin; Klein, Günter; Rechkemmer, Andreas & Schmidt, Falk
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
United Nations Declarations on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples-UNDRIP (open access)

United Nations Declarations on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples-UNDRIP

Chaatti Kunpun ni Mdopandandok Indigenous Mii Rek Kih Ruhtana, the United Nations Declarations on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Lamkang. Translated by Sumshot Khular, the indigenous peoples rights provision under UNDRIP.
Date: 2008
Creator: Khular, Sumshot
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Traditional story about Benglam (open access)

Transcription: Traditional story about Benglam

Transcription of a Benglam story, as told by Rengpu Rex Khullar. Very short story about Benglam acting foolishly: Sitting up in a tree, he saws a branch between himself and the trunk, and falls and breaks his back.
Date: May 2008
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Nuclear Cooperation with India: Issues for Congress (open access)

U.S. Nuclear Cooperation with India: Issues for Congress

This report discusses the United States' relationship with India as it relates to nuclear arsenals and nuclear nonproliferation policies. The report includes background information on India's nuclear history and nuclear weapons-specific U.S. legislation.
Date: July 30, 2008
Creator: Kerr, Paul K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Nuclear Cooperation with India: Issues for Congress (open access)

U.S. Nuclear Cooperation with India: Issues for Congress

This report discusses the United States' relationship with India as it relates to nuclear arsenals and nuclear nonproliferation policies. The report includes background information on India's nuclear history and nuclear weapons-specific U.S. legislation.
Date: October 17, 2008
Creator: Kerr, Paul K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Nuclear Cooperation with India: Issues for Congress (open access)

U.S. Nuclear Cooperation with India: Issues for Congress

This report discusses the United States' relationship with India as it relates to nuclear arsenals and nuclear nonproliferation policies. The report includes background information on India's nuclear history and nuclear weapons-specific U.S. legislation.
Date: May 20, 2008
Creator: Kerr, Paul K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Nuclear Cooperation with India: Issues for Congress (open access)

U.S. Nuclear Cooperation with India: Issues for Congress

This report discusses the United States' relationship with India as it relates to nuclear arsenals and nuclear nonproliferation policies. The report includes background information on India's nuclear history and nuclear weapons-specific U.S. legislation.
Date: October 9, 2008
Creator: Kerr, Paul K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tunza: The UNEP Magazine for Youth, Volume 6, Number 2, 2008 (open access)

Tunza: The UNEP Magazine for Youth, Volume 6, Number 2, 2008

Tunza is a UNEP magazine for and by young people. This issue is devoted to sustainable food production and consumption.
Date: 2008
Creator: Lean, Geoffrey
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library

Photograph of a Manipuri manuscript: Sading Sakok

This is a photograph of Manipuri manuscript, known as a puya, on agar bark containing traditional lore. It is written in the Meithei Mayek script, a Brahmic script which has been used since the 11th century. It was photographed through a plastic barrier, with the label 'SADING SAKOK'.
Date: 2008~
Creator: Molinaro, Mary
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Raji Tribal Residential School in Pithograrh district, Uttaranchal

Photograph of the entrance of Raji Tribal Residential School, Jauljibi, Pithoragarh, Uttaranchal. The school was managed with the help of the Tribal Department of the Govt of India by the President of the Marginal Schedule Tribe Federation of Pithoragarh.
Date: 2008
Creator: Rastogi, Kavita
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Students at Raji Tribal Residential School

Photograph of students of classes 2 & 3 sitting inside their classroom.
Date: 2008
Creator: Rastogi, Kavita
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library