Photograph of member of the India Venture Fund Group Jane Lorenzen, with fellow members Levi Acord and Janette Klein.

This report discusses border disputes between China and India in the Himalayas and the recent dispute at Doka La over China extending a road into disputed territory between Bhutan and China.

Melissa Robinson eliciting minimal pairs with Rengshing Dilbung, Koko at Hyderabad.

Melissa Robinson eliciting compound words with William Shilshi. Recorded at the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, India.

A conversation about directional words and various other constructions in Lamkang at IIIT-Hyderabad.

Recording of Rengshing Dilbung and William Shilshi's version of The Pear Story, recorded at Hyderabad.

Recording of Dilbung Bembem recorded in Imphal recollecting her time during the conflict. The story of the attack and burning down of her village Paraolon, the killing of her brother Dilbung Angpheng, and Simon and his father Darshel, Sankhil Kochai, and injuring her father Dilbung Rengtarnon by the Kuki. They buried the death family members at Challong and they escaped to Chandel as they were displaced due to the conflict.

Recording of William Shilshi telling his version of The Squirrel Story. Theipaa parkhaa ksel paomin.

Melissa Robinson eliciting minimal pairs with William Shilshi at Hyderabad.

Melissa Robinson eliciting minimal pairs with Angnam Shankhil in Hyderabad.

Transcription of a retelling of Talu ki yoong rek thul a ktrpeek? (Why are monkeys' bottoms flat?), as written by Khumwar Suungnem during a writing workshop sponsored by the Summer Institute of Linguistics. A fable explaining how monkeys' bottoms came to be flat. Long ago an old married couple had a monkey troop living next to them. The monkeys would eat all the seed they sowed, so the couple planted yams, which they would not eat. When the yams were slow to grow, one of the monkeys told them they ought to boil the yam seeds first. While the couple were in the field to boil water, the monkeys entered their house. They chased away the monkeys, and one that got stuck had its bottom beaten flat by the old man.

Interview with Preetha Ravindranath, a Bharatanatyam dancer from the Nilgiris District of Tamil Nadu, India. Ravindranath discusses her childhood, family background, learning dance, her education, the different schools of traditional dance, effects of the digital age, changes in dance over the years and its teaching, starting a family and its impact on her, and thoughts on Indian identity. Included is a glossary of terms, and in appendix a photo of Ravindranath.