This episode is a conversation with Bishnu Lall Bhujel on his life and work in the Bhujel community and its language revitalization activities. He is a member of the Bhujel community of Sikkim, a native speaker Linguist and a language activist playing a key role in its language revitalization activities. You can reach Bishnu at bishnubhujel.cel@gmail.com . The full transcript of the pod is available at https://elnetworkindia.wixsite.com/elni/post/podcast-ep-2-bhujel-language-revitalization-a-conversation-with-bishnu-bhujel. 

This episode features Dr Gerald Roche, anthropologist and Senior Research Fellow at La Trobe University, Melbourne. As an applied anthropologist,  he has collaborated with people in Tibet on various educational and cultural initiatives, including in the creation of the world's largest online archive of oral traditions from the Tibetan Plateau, and the publication of the first nationally-distributed English language textbooks designed specifically for Tibetans. ELNI members chat with Dr Roche about language politics and ideologies and how these connect with language revitalisation.

Episode transcripts are available at our website.

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An introduction to the podcast "Endangered Languages in India".  Episode transcript available at our website.

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