OpenSpeaks-thq-Eastern Tharu-Achhai Chaudhary-SC-Medicinal Plants 01

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In this video, Achhai Chaudhary, a speaker of the Eastern (Saptariya) Tharu language of Nepal and a resident of Saptari District from the Madhesh Province of Nepal, shares about the medicinal properties of several local plants in his native language, Eastern (Saptariya) Tharu, in 2025. Interviewed by Sanjib Chaudhary. Unused or trimmed archival footage from the film was edited by Subhashish Panigrahi and published under the OpenSpeaks Archives project in 2026. Eastern Tharu, Nepali, and English subtitles are by Sanjib Chaudhary, and the subtitles are edited by Panigrahi.

Metadata

Project/Film name: OpenSpeaks Archives

Cast: Achhai Chaudhary

Interviewer: Sanjib Chaudhary

Interview location: Terahota, Saptari District, Madhesh Province, Nepal

Language: Kochila Tharu (ISO 639: thq)

Runtime: 1:18

Color: Color

Sound: Stereo

Genre: Documentary film

Topic: Medicinal plant, Language documentation

Archive

Wikimedia Commons, in Wikimedia Commons

Licence or status

CC BY-SA 4.0, as the Wikimedia Commons states it.

Rights statement

Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0

Credit

Achhai Chaudhary / Sanjib Chaudhary

Subtitles

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