Prof. B. D. Mishra's paper in Prof. M. B. Emeneau Centenary International Conference on South Asian Linguistics is titled "Two Relics of Folklore of Aghari Dialect: A Case Study". This paper attempts to highlight two relics found in folklore of Aghari, the main dialect of Banda district of UP. One of them, according to him, is the dual nature of the term/name Radha-used both as a deity and a term used by the local folk to abuse a lady. The second relic is the presence of present indefinite in main verb, apart from the auxiliary verb in folk songs alone.

          The district chosen by the author for the study is mythologically related with the Hindu Epics of Ramayana and Mahabharata and geographically is an area full of forests and hills of Vindyachal ranges. It is observed that Yadavas, mostly called as Ahirs, dominate numerically among the castes and the district has an educational status of below average.

           The paper presents case-studies related to the folk mind, mainly unconsciously, a strange folk custom practice and a tense surviving in folk songs in that dialect. The first case- study analyses the reasons behind the dual nature of the term Radha, deriving conclusions from Mahabharata, especially the story of Shishupala vadha, deducing that the hatred of Shishupal towards Krishna and Radha remained in subconscious minds of the population or the open defiance of marriage tradition was disliked by the masses.

           The second strange practice he presents is about the concept of 'ashirvad', where in contrast to the regular practice of being blessed by the elders, the person who touches the feet of the elders shower him/her with blessings. Prof. B. D. Mishra, finds such practices mentioned in Tulasidas's Ramayan also.

           The third relic relates to use of present indefinite as basic tense in finite verbs infolk songs alone. Aghari dialect, unlike Hindi retains the form of verb for deonting present indefinite that is exactly equal to auxiliary verb in function. But the presence of this relic, as observed by him, is limited to the folk-songs only.

           In conclusion, B. D. Mishra presents many conclusive evidences to the uniqueness of Aghari Dialect.

           In the discussion that followed the session, chaired by Prof. Hans Henrich Hock, Prof. K. Narayan observed the influence of lexical elements on folk-Ramayana and their structural influence and opined that the lexical borrowing is different from that of structural borrowing.