[Assam] A Question

[W.Saleh]

How Much Land Does a Man Need? 

It is a short story by Leo Tolstoy about a man called Pahom who in his lust
for land, sacrifices everything, including his own life. Years ago this
short story was included in the English syllabus of our Matriculation
examination.

I don't know if an Assamese translation "Maati aaru Manuh" refers to the
same story. The name of the main character is different.

Encyclopaedia of Indian literature vol. 2, page 1434 mentions about the work
of Lila Gogoi including the publication of 1963 - Srimantar Mati aru Manuh
(a study of the life and culture of the tribes of the Arunachal Pradesh).
This is not the book which Chandan means.

Wahid da


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uttam borthakur
Verzonden: zondag 9 december 2007 8:57
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Onderwerp: Re: [Assam] A Question

Dear Manoj 
   
  I seem to remember the book and its get up. It had a hard bound, turbid in
its colour and had some sort of figure in the cover. I too suspect as you do
to be that of Tolstoy. My mother seconds me. May be the original title by
Tolstoy was different. Some people told me that they will look up. Has
Chandan Da wagered some where:-)?

Manoj Das <dasmk2k at gmail.com> wrote:
  ok...i am forwarding this mail to shantanu nandan sharma..his grandfather
may know..

tc

On Dec 8, 2007 8:57 PM, Chan Mahanta wrote:

> I am not sure it was Tolstoy Manoj. I looked up Tolstoy's works and
> did not ring a bell. Must be some other great author.
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> At 10:03 AM +0530 12/8/07, Manoj Das wrote:
> >is it by leo tolstoy?
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> >On Dec 8, 2007 8:54 AM, Chan Mahanta wrote:
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> >> Way back when I was in Class VI or VII, I read an Assamese
> >> translation of a novel entitled Maati aaru Manuh. If I am not
> >> mistaken, the two principal characters in the novel were Isaac and
> >> Einaar ( or Inaar) or something like that. Has anyone read it? If so
> >> who wrote the original and who was the translator? I am curious to
> >> all heck, now that I can't remember the details. BTW, it was a thick
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