[Assam] A Question

[Chan Mahanta]

No wagers Uttam. Just a curiosity arising out of a flicker of ancient 
memory, perhaps accidentally turned over in the course of a routine 
disk optimization procedure :-).









At 7:57 AM +0000 12/9/07, uttam borthakur wrote:
>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:
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>>  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:
>>  >
>>  >> 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
>>  >> book.
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