[Assam] A Question

[Rajen & Ajanta Barua]

Chandan
If I remeber, the novel Mati aru Manuh by Jogesh Das (?) may be based on the 
novel Good Earth by Pers Buck, because I rembered the similarity when 
reading the novel.
Rajen
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From: "Chan Mahanta" <cmahanta at charter.net>
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> WK:
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> No, it is not How Much Land Does a Man Need -- we knew that story
> well from our matriculation syllabus as well.
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> I remember the title Maati Aaru Manuh well. But I could be mixed up
> about the names of the main characters. My very vague recollection is
> that the story dealt with pioneering characters in a new or frontier
> land.
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> At 10:02 AM +0100 12/9/07, W.Saleh wrote:
>>How Much Land Does a Man Need?
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>>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.
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>>I don't know if an Assamese translation "Maati aaru Manuh" refers to the
>>same story. The name of the main character is different.
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>>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.
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>>Wahid da
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>>Verzonden: zondag 9 december 2007 8:57
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>>Dear Manoj
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>>   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:-)?
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>>Manoj Das <dasmk2k at gmail.com> wrote:
>>   ok...i am forwarding this mail to shantanu nandan sharma..his 
>> grandfather
>>may know..
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>>tc
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>>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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