[Assam] A Question
Chan Mahanta
cmahanta at charter.net
Sun Dec 9 17:39:22 PST 2007
K
Very apt indeed. Never came across it myself. Very similar to
Dhulikona Moi by the late Chandradhar Barua.
c-da
At 2:42 PM -0600 12/9/07, kamal deka wrote:
>Chandanda,
>
>your query in regard to the Oxomiya book " Mati aru Manuh " reminds me of a
>Oxomiya kobita , I read during my early school years.I don't know the name
>of the poet nor do I remember all the stanzas of the same.I vaguely remember
>a few lines , which are as follows:
>" MATIR MANUH MATIT MILIBO
>DHUN PES KEO KORISE LAGIBO
>MISA GORBO MISA OBHIMAN
>MORILEY XOKOLU XOMAN
>SMOXANEI JOLONTO PROMAN"
>
>KJD
>
>
>On 12/9/07, Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net > wrote:
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>> You are right Rajen-- the author WAS Jogesh Das. Now I remember.
>>
>> But I never read The Good Earth by Pearl S Buck. I guess that is why
>> could not make the connection. I will have to look up The Good Earth
>> synopsis now, if not reads it some day.
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>> At 10:26 AM -0600 12/9/07, Rajen & Ajanta Barua wrote:
>> >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
>> >----- Original Message -----
>> >From: "Chan Mahanta" <cmahanta at charter.net>
>> >To: < w.saleh at indiawijzer.nl>; "A Mailing list for people interested in
>> Assam
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>> >Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 8:35 AM
>> >Subject: Re: [Assam] A Question
>> >
>> >
>> >> WK:
>> >>
>> >> No, it is not How Much Land Does a Man Need -- we knew that story
>> >> well from our matriculation syllabus as well.
>> >>
>> >> 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?
>> >>>
>> >>>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
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>> >>>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
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
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>> Namens
>> >>>uttam borthakur
>> >>>Verzonden: zondag 9 december 2007 8:57
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>> >>>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?
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> >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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