[Assam] A Question
Chan Mahanta
cmahanta at charter.net
Mon Dec 10 06:01:52 PST 2007
Thanks Uttam.
I was confused once more when I wrote to Rajen confirming it to be
Jogesh Das, who probably was the author of another translated novel I
read about the same time " Daawor Aaru Nai"--a war story.
It will be interesting to find out about the origins of Maati aaru Manuh.
Incidentally, The Good Earth story did not seem to be the origin.
c-da
At 4:29 AM +0000 12/10/07, uttam borthakur wrote:
>Chandan Da
>
> Matir Manooh is by Hitesh Deka, as confirmed by Paresh Malakar of Anwesha.
> Mati Aru Manooh to my belief is a translated piece and a Russian
>one at that. Like you, I have not read Pearl S Buck's Good Earth and
>there the characters' names are not what you say. And I am sure we
>did not have PSB's translated work at our place, only the English
>ones. Paresh says he'll trace the book if it was there in the first
>place.
>
>Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
> K
>
>
>Very apt indeed. Never came across it myself. Very similar to
>Dhulikona Moi by the late Chandradhar Barua.
>
>
>c-da
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>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 wrote:
>>>
>>> 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"
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>>> >
>>> >> 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.
>>> >>
>>> >> s
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> 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
>>>
>>> >>>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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>>> >>>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 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.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>> > >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> 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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