[Assam] A Question
Rajen & Ajanta Barua
barua25 at hotmail.com
Mon Dec 10 11:02:29 PST 2007
Chandan;
I was not sure about the author. That was why I put a question mark. However, I am clear about the plot. It resembles that of Good Earth which I have read as well as seen the movie. It is about a Chinese peasant how he started his life and family clearing new land etc. When you told that about the plot of Mati Aru Manuh, I remembered the plot now. At that time also I was thinking that Mati Aru Manuh was based on Good Earth. But I don't think it was mentioned anywhere. It was definitely not a translation of that book or any other book I think. It was definitely not Tolstoy. But who knows, I may be wrong. Let us se when someone find a copy of Mati Aru Manuh. I will check with a book stall in Guwahati.
Thanks
Rajen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chan Mahanta" <cmahanta at charter.net>
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Subject: Re: [Assam] A Question
> Thanks Uttam.
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> 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.
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> It will be interesting to find out about the origins of Maati aaru Manuh.
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> Incidentally, The Good Earth story did not seem to be the origin.
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> At 4:29 AM +0000 12/10/07, uttam borthakur wrote:
>>Chandan Da
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>> 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.
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>>Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
>> K
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>>Very apt indeed. Never came across it myself. Very similar to
>>Dhulikona Moi by the late Chandradhar Barua.
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>>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"
>>>> >To: < w.saleh at indiawijzer.nl>; "A Mailing list for people interested in
>>>> Assam
>>>> >from around theworld" < assam at assamnet.org>
>>>> >Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 8:35 AM
>>>> >Subject: Re: [Assam] A Question
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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.
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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
>>>>
>>>> >>>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-----
>>>> >>>Van: assam-bounces at assamnet.org [mailto: assam-bounces at assamnet.org]
>>>> 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 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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