[Assam] A Question
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Sun Dec 23 08:29:00 PST 2007
Original Book: Matiro Manush
Language: Oriya
Author: KALINDI CHARAN MAHAPATRA
Assamese Translation: Matir Manuh
Year of Translation: 1962
Translator: Satyendra Nath Sarma
Publisher: Sahitya Academy
This information was given by Bijit Borthakur of Amolapatty, Nagaon.
I have checked Sahitya Academy website, and found this info:
- Matir Manuh (Matir Manish, Oriya)
by Kalindi Charan Panigrahi)
Foreword Harekrushna Mahtab
Tr. Satyendranath Sarma
Pp. 200 Reprint (1995)
ISBN 81-7201-900-9
Rs 40.00
http://www.sahitya-akademi.org/sahitya-akademi/bklst01.htm
cheers!
On Dec 11, 2007 12:32 AM, Rajen & Ajanta Barua <barua25 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 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>
> To: "A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around theworld" <
> assam at assamnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 8:01 AM
> Subject: Re: [Assam] A Question
>
>
> > 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
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>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.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> 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
> >>>> >
> >>>> >
> >>>> >> 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
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>>-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> >>>> >>>Van: assam-bounces at assamnet.org [mailto:
> assam-bounces at assamnet.org]
> >>>> Namens
> >>>> >>>uttam borthakur
> >>>> >>>Verzonden: zondag 9 december 2007 8:57
> >>>> >>>Aan: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around
> the
> >> >> world
> >>>> >>>CC: shantanunandan sharma; shantanu sharma; shantanu sharma
> >>>> >>>Onderwerp: Re: [Assam] A Question
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>>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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