[Assam] A Question
Rajen & Ajanta Barua
barua25 at hotmail.com
Sun Dec 23 19:42:59 PST 2007
Chandan:
Kotha gohin hoise.
Enete Dawrai mwsot a eta pak di sigaretot eta tan di kiba bhabot dubil....
Rajen
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> Original Book: Matiro Manush
> Language: Oriya
> Author: KALINDI CHARAN MAHAPATRA
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> Assamese Translation: Matir Manuh
> Year of Translation: 1962
> Translator: Satyendra Nath Sarma
> Publisher: Sahitya Academy
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> This information was given by Bijit Borthakur of Amolapatty, Nagaon.
>
> I have checked Sahitya Academy website, and found this info:
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> - 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
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> http://www.sahitya-akademi.org/sahitya-akademi/bklst01.htm
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> cheers!
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> 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
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>> >>>> >>>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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