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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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >To: < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "A Mailing list for people interested in >> Assam >> >from around theworld" < assam@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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> 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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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. >> >>>> >> >> >>>> >> _______________________________________________ >> >>>> >> assam mailing list >> >>>> >> assam@assamnet.org >> >>>> >> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >> >>>> >> >> >>>> >_______________________________________________ >> >>>> >assam mailing list >> >>>> > assam@assamnet.org >> >>>> > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >> > >>> >> >>>> >> >>>> _______________________________________________ >> >>>> assam mailing list >> >>>> assam@assamnet.org >> >>>> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >> >>>> >> >>>_______________________________________________ >> >>>assam mailing list >> >>> assam@assamnet.org >> >>> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>>Uttam Kumar Borthakur >> >>> >> >>> >> >>>--------------------------------- >> >>> DELETE button is history. 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