Jugal: Congratualtions!!! That is a very beautiful English translation of a beautiful Assamese short story by Mahim Bora, one of the prominent and successful Assamese short story writers of the modern age. The short story "Key^a Ag^li" depicts a scene from the rural Assamese society rather of the old age; how blind beliefs and faiths used to control the village lives (or may still do in some parts). Bora showed how a small thing like a minor deformation of a finger of the bride's foot can make her and that of the entire family miserable beyond belief, how the villagers used to be affected by comments from higher ups, how the whole scene seem so meaningless from the eyes of the modern enlightened age, but how real it was at some point of time. The story was made even more beutiful with a O.Henry like twist at the end by the sudden discovery of the deformation of the 'keya anguli' of the Madam Mauzadar. BTW Mihim Bora's another famous story is titled 'Twp'. If you have not translated it yet, that is a hint.
Jugal. You make beutiful translations. I simply wish that you keep it up, and one day you will surprise all of us with the publication of an anthology of 'Assamese Short Stories'. Wish you best of luck. Thanks Rajen Barua ----- Original Message ----- From: "J Kalita" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 9:11 PM Subject: [Assam] A short story by Mahim Bora, translated from Assamese, seekingcomments > Hello, > > I had recently translated an Assamese short story written by Mahim > Bora called Keya~ A~guli. I am attaching it for you to read. If you care > to read, I would like > to know your comments. Especially, I don't quite understand what the > big deal about the deformed toes is. Can someone please explain? > > Jugal > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > _______________________________________________ > Assam mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam > > To unsubscribe or change options: > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam > _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam To unsubscribe or change options: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam
