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 >> >> [email protected] >> >> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >> >> >> >_______________________________________________ >> >assam mailing list >> >[email protected] >> >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> assam mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >> >_______________________________________________ >assam mailing list >[email protected] >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > > >Uttam Kumar Borthakur > > >--------------------------------- > DELETE button is history. Unlimited mail storage is just a click away. >_______________________________________________ >assam mailing list >[email protected] >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > >_______________________________________________ >assam mailing list >[email protected] >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
