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" <[email protected]> >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 >>>> >> [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 >> > > >_______________________________________________ >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
