Dear Wahid da, I felt little emberrssed as you introduced yourself to me. I am keenly following your mails since I joined this group. In fact, i was introduced to you personally at one function at Lanu''s school for specially disabled children almost 2 years back. Anyway, thanx for your information about the books on Shankardeva. In fact, I didnot know about some of the books which you mentioned in your mails. I want to add another book entitled 'Unsung Colossus" written by Dr. Sivanath Barman some years back. I am glad that the numbers in the list is growing and many more will be added. Regards Gautam Choudhury
--- On Mon, 21/5/12, Wahid Saleh - Indiawijzer <w.sa...@indiawijzer.nl> wrote: From: Wahid Saleh - Indiawijzer <w.sa...@indiawijzer.nl> Subject: RE: [NorthEastIndia] Re: [Assam Society] First English book on Sankardev launched . (The Telegraph,11.05.2012) To: "'Gautam Choudhury'" <gautam...@yahoo.co.in> Cc: "Dr. Sanjib Kumar Borkakoti" <drsanjib.borkak...@gmail.com>, edi...@atributetosankaradeva.org, "Dr. Buljit Buragohain" <bul...@gmail.com> Date: Monday, 21 May, 2012, 1:55 PM Dear Mr. Choudhury, Namaskar, My name is Wahid Saleh. Originally I am from Jorhat and since 1963 I live in Europe. Since 1968 The Netherlands is my Karmabhumi and my second motherland. I am a follower of your articles and postings on the net. You have my full support for brining to the notice of the net-public that the title of the article published in the Telegraph is wrong [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120511/jsp/northeast/story_15475149.jsp ]. Being in Europe for a long time I might not have the right baggage to participate in this discussion. In English they say “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread”. But if I am not mistaken some of the books on Sankardeva published in English are: 1. Mahapurusha Srimanta Sankaradeva by Dr. Sanjib Kumar Borkakoty, 2005 http://books.google.nl/books/about/Mahapurusha_srimanta_Sankaradeva.html?id=7XfXAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y 2. Sankaradeva, his life, preachings, and practices: a historical biography Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa IAS, 2003 http://books.google.nl/books/about/Sankaradeva_his_life_preachings_and_prac.html?id=ITkqAAAAYAAJ&redir_esc=y 3. Sankaradeva, the Great Vaishnava Saint of India Kanak Chandra Deka 1982 http://www.atributetosankaradeva.org/research_books_eng.txt 4. Sankardeva and his Times dr. Maheswar Neog 1965 http://books.google.nl/books?id=5Q8hAAAAMAAJ&hl=nl&source=gbs_similarbooks 5. Sankardeva: Vaisnava Saint of Assam Dr. Birinchi Kumar Barua 1960 http://books.google.nl/books?id=Gg4QAQAAIAAJ&q=4.%09Sankardeva:+Vaisnava+Saint+of+Assam&dq=4.%09Sankardeva:+Vaisnava+Saint+of+Assam&hl=nl&sa=X&ei=i_a5T4K2Fcjd8gOYrfmlAg&sqi=2&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAA 6. Sankardeva: a study Hara Mohan Das 1945 http://books.google.nl/books/about/Sankardeva.html?id=1pNHAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y 7. Life and Teachings of Sankardeva By Dr. Banikanta Kakati 1921 Sanjib (Dr. Sanjib Kumar Borkakoty) also compiled a list of important Books and Articles about Life, Works and Philosophy of Srimanta Sankaradeva. http://sankaradeva.com/blogs/46 Warm regards, Wahid Saleh Chrysantenhof 33 2651 XJ Lansingerland The Netherlands The Dutch site for India related information Coming together is a beginning | Keeping together is progress | Working together is success. From: northeastin...@yahoogroups.com [mailto:northeastin...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Gautam Choudhury Sent: 21 May 2012 08:31 To: assam@assamnet.org; friendsofassa...@yahoogroups.com; northeastin...@yahoogroups.com; silc...@yahoogroups.com; axomiya_stude...@yahoogroups.com; assamsoci...@yahoogroups.com Cc: bimalphu...@hotmail.com Subject: [NorthEastIndia] Re: [Assam Society] First English book on Sankardev launched . (The Telegraph,11.05.2012) I found the title of the mail is totally wrong..There are already some other books on Shankardeva which were written in english. However, these were not published by big houses like Oxford etc. and hence, didnot get much publicity as this one probably got. The writer has done a good work not only by writing this book in english but publishing through a big house which will definitely drew much wider publicity than the other similar books had till now. But, he should not have claimed like “This is in a way the first English book on the saint’s life". Regards Gautam Choudhury --- On Mon, 21/5/12, Buljit Buragohain <buluas...@yahoo.co.in> wrote: From: Buljit Buragohain <buluas...@yahoo.co.in> Subject: [Assam Society] First English book on Sankardev launched . (The Telegraph,11.05.2012) To: assam@assamnet.org, friendsofassa...@yahoogroups.com, northeastin...@yahoogroups.com, silc...@yahoogroups.com, axomiya_stude...@yahoogroups.com, assamsoci...@yahoogroups.com Cc: bimalphu...@hotmail.com Date: Monday, 21 May, 2012, 11:31 AM First English book on Sankardev launched DIPANJAN SINHA Calcutta, May 10: Every story is born an orphan. It needs a storyteller for a name, nurture and recognition. The story of Srimanta Sankardeva was born within Bimal Phukan from the time he moved out of Assam to study engineering in Calcutta and was nurtured since for the recognition it got today at the Calcutta launch of its book Srimanta Sankaradeva — Vaishnava Saint of Assam at Oxford Bookstore. A little before the launch, Phukan spoke of how an engineering scholar turned into a storyteller. “Sankaradev was as socially or religiously significant in the 15th century during the Bhakti movement as Nanak, Chaitanya or Kabir but unfortunately very few people outside Assam know about him. Even in Assam Sankaradev is now an alien to the younger generation,” he said. An incident which influenced him was when Satyajit Ray was conferred the Xankaradeva award in 1975 he was unaware of even the saint’s existence. “When a man of Ray’s erudition is unaware of such a colossal social figure from a neighbouring state you realise there is something seriously wrong. Even Khushwant Singh who wrote a very positive review for my book admitted that before reading the book he hardly knew of Sankardev,” Phukan said. The fault, however, he feels is with the people who know his story but have not conveyed it in a language that can cross the barriers of culture and age. “This is in a way the first English book on the saint’s life. Before this there have been books written in Assamese or scholarly books which the common reader finds difficult to associate with. I hope this book can even get the NRI Assamese child interested in the guru whose picture he saw at his grandparents’ house,” he said. The book since its Assam launch in 2010 has been quite a success. A copy of the book can be found in reputed libraries in India and abroad. The British library, British Museum library, American library of Congress, London School of Eastern Studies and the Indian National library are some among the noteworthy ones. “I was so apprehensive of response from scholars that I would hardly ask them about the book. But I was surprised by the overwhelming appreciation,” he said. The book launch here was attended by poet and novelist Sunil Gangopadhyay and chairman of the World Poetry Festival, Ashis Sanyal. Sanyal stressed on the importance of translation to enable people across the country to read literatures of the country. 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