Miri Jiyori

Description

Miri Jiyori (1894) is a love story by Rajanikanta Bordoloi set in the Miri (now referred to as the Misings) community. A passionate story about doomed love, it was written at a time when the novel as a literary form was yet in a nascent stage. With a deeply sympathetic portrayal of a young Miri couple who matured from being childhood companions to a deeply committed but doomed couple in love, the novel is also a statement on the Mising community as well as a compassionate plea of humanism.

The novel has been translated for the Centre for Assamese Studies, Tezpur University, by Dr. Suranjana Barua and published by Publication Board Assam in 2012. This translated version includes an extensive Translator’s Note that deals with the various issues of translating an epochal text such as Miri Jiyori in view of various translation theories as well as challenges afforded by the act of translation (which include, amongst others, its socio-political, linguistic and cultural dimensions).