Re: [INDOLOGY] Hitler's ātmakatha

Thu May 22 17:22:42 UTC 2014

Professor Vielle starts <It remains to be studied why this book, so
sulfurously dealt with in Western countries, has been made so easily
available in various Indian languages >. The answer to this question is not
explicit in the first paragraph. I failed to find that in the maze of
pictures and quotations.
But the answer is easy. For some reason the Mein Kampf is  easily available
in the West too. The same reason should hold good for India. I request my
Western colleagues to assert the cause from native experience. There is
nothing special Indian here.
Another case is more interesting. The Kaamasuutra appeared many many times
in newer and newer editions in the West. In India too, but with less
frequency.
The opposite is true of Kautilya's Arthasatra.
The collective psyche might mildly vary. Never mind that
DB

On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 10:33 PM, Christophe Vielle <
christophe.vielle at uclouvain.be> wrote:

> It remains to be studied why this book, so sulfurously dealt with in
> Western countries, has been made so easily available in various Indian
> languages (as far as I can check) -  even if it is certainly not a
> best-seller on each of these different regional book-markets. Usually, it
> is rather the Western "classics" or modern popular novels or essays which
> are translated (see a few samples below). Apparently it is less for its
> historical (exemplary negative) value (as a political pamphlet) than
> because it is has been considered as a "super world famous autobiography"
> that it has been published and is sold as such. Strange. The Malayalam
> version (which keeps the German title, differently from the Tamil one which
> translates it) is furnished with an historical introduction and contrastive
> supplements. The same Publisher, a "normal" generalist one I would say, has
> also published books on Mother Theresa, on Ambedkar, Gandhi's Diary, Kerala
> communism, Malayalam translation of King Salomon Mines "classic",
> translation of the screenplay of the Godfather "legendary movie", a history
> of football, etc. etc. (interesting in fact to look at the huge number and
> the variety of its publications).
>
>
> http://www.indulekha.com/mein-kamph-hitlerude-aathmakatha-adolf%20hitler-autobiography-malayalam?author_id=29
>
>
> <http://www.indulekha.com/image/cache/data/Book%20Pages/M/meinkamph50-500x500.gif>
>
> <http://www.indulekha.com/image/cache/data/Book%20Pages/M/meinkamph50-500x500.gif>[image:
> Mein Kamph: Hitlerude Aathmakatha]<http://www.indulekha.com/image/cache/data/Book%20Pages/M/meinkamph50-500x500.gif>[image:
> Mein Kamph: Hitlerude Aathmakatha]<http://www.indulekha.com/image/cache/data/Book%20Pages/M/meinkamph51-500x500.gif>
> By: Adolf Hitler<http://www.indulekha.com/index.php?route=product/author/product&author_id=29>
> Publisher: Olive / Papiyon / Harmony <http://www.indulekha.com/olive>
> Shipping: World wide
> Category: Malayalam Memoirs
> Reward Points: 0
> Availability: In Stock
> Free Shipping in India for orders above Rs. 501/-
> Price: Rs240.00
>
>
>
> Description<http://www.indulekha.com/mein-kamph-hitlerude-aathmakatha-adolf%20hitler-autobiography-malayalam?filter_name=Hitler#tab-description>Reviews
> (2)<http://www.indulekha.com/mein-kamph-hitlerude-aathmakatha-adolf%20hitler-autobiography-malayalam?filter_name=Hitler#tab-review>
>
> One of the most popular autobiographies in the world; one of the most
> notorius authors in history: Mein Kamph and Adolf Hitler. This malayalam
> edition of Mein Kamph comes with a lot of rare photos. Two notes appended;
> first by Charlie Chaplin who mocked Hitler in his movie The Great Dictator
> and the second by Elie Wiesel.
>
> V P Subair did the translation, in a very readable language. There's an
> introduction by Prof. M N Vijayan.
>
> *Malayalam Title*: മെയ്‌ന്‍ കാംഫ്- ഹിറ്റ്‌ലറുടെ ആത്മകഥ
> *Pages*: 338
> *Size*: Demy 1/8
> *Binding*: Paperback
> *Edition*: 2008 September
> *Geetha Venugopal* | [image: 2 reviews]
> 28/02/2014
>
> valare prathikshayodeyanu ithu vayikanirunnathu. pakhse nirasa ayirunnu .
> Ithu mein kamphinte paribhashayo atho hiduismthinu ethirayulla
> pracharanamo? Njan oru rashtriyathilum viswasikkunna alalla. Mein kampf
> inte honest ayulla oru translation anu njagale poleyullavarku vendathu.
> Ithu poleyulla oru book vivarthanam cheyyumbol athil mattu rashtriyam
> cherkathirikkuka.
> *krishna* | [image: 2 reviews]
> 04/02/2014
>
> oru rastriyathilum viswasikkatha oru kootam vayankarund ennu
> manasilakkuka.hitlerude athmakadyilude vimarshangal alla vendath.
> vimarshikkan rastriya bookukal ezhuthunnathanu nallath.evide vendath mein
> kamph inte malayalam paribasha matramanu. allathe India ude rastrya bhavi
> alla.
>
> http://www.tamilbooksonline.in/searchbooks1.php?code=TA007670
> எனது போராட்டம்
> ENATHU PORATTAM (MEIN KAMPF)
> AUTHOR:ADOLF HITLER
> Price:Rs.200
>
>
> *6.	Buffett, Mary.*
> 	[New Buffettology. Malayalam]
> 	Da nyū baphat̲t̲ōḷaji : mār̲ikkoṇṭirikkunna vipaṇikaḷil vijayakaramāyi
> nikṣēpaṃ naṭatti lōkatte ēt̲t̲avuṃ praśastanāya nikṣēpakanāyi mār̲iya
> Vār̲an Baphat̲t̲int̲e payat̲t̲itteḷiñña nikṣēpatantraṅṅaḷ / Mēri Baphat̲t̲, Ḍēviḍ
> Kḷārkk ; vivarttanaṃ, Dilīp Philipp. -- Kottayam : DC Life : Distributors,
> Current Books, 2013.
> 	294 p. ; 21 cm.
> 	In Malayalam.
> 	Translated from English.
> 	Added title on cover: New Buffettology.
> 	"Vār̲an Baphat̲t̲ine lōkatte ēt̲t̲avuṃ valiya dhanikanuṃ
> nikṣēpakanumākkiya tantraṅṅaḷ"--Cover.
> 	Includes index.
> 	ISBN 9788126448753 (pbk.)
> 	1. Buffett, Warren. 2. Investments.
> 	USD 12.70 (pbk.)
>
> *7.	Jobs, Steve, *1955-2011.
> 	[I, Steve : SteveJobs, in his own words. Malayalam]
> 	Ñān St̲t̲īv : [St̲t̲īv Jōbsint̲e jīvitaṃ svantaṃ vākkukaḷil] / eḍit̲t̲ar, Jōrj
> Bīṃ ; paribhāṣa, Jōsaph Lāyēl. -- Kottayam : D C Books : Distributors,
> Current Books, 2012.
> 	167 p. ; 21 cm.
> 	In Malayalam.
> 	Translated from English.
> 	Added titlte on cover: I, Steve : Steve Jobs in his own words; Title
> on t.p. verso in roman: Njān Steve.
> 	Collection of direct quotes from Steve Jobs on topics related to
> business, technology, Apple, and life.
> 	
> 	"Asādhāraṇamāya āśayamikavināl ādhunikalōkatte munnōṭṭu
> nayicca St̲t̲īv Jōbsint̲e pracōdanātmakamāya jīvitādhyāyaṅṅaḷ"--Cover.
> 	ISBN 9788126434886 (pbk.)
> 	1. Jobs, Steve, 1955-2011.--Quotations. 2. Apple Computer, Inc.
> 3. Businesspeople--United States--Quotations. 4. Success in business-
> Quotations.
> 	USD 9.00 (pbk.) 	
>
>
>
>
>
> *4.	Camus, Albert, *1913-1960.
> 	[Étranger. Malayalam]
> 	Anyan / Albēr Kamyu ; paribhāṣa, Ālakkāṭṭ Salila. -- Kottayam : DC
> Books : Distributors, Current Books, 2013.
> 	110 p. ; 21 cm.
> 	Novel.
> 	In Malayalam.
> 	Translated from French.
> 	Title on t.p. verso in roman: Annyan; Added title on cover:
> L'etranger.
> 	Novel based on an ordinary man who gets drawn into a senseless
> murder in a beach outside Algeria.
> 	ISBN 9788126441433 (pbk.)
> 	1. Murder--Fiction. 2. Algeria.--Fiction. 3. Adventure stories. 4.
> French fiction.--Translations into Malayalam.
> 	USD 5.80 (pbk.)
>
>
> *24.	Roth, Philip.*
> 	[Plot against America. Malayalam]
> 	Amērikkaykketire upajāpaṃ / Philipp R̲ōtt ; vivarttanaṃ, Es.
> Śrīnivāsan. -- Kottayam : D C Books : Distributors, Current Books, 2011.
> 	439 p. ; 21 cm.
> 	Novel.
> 	In Malayalam.
> 	Translated from English.
> 	Title on t.p. verso in roman: Americkakkethire upajāpam; Added
> title on cover: Plot against America.
> 	Novel on Lindbergh Charles Augustus, 1902-1974, Aviator,
> author, social activist.
> 	ISBN 9788126429240 (pbk.)
> 	1. Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974.--Fiction.
> 2. Presidents--United States--Fiction. 3. Presidents--Election--Fiction. 4.
> Jews--United States--Fiction. 5. Antisemitism--Fiction. 6. Jewish fiction.
> 7. Political fiction, American.--Translations into Malayalam.
>
>
>
> *20.	Le Clézio, J.-M. G. (Jean-Marie Gustave), *1940-
> 	[Étoile errante. Malayalam]
> 	Alayunna nakṣatraṃ / Je. Eṃ. Ji. Le Kḷesiyō ; paribhāṣa,
> Dēśamaṅgalaṃ Rāmakr̥ṣṇan. -- Kottayam : D C Books : Distributors,
> Current Books, 2011.
> 	256 p. ; 21 cm.
> 	Novel.
> 	In Malayalam.
> 	Original in French; translated from English.
> 	Title on t.p. verso in roman: Alayunna nakshathram; Title on t.p.
> verso in French: Etoile errante; Added title on cover: Wandering star.
> 	Novel on the life of Palestinian refugees.
> 	
> 	"Sāhityattinuḷḷa Nobēl Sammānaṃ nēṭiya Je. Eṃ. Ji. Le Kḷesiyō "-
> Cover.
> 	ISBN 9788126434275 (pbk.)
> 	1. Refugees--Palestine--Social life and customs--Fiction. 2. French
> fiction.--Translations into Malayalam.
> 	USD 13.50 (pbk.)
>
> 25. Shelly, Mary, 1797-1851.
>
> [Frankenstein. Malayalam]
>
> 	Phrāṅkanst̲t̲ain athavā mōḍēṇ promītyas / Mēri Ṣelli ; paribhāṣa,
> Eṃ. Pi. Sadāśivan. -- 1st ed. -- Kozhikode : Olive Publications, 2009.
> 	202 p. ; 22 cm. -- (Olive classic library)
> 	Novel.
> 	In Malayalam.
> 	Translated from English.
> 	Title on t.p. verso in roman: Frankenstein adhava modern
> promithias; Added title on cover: Frankenstein.
> 	ISBN 8188779237 (pbk.)
> 	1. English fiction.--Translations into Malayalam.
> 	USD 9.90 (pbk.)
>
> *8.	Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, *1749-1832.
> 	Vertar̲uṭe dukhaṅṅaḷ : nōval / Yohān Voḷphgāṅ Phoṇ Gethe ;
> paribhāṣa, Suḷphi. -- 1st. ed. -- Kozhikode : Pappiyon, 2010.
> 	153 p. ; 22 cm. -- (Pappiyon classic library)
> 	Novel.
> 	In Malayalam.
> 	Translated from German.
> 	Title on t.p. verso in roman: Vertherude dhukhangal.
> 	ISBN 9788187474470 (pbk.)
> 	1. German fiction.--Translations into Malayalam.
> 	USD 9.00 (pbk.)
>
> *5.	Burroughs, Edgar Rice, *1875-1950.
> 	[Jungle tales of Tarzan. Malayalam]
> 	Ṭārsan kāṭṭile kathakaḷ / Eḍgār R̲ais Bar̲ōs ; [translation, Suresh
> Kumar]. -- Kōṭṭayaṃ : R̲īgal Pabḷiṣēl̲s, [2011?]
> 	263 p. ; 19 cm. -- (Rīgal nōval ; 6)
> 	Novel.
> 	In Malayalam.
> 	Translated from English.
> 	Title on t.p. verso: Jungle tales of Tarzan.
> 	Reprint. Originally published: 1984.
> 	Novel on Tarzan, a fictitious character.
> 	1. Tarzan (Fictitious character)--Fiction. 2. Jungles--Fiction. 3.
> American fiction.--Translations into Malayalam.
> 	USD 10.80 (pbk.)
>
> *18.	Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max), *1823-1900.
> 	[India : what can it teach us?. Malayalam]
> 	Intya : atinȧ namme ent paṭhippikkuvān kal̲iyuṃ? : lēkhanaṅṅaḷ /
> Māks Muḷḷar ; vivarttanaṃ, Ke. Ke. Si. Nāyar. -- 3rd ed. -- Kottayam :
> Sāhityapravarttaka Sahakaraṇasaṅghaṃ : Sales Dept., Nāṣaṇal Bukk
> St̲t̲āḷ, 2013.
> 	207 p. ; 22 cm.
> 	In Malayalam.
> 	Translated from English.
> 	Added title on cover: India : what it can teach us?; Title on p.
> facing t.p.: India : athinu namme enthu patippikkuvan kazhiyum?.
> 	Seven lectures on Indian culture, society and Sanskrit literature
> delivered by the author at Cambridge University in 1882.
> 	ISBN 9789382654827 (pbk.)
> 	1. India.--Civilization. 2. Vedas. 3. Sanskrit literature--History and
> criticism.
> 	USD 10.90 (pbk.) 	
>
>
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