THE PORTRAYAL OF ECONOMIC ORIGINAL PICTURE FROM THE NOVELS OF MR LAHARY: SIGNIFICANT REVIEW OF BODOS, DWELERS OF ASSAM

Bodo literature is a developing literature after the Assamese literature in Assam. Monoranjan Lahary is a popular and prominent writer. In the mentioned topic, it will be criticized concerning some economic earning methods and systems inherently followed by the Bodos, portrayed by Monoranjan Lahary in his novels. He has used different kind of original habits of the Bodos, which are not alike to the contemporary dwellers of Assam. In his novel, he reflects the genuine technique or habits of the Bodo people to earn the money. He uses concrete idea in his novels having used the genuine picture. The readers can enjoy and earn knowledge so much, as they have required from the novel of Lahary, about the Bodos. The works and the habits always influenced to other communities to follow the same. This paper attempts to show the nature of living of the Bodos, that the Bodos do physical hard labor, where there was no impact of modernism. In the discussion, the dialogues and the quotations are given in the same language i.e. Bodo, as used in the novels by the novelist Monoranjan Lahary.


Brief Discussion
Since the beginning of history period, people tried to earn individual wealth. In that time, the land of crops, and the eatable available goods were known as wealth, by the general people. Besides the land, the wealth were known as the different kind of enumerable harvesting crops like rice, jute, maize, sesame, mastered, wheat, potato, tomato, onion, cabbage, cauliflower, kohlrabi, brinjal, cucumber, pumpkin, bitter gourd, lady's finger, ridge gourd, pea, long bean, areca-nut, areca-leaf, lemon, orange, banana, coconut, pineapple, mango, litchi etc. All these kind of crops were the main property of a people in ancient time, if these are available at home. In that period, there was no money exchange system which system is called barter system. But later, it was upgraded into the coin exchange method and gradually, it was improved to the money exchange system. To run the business affairs, the barter systems were become obstacle. So, to get the property, people were exercised the popular method i.e. yielding crops. The people harvested the above mentioned crops, and they kept it into the granary for future use. The earliest method of earning property i.e. harvesting crops, still it is utilized by the people. In present, the system knows as traditional system of harvest. The majority of Bodo people tranquility depends on cultivation since the historian age. Hence, the novelist rightly has brought the different yielding scenarios to earn the wealth. "थे वबो बबखौ सोनापफाबसिं खारबसउ खारस्ल िउ थािं नाइ नु नानै से नाया सानो-बिनै बिररबन बफसाया माबा जाबाय। बबबन िोसोयाव बिनै माबा बबर बबर खालामिोिं ; नङाब्ला िचे हाले वनानै मानो हाल होिारनो?" 1 . In the mentioned context expresses, that Ransrem's son, Gohel started to till for the purpose of plant the paddy crops. Gohel is followed the tilling duty from his father, it is the tradition. The main purpose of the tilling has related to yield the paddy crops. This is the main source of earn to manage the family. "नािं िाल, कडाल, जु िं िाल, मो, हाबसबन, लाओबि, बलि, आरो हालु वा। स्वान-ह'र हाल। िै लािं आरो मे सें हाल। खोबथया फो, खोबथया फ ु Here portrays regarding the plough and plantation for the paddy crops, and also added that Gorgoram will finish the work of paddy crops in that day for the session, it will happen accompany with the maids and servants. After that day, they will get a few relaxations from the heavy work for the few days. Lahary precisely establishes that the primitive living process of the Bodo community is cultivation. Still it is going on among the Bodos. It is the basic primary source of earning. The majority of Bodo families confine with yielding different kind of crops. They get nothing the contribution of science in their working field, though it has called the age of science. So, still they cannot develop economically. Therefore, now a days, some educated and intelligent people have taken other sources to earn the money, besides the yielding crops.
The Bodo people had denied the government services in ancient period. They had no any scarcity of goods to run their family. As the time has passed, every kind of living system of people has changed through the contribution of science. But who are not able to take any scope of the contribution of science and its utilization as well. In present, they are going to be poor to poorer in their individual life. Now every moment people have to busy in earning task, they have little time to spare. So, struggle, and competition are become very tough as compared to the preceding days. That is why, the Bodos also have taken the way to do the government services as a source of earning, but it is not the traditional system of earning of the Bodo community. He is a government service holder. He is a graduate teacher of a higher secondary school. Therefore, it is clear that at present, every people like to get government job. Presently, doing the government job is also an ambition of Bodo people to economic earn. The government jobholders are mentioned by the novelist as following persons.
They are Gohel in BDO Office of Udalguri district; Gohel's friend, Circle Officer in Pachighat (NEFA). They take the role as the government service holders to gain in their life, as occupied in the Kharlung. Mihir is an LDA in DC Office of the Kokrajhar district; Anda's son is a peon in an irrigation office; a school teacher of Titaguri in Kokrajhar district; are mentioned as the government service holders in Alaisri. Joyraj is a graduate teacher of higher secondary school, has portrait in Dainee?. These characters expose as the government service holders by the novelist. Generally, the service holders become economically sound as compared to the cultivators. It is seen by the laypeople in practical society. So, the novelist tries it, to show the real instance as the economic picture of the Bodos, though it was not the traditional economic earning source of them.
An essential economic earning source and scope of the Bodo community, which is called, bonded labor. It has been prevailing since their antecedent. The bonded labors may be male or female i.e. servant and maid. A one kind traditional and current economic gaining process is the bonded labor, among the Bodo people, for the poor family. This is real and practical occurrence in the Assamese society. Until today, some servants are trying to earn money, for the purpose of the family, to make economic sound. Though Bodo people were no high and higher education, yet they have fondness and courtesies mind. They adore their parents. So they agree to serve to other family as the bonded labor though their family economically destructed. Such as, the poor young people traditionally tried to earn money since their younger age. Even today, the scenario practically is going on more or less in the society. Hence, the novelist prescribed regarding the bonded labor in his novels, because it was the major earning scope of the poor people and illiterate person as well, among the Bodo people.
Right now, business is essential part of every person, state and nation. Therefore, it touches every person in the world. In present age, without commercialization nobody can run smooth life. Because people have different kind of needs in each personal life, but nobody can manage it oneself though he is a rich person. Therefore, it is said that no one person itself perfect. Hence, every person must depend on another one, for something else. Because one person may have a particular goods is available, but he may not be so many other needed goods. That is why, every individuals exchange the goods among each own, that which goods are able to give other, and which goods are able to take from another. Interested and expert person produces these things at own home. In modern age, they are called as an art craft. The producer sells it in the market and earns money. Khamflay/खामफ्लाइ, Kharou/खारौ, Fakhras/फािास are also produced by the Bodo people, but generally these are not for sale. These are only for domestic use. So, they knew that the business can be said as the buying, selling and receiving profit from their product. The running transactions were not the first form of business of the Bodos, rather selling of owns producing goods is the basic form of traditional business of the Bodos. Hence, Lahary has cited concerning the commercialization of the historical bond of the Bodos. The Santali people are also be seen, that the collection of helianthus (Khasi-Hagra/खाबस-हाग्रा) stem to make broom for the purpose of domestic use and sell it as well. So, it can be said the traditional business form for them.
Another traditional business among the Bodos have also mentioned by MR Lahary in the novels. In the context, the novelist brings concerning the huge garden of different kinds of fruit as well as trees, surrounding the home of Gorgoram. Besides this, Gorgoram has traditional firms of cow, hen, duck, pigeon, pig, etc. Gorgoram earns money from husbandry products i.e. paddy crops and the firms of cow, hen, duck, pigeon, pig. Having nourished to full grown-up them, they sell them, and earn the money from it. Such kind of economic earning is also a kind of traditional business of the Bodos. Through this system, they endeavor to make economic sound for the family.
Someone does not keep relation to any goods or things for business concern. But they only do work actively, for other persons. They call broker (Dewani/िे वाबन). They are the intermediary between the two families i.e. brides and bridegrooms' families, and they make agreement of a marriage task between a pair of young boy and young girl. If the agreement becomes final, then he demands money from the both families. The active brokering is the traditional business of the Bodos for someone since their precursor. It is going on among the Bodo society till today more or He tried to link between a bridegroom and a bride to arrange marriage ceremony. The bridegroom will be Sopen's son and the bride will be Gorgoram's daughter. It is Japsing's interested work and gainful task as well. So, the novelist often has appropriately portrayed in his novel. Every learned people accept it, as a traditional activity of the Bodos. Thus, the actual incidents have entered in Lahary's artistic creation.
The herbal medicine component and selling it are also the traditional business of a few Bodo people. Along with this task, the medicine composer treats the patients; consequently the medicine composer also sells it and earns money. "দিিায় সমাও মিওশ্ৰী, গগ গ ৰাম আখৰা মাৈাসী-সািামখিা ও াখ ৌ দগ্ৰd মিাং ৈৈানৈ মসওৱা লািায়। গগ গ ৰামআ ও াখৈা ১০১ ৰাাং যাদেিায়।" 30 . Here says about Thopsa conjuror. He earned the economic profit through his practices of chanting mantras and selling herbal medicine. He sold it to the patients when it is required. The people accept the conjuror as doctor. Udli, Thembra, Anda were done such kind of works. They accepted such exertion is the basic business of life. This was the traditional trade of the Bodo people since their ancestor.
A few Bodo people had followed the corruption business from different community people. Inherently they had no such kind of feelings in their mind. But as the different communities' people had often done the corrupted business; hence, they also learned the corrupted business i.e. they sell the log by cutting tree from the forest. "नु याखै नोिं माबोरै िु इ नम्बरी ििं फािं बसखाउयै टर ाकबक टर ाक बें िल, बबहार, उत्तरप्रिे सयाव साप्लाय खालामनानै नोिं खौ आिं हरजोिं हर ि'रपबत खालामिोिं ।" 31 . Badol's manager Thefen has said the dialogue before Badol. He says that he helps Badol in his business and his smuggling act as well. The novelist has brought the same substance to identify the character of Badol. "बािलआ फ ु िं बन  Hayna Muli, Bina Library, Kokrajhar, Gauwahati, Assam, 1985, No.-2, P-20 27 . Lahary Monoranjan, Hayna Muli, Bina Library, Kokrajhar, Gauwahati, Assam, 1985, No.-2, PP-18, 19 28 . Lahary Monoranjan, Hayna Muli, Bina Library, Kokrajhar, Gauwahati, Assam, 1985, No.-2, PP-138, 19 29 . Lahary Monoranjan, Hayna Muli, Bina Library, Kokrajhar, Gauwahati, Assam, 1985, No.-2, PP-165, 166 30 . Lahary Monoranjan, Hayna Muli, Bina Library, Kokrajhar, Gauwahati, Assam, 1985  truck. He has also taken Thefen along with him. The entire management task concerning the smuggling business can never perform without him. In this business, the business person had to maintain very secrecy and skillful understanding, to the forest ranger officer. As laypeople say, where there is corrupted business, there are enumerable profits. Absolutely, this statement may be right, because it sees that such kind of business persons become very wealthy person within a very short period. Generally, the contaminated business persons identify as criminal by the humanity. But they can earn huge property in their life.
Another business can mention in Assam i.e. hunting rhinos, and sells its horn secretly; and they earn millions of money very soon. Both the mammon and their businesses are accepted as infected from other business personal. Badol, Sandrwb and Bilasu have brought as the corrupted business persons from the Bodo community by the novelist. Really, there are many corrupted business persons in our society like Badol, Sandrwb and Bilasu. The business does not accept as the courteous business by the civilized society. Though the novelist has brought the criminal roles from the Bodo society, yet he also tries to expose that the business is not the traditional of the Bodos. It has infected to the Bodo people from other communities' nature. In fact, if it visualizes to the ancestors of the Bodos, then never be get such symptoms of the business. That is why strongly can be said that it is not traditional earning process of the community, but at present, a few Bodo people have been used to follow it.

Conclusion
It is clear that nobody can live without earning wealth. People were learned to provide wealth for future use. Such as, Bodo people also knew to store the wealth for the purpose of future use. At present, goods are sold and they save the money. The saving money can provide every kind of goods needed by the people in the mean time. So, at present, people try to earn money, and they save the money. That is why, the novelist has portrayed concerning the traditional systems of economic earning picture of the Bodos. He also says regarding the modern earning methods of the present people.
The crop cultivation is the main earning work of the Bodos and Assamese people as well. It is the primary and foremost scope of economic gain for the dwellers of Assam. Some are stopped to cultivate the crops, in present moment. They have accepted the government services or private jobs in any other institutions, industries and factories. But still seventy percent people are depending on different kind of crops.
Bonded labor is a kind of primary economic earning scope of poor people. It was often prevailed in the society, basically among the Bodos. So, the young boys and girls of the poor family search for work before a rich person. The rich person keeps them to do domestic work, as a labor of agreement. It knows as bonded labor. The task of bonded labor is a primary and traditional earning scope of poor Bodo people.
The farming poultry, duckling, piglet, calf, goat, buffalo etc are adopted by the Bodo people. They nourish and grow up from it. After the full grown up, they sell them, and earn money. This is also a primary economic picture of the Bodos as portrayed by the novelist. This habit of the community can also be said as the tradition of them since their ancestor.
A middle man who is known as Dewani/दे वानि in Bodo, and broker in general. He links among two families for the purpose of marriage task. He connects both the guardian of bride and bridegroom. And steadily, he promotes the matter up to the final agreement for the marriage ceremony. After the completion of final agreement of the marriage, he takes money from both the party as his demand. This is also a genuine and primary economic earning picture for someone Bodo people, as mentioned by MR Lahary.
Presently people want to get the government job. It is the first attempt of every educated people. But the government jobs are not so much available. It is limited; hence every educated people cannot able to get the same job in their life. But it is real instance that people always try to get the government job. They want to ignore the traditional earning systems, if they get the other scopes.
At present, Bodo people also have learned the corrupted business having seen from other communities. The novelist has mentioned here concerning the selling of wood as well as logs to the other states from Assam. They can gain huge wealth through this business but it is unauthorized business. So it is a corrupted business. It is not inherent business of the Bodos but it is learnt business as the novelist has mentioned.