August 7, 2009 – 1:08 pm
A STAFF REPORTER ( Telegraph)
Guwahati, Aug. 6: Bhupen Hazarika was taken on a round of the ICU in a wheelchair this afternoon as he showed “marked” signs of improvement, two days after he underwent a bypass surgery in Mumbai.
Surjya Hazarika, the biographer of the Dada Saheb Phalke Award recipient, told this correspondent over phone that the singer-composer “looked improved” and “is in very high spirits”.
Hazarika, 83, was operated upon by a team of surgeons at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Mumbai on Tuesday.
The singer was taken off the ventilator yesterday morning and doctors attending on him described his condition as stable, Surjya Hazarika said, quoting the doctors.
“He is improving quite well. He was given a liquid diet in the morning and taken on a round of the ICU on a wheelchair around 2.30 in the afternoon,” he added.
The singer expressed his desire to listen to some of his own songs ...
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February 20, 2009 – 3:03 pm
Kalpana Lajmi was just 17 when she fell in love with Bhupen Hazarika who was 45 at that time. When the music maestro turned 80, he offered to marry her, but Lajmi, who has been living with him for the past 38 years now, turned down the offer saying the 'wife' tag was unnecessary to their relationship. Speaking to IANS, lajmi said, "Bhupso" (Lajmi, endearingly addresses Hazarika as Bhupso) did offer to marry me two years ago, but I said no," adding that for her the relationship, the trust and the respect that they shared with each other were more important than marriage. Lajmi is best known for her woman-oriented films like "Rudaali", "Daman", "Ek Pal", "Chingaari" and "Darmiyaan". Lajmi recalled that she first met Bupen Hazarika through her uncle. "When I saw this frail, skinny man wearing a striped orange shirt, I was charmed," Lajmi said as she bared ...
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February 15, 2009 – 10:28 am
Dr Bhupen Hazarika's statue unveiled
GUWAHATI, Feb 14 - Thousands of people turned out in Guwahati today to have a glimpse of Assam's cultural icon Dr Bhupen Hazarika as he made his appearance near Dighalipukhuri to unveil his statue on the bank of the historic tank. The statue, by famous sculptor of the State, Biren Sinha, was established at the initiative of the All Assam Students' Union (AASU) to mark the love, respect and gratitude of the people of Assam to the living legend, and prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke award winner.
An overwhelmed Dr Hazarika looked in good health at the function. He thanked the huge gathering and people of Assam in general for showering their love on him. As he hummed a few lines from his epoch-making songs, including Manuhe Manuhar Babe, jodihe akanu nebhabe…, many in the crowd could not help singing along.
He was all praise for sculptor ...
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September 9, 2008 – 5:31 am
Asam Ratna Award for Dr Hazarika
Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Sept 8 – The first-ever Asam Ratna Award will be bestowed on the State’s cultural icon Dr Bhupen Hazarika in recognition of his seminal contribution to Assamese culture, and music in particular. This was revealed on the celebrated singer’s birthday today by Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, while interacting with select mediapersons.
Gogoi, underlining the role of Dr Hazarika in Assam’s cultural sphere, said that the newly instituted award would comprise a citation and Rs 3 lakh. The honour will be bestowed on Dr Hazarika by either the President of India or the Prime Minister at a venue to be finalised later.
The Chief Minister, describing Hazarika as a pride of Assam, hoped that he would continue his artistic journey and enrich Assam with his invaluable work.
Dr Hazarika, born in 1926 at Sadiya in Upper Assam, has been offered numerous national and international honours in ...
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July 29, 2008 – 12:08 pm
Dear Administrator:
Congratulations, and Thank you for your superb job with the BH page.
A few years ago I happened to bump into an old article by Bhupen’da himselfin the library of Sudhakar Bhatt, a retired economist and a neighbor of ours then in Naples. Mr. Bhatt went to school with BH at Columbia Univ, NYC in the early fifties, and reminisces him dearly. The article was in an issue of the Columbia Indian Student journal. My secretary Joyce was moved by the content of new-found piece, and agreed to provide her typing hand. I had it published in one of the issues of ‘Luitor Pora Mississippi’ in the nineties. If you like, you can post it in the ‘articles’ column of your excellent page.
The second article, Melody Man by Abhirook Sen, was sent to me by Amy (our daughter). It has also been collecting dust in my ‘My ...
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July 29, 2008 – 12:01 pm
Melody Man
The Assamese poet's repertoire of songs is firmly anchored in his environment.
By Avirook Sen
The structural engineer in Alaska turned the heat on full blast inside his car and hummed to the strains of Moi eti jajabor (I am a wanderer). The road was endless, he was cold, there was no one at home to talk to. But at least, on the music system, there was Bhupen Hazarika. And listening to him sing wasn't very different from conversation. So the Assamese engineer picked up the phone and called the man in Dibrugarh: "Dada, your music is what keeps me going ..."
Says Hazarika: "I never met the man, but I knew he was warm."
From Alaska to Assam, to those who understand the several languages in which he sings -- the Japanese don't, but have their own version of his humanist ballad Manush manusheri jonyo -- Hazarika's ...
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July 29, 2008 – 11:56 am
MEANINGS FOR MILLIONS
Bhupen Hazarika
The Question Mark
"Educate and inform the whole mass of the people. They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty" -warned Thomas Jefferson.
Lallu, the laborer in a Bombay wheat mill often wonders at a paradox of his times; why the sweat of his brow is not offering enough bread for his own children. Ramu, the farmer in Bengal examines a handful of soil and wonders how he should fight against erosion in his rice field, which was once so green! Osman, the skilled craftsman of Benares, whose golden sari decorations are bringing showers of admiration to many a sophisticated Indian princess in Paris and New York night clubs, wonders why he is unable to present an ordinary sari to his own daughter. The common man of India wants to know why he should vote this time ...
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June 16, 2008 – 10:20 am
Dr. Hazarika , a living legend with one of the evergreen public call ....
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June 16, 2008 – 10:17 am
Dr. Bhupen Hazarika and Late Pratima Pandey Baruah singing together the famous Paul Robeson song "We are in the same boat brother".
[Dibrugarh Kendriya Rangali Bihu Utsav, 2000]
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June 16, 2008 – 10:13 am
A classic by Dr. Bhupen Hazarika, composed in 1964. Uploaded by Luit Chaliha.Manuhe Manuhar Babe, composed in 1964. It renders thus:If man wouldn't think for manWith a little sympathyTell me who will — comrade?It we try to buyOr sell humanityWon't we be wrong — comrade?If the weakTide across the rapids of lifeWith your helpWhat do you stand to lose?If man does not become manA demon never willIf a demon turns more humanWhom shall it shame more —comrade?
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