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BHUPEN HAZARIKA EVENING NOVEMBER 5TH, WED 2014
BHUPEN HAZARIKA FOUNDATION, USA request the pleasure of your company to join us for an informal gathering to remember and appreciate the songs of Dr. Bhupen Hazarika on the occasion of the third anniversary of his transference. Photo by Satyen Das There will be a special preview of BARD OF BRAHMAPUTRA a new short film…
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Bhupen Hazarika Firingoti Award
Bhupen Hazarika Firingoti Award Dr. Dilip Kumar Datta was awarded the first Inaugular Bhupen Hazarika Firingoti Award for Lifetime Achievement for his extensive compilation, archiving and publishing of the Assamese songs and works of Dr. Bhupen Hazarika. On July 11th 2014 during a concert in Edison, New Jersey of Assamese Musician and singer Papon and…
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Condolences to Hemen P. Barooah’s family.
On behalf of the Board Members of The Bhupen Hazarika Foundation we express our deepest condolences to Hemen Prasad Barooah’s family and close associates for the loss of their revered and loved one. Hemen Prasad Barooah, ‘Hemen Da’ will be missed. He was always gentle and sympathetic beyond compare. He was the epitome of grace…
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Genius of Bhupen Hazarika
Genius of Bhupen Hazarika Arupjyoti Saikia Bhupen Hazarika (1926-2011) emerged as a central figure in Assam giving voice to the aspirations and imagination of Assamese nationalism. Despite his deep-rootedness in his own cultural context, his music and ideas were universal and constantly engaged with the people in a dialogic process. I too wanted to be…
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The house Bhupen called home
The house Bhupen called home – Hazarika’s Calcutta address wallows in neglect, associates rue apathy DIPANJAN SINHA Bhupen Hazarika’s house at 77B Golf Club Road in Calcutta. Telegraph picture Calcutta, March 7: A three-storey house with shut windows, worn colour and a locked collapsible gate breaks the urgency of life brimming on Golf Club Road…
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Dr Bhupen Hazarika’s statue unveiled
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…
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On his Birthday – Asam Ratna Award for Dr Hazarika
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,…
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A note form Article Contributor …
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,…
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PROFILE: BHUPEN HAZARIKA
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…
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MEANINGS FOR MILLIONS
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…