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Dr. Hazarika with Mrs. Pandey
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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Manuhe Manuhar Babe
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…
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Magnum opus on legend – London launch for book on Bhupen Hazarika
Telegraph News Bhupen Hazarika. A file picture Guwahati, June 13: One man’s obsession — and 15 years of a global search — has resulted in a magnum opus on none other than Assam’s music legend Bhupen Hazarika. Padmashree litterateur Surya Hazarika has come out with a three-volume compilation of Bhupen Hazarika’s entire writings that includes…
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Shantanu Moitra on Bhupen Hazarika
Shantanu Moitra, Hindustan Times Mumbai, April 12, 2008 I first heard the song O Ganga on Doordarshan. Both, the song and the singer, had me glued to the TV screen. At the end of the song, a name flashed below the name of the song: Bhupen Hazarika. I was about 11 years old and the…
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Bard of the Brahmaputra
A few weeks ago, in the northern Assam town of Tezpur, a small group gathered in the elegant drawing room of the Goswamis, a prominent doctor couple, sipping drinks and listening to a long- time politician recount one of his favorite anecdotes in the Assam Assembly. The politician spoke of how a mischief-making MLA had…
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The Rediff Interview: Bhupen Hazarika
‘The negligence has been so long that people have lost all faith’ It is believed that neglect is the reason for the prevailing insurgency. What is the primary reason for this neglect? It is due to the lack of leadership from the North-East. Those who got power have not utilised it properly. It was a…
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A Song and its Singer
It’s the same voice: rich, highly emotive, beautifully timbered, sonorously resonant. The voice that age has not managed to fell or even to lay low, the voice that entire generations of true-blue Assamese boys and girls have grown up on, the voice that has had men and women across all social strata in our part…
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The legend unplugged
Do you recall your initial days as an aspiring composer in Mumbai? I came to Mumbai to work in the Indian People’s Theatre Movement (IPTA) with Salil Chowdhury, Balraj Sahni and other Marxist intellectuals. At IPTA I once again met Hemant Kumar whom I had met earlier. He took me around to meet all the…
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Dr. Bhupen Hazarika – Short Bio
Bhupen Hazarika Birth: 1926 Birthplace: Sadiya, Assam. Profession: Playback Singer, Bollywood. Family: wife Bhupenda, as he is lovingly called by millions, is recognised by many as one of the greatest cultural figures that Assam has produced, next only to Sri Sri Sankaradeva, the Vaishnavite preacher of the 15th century, and Rupkonwar Jyoti Prasad Agarwalla, the…