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<\/td>\n<\/tr>\nGuwahati, June 13: One man\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s obsession \u00e2\u20ac\u201d and 15 years of a global search \u00e2\u20ac\u201d has resulted in a magnum opus on none other than Assam\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s music legend Bhupen Hazarika.<\/p>\n
Padmashree litterateur Surya Hazarika has come out with a three-volume compilation of Bhupen Hazarika\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s entire writings that includes the lyrics of his songs, short stories, articles, travelogues and even an editorial the singer had written when he was the editor of a college magazine at Columbia University.<\/p>\n
The three-volume compilation will have a grand \u00e2\u20ac\u0153international\u00e2\u20ac\u009d release at a function in London on July 26. The 82-year-old singer is likely to attend the function.<\/p>\n
Surya Hazarika said his search for the balladeer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s write-ups took him to several parts of the world where Assamese people are based. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Many of the lyrics and write-ups are so rare and old that even the singer had forgotten about them. But we had made a public appeal through the Internet which resulted in several individuals coming forward to help us,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he added.<\/p>\n
Bhupen Hazarika himself admitted that \u00e2\u20ac\u0153this (the compilation) is my life. You need not look anywhere else\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I think one\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s life journey is predestined and it is controlled by fate. God too must have willed a jajabari jeevan<\/em> (nomadic life) for me for which I have no definite place to call my permanent hub. Like a restless honey bee in search of nectar, I met a number of people across the globe who immensely influenced me to create and help shape my life as an artiste,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d the singer-composer writes in the preface to the compilation.<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153If this book receives the adoration and admiration of the literature and culture-loving Assamese readers and can help inspire the coming generation, I will think my devotion and struggle as a nomad have borne fruits,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he added.<\/p>\n Considered the greatest cultural icon the state has ever produced along with filmmaker Jyotiprasad Agarwalla and rebel-poet Bishnu Rabha, Bhupen Hazarika\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s contribution to Assamese music, literature, films and even literature is unparalleled.<\/p>\n Surya Hazarika, who won the Padmashree this year for his contribution to the field of literature, said the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153vastness of the project seemed mind boggling at first but we decided to give it a try. The result has been very satisfactory\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/p>\n For him, the reason for coming out with the compilation was simple. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Many people overlook Bhupen Hazarika\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s poetical, lyrical and literary genius in view of his larger-than-life image as a singer. As a result, his contributions to the field of literature have not been properly discussed or dwelt upon,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he added.<\/p>\n The writer said given the price of the book, which was on the higher side \u00e2\u20ac\u201d each volume costs Rs 700 \u00e2\u20ac\u201d he was planning to split the book into different subjects and come out with smaller volumes.<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153There are many who want only his lyrics or some who want only his travelogues. The next project will be to split the compilations,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Telegraph News Bhupen Hazarika. A file picture Guwahati, June 13: One man\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s obsession \u00e2\u20ac\u201d and 15 years of a global search \u00e2\u20ac\u201d has resulted in a magnum opus on none other than Assam\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s music legend Bhupen Hazarika. Padmashree litterateur Surya Hazarika has come out with a three-volume compilation of Bhupen Hazarika\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s entire writings that includes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bhupenhazarika.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bhupenhazarika.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bhupenhazarika.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bhupenhazarika.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bhupenhazarika.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bhupenhazarika.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bhupenhazarika.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bhupenhazarika.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bhupenhazarika.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}