GUWAHATI: Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal and finance minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma paid their rich tribute to the legendary singer Dr. Bhupen Hazarika on his 9th death anniversary.
Quoting the famous lyric of Dr. Hazarika “Sagar sangamat kotona saturilo,” Sonowal recalled the music maestro.
সাগৰ সংগমত কতনা সাঁতুৰিলোঁ
তথাপিতো হোৱা নাই ক্লান্ত
তথাপি মনৰ মোৰ প্ৰশান্ত সাগৰৰ
উৰ্মিমালা অশান্তগভীৰ আস্থাৰ গানৰ চিৰযুগমীয়া ঢৌ তুলি আই অসমীৰ বুকুত পাহাৰ-ভৈয়ামৰ সমন্বয়ৰ সেতু গঢ়া ‘ভাৰত ৰত্ন’ ড° ভূপেন হাজৰিকাদেৱলৈ স্মৃতি দিৱসত গভীৰ শ্ৰদ্ধাঞ্জলি জ্ঞাপন কৰিছোঁ।#BhupenHazarika pic.twitter.com/SM8vdaYTaG
— Sarbananda Sonowal (@sarbanandsonwal) November 5, 2020
Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma also recalled Bhupen da with one of his immortal songs—“Mor gaan howk/ Bohu aasthaheenotar biporite/ gabhir aasthar gaan.”
“I remember Bharat Ratna Dr. Bhupen Hazarika on his death anniversary. His famous songs will always continue to inspire us,” Sarma wrote on Twitter.
মোৰ গান হওক
বহু আস্থাহীনতাৰ বিপৰীতে
এক গভীৰ আস্থাৰ গান।ভাৰতৰত্ন ড° ভূপেন হাজৰিকাৰ মহাপ্ৰয়াণৰ দিনটোত তেখেতক শ্ৰদ্ধাৰে সুঁৱৰিছোঁ। তেখেতৰ কালজয়ী গীতবোৰে আমাক সদায় উদ্বুদ্ধ কৰি থাকিব। pic.twitter.com/mLBDeIEeWB
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) November 5, 202
Dr. Bhupen Hazarika, the bard of the Brahmaputra passed away on November 5, 2011. He was born on September 8, 1926. The self-proclaimed ‘Jajabor’ travelled length and breadth of the world and perceived the universal features of the mankind. His evergreen songs on love, humanity and brotherhood continue to reverberate in the hearts of the millions generation after generation across the world.
In 1949, Bhupen Hazarika went to the US to pursue PhD at Columbia University. The worst scenes of racism and slavery saddened the legendary singer which led to the birth of several immortal songs.
In one of his popular lyrics, he sings, “Mississippir parote/ Kopahor khetite/ Nigro John-e binaale/ Koi manuhar baranar kotha” (In the cotton cultivation on the bank of the river Mississippi, Negro John grieves over the problem of racism).
The music maestro was honoured with the Bharat Ratna posthumously in 2019. The legendary singer was the receipient of multiple awards and accolades including Sangeet Natak Akdemi Award and Dada Saheb Phalke Award.
