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Thursday, November 20, 2025
TopicBhupen Hazarika

Topic: Bhupen Hazarika

PM Modi to visit Assam on 8 Sept for Bhupen Hazarika’s birth centenary celebrations

The PM will arrive first at Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) in Golaghat district and dedicate to the nation the bio-ethanol plant, set up at a cost of Rs 4,200 crore.

Identity, music & Bhupen Hazarika: The man who united Assam, talked inclusivity

Bhupen da’s songs stirred nationalism and sub-nationalisms during language riots & ethnic conflicts Assam. On Thursday he was awarded the Bharat Ratna.

Pranab Mukherjee, Bhupen Hazarika & Nanaji Deshmukh among those awarded Bharat Ratna

President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the Bharat Ratna, which is being awarded after a gap of four years. With this year's additions, the tally of recipients goes up to 48.

NRC and Citizenship Bill are lollipops BJP is using to fool people of Assam: Mamata Banerjee

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said it was only the Trinamool Congress that stood beside the people whose names were left out of the NRC, irrespective of their religion.

No, Bhupen Hazarika wouldn’t reject Bharat Ratna even if he opposed Citizenship Bill

Bhupen Hazarika was concerned about Assamese people turning into a minority due to large-scale migration from across the border.

Bhupen Hazarika: The ‘Bard of Brahmaputra’ who took Assamese music to the world

A 2006 poll in Bangladesh found Bhupen Hazarika’s ‘Manush Manusher Jonno’ the second-most loved song in the country after its national anthem

On Camera

Hasina’s was a trial in absentia, but not a trial without justice

The Sheikh Hasina trial represents an inflection point in the struggle to place citizens above rulers and prevent the next massacre.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Emergency procurement done, India & US working on co-manufacturing Javelin anti-tank missiles

The Government of India has requested to buy up to 216 M982A1 Excalibur tactical projectiles too. Excalibur artillery munition was used in Op Sindoor against Pakistan.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.