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Assam govt plans Bhupen Hazarika’s statue in Delhi

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Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Thursday said he would write to his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal for a suitable place for a statue of legendary singer Bhupen Hazarika in the national capital.
Besides a statue in Delhi, similar initiatives in Kolkata and in Columbia (USA) where Hazarika did his Ph.D would also be taken up, Gogoi said while dedicating the late singer’s memorial to the people of Assam here on the occasion of his four death anniversary on Thursday.
“We would like to take Dr Hazarika’s priceless creations beyond the shores of India and make known to the whole world how rich Assamese culture is,” he said.
“Hazarika lives on in the hearts and minds of the people. His songs mirror the hopes and aspirations, trials and tribulations, narrate tales of injustice, subjugation and oppression,” Gogoi said.
Paying rich tributes, Gogoi said “He(Hazarika) transcended the barriers of caste, creed or religion and tried to bind together every community.
He represented the cultural ethos of different communities in his creations and enriched Assamese culture.”  (PTI)

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