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Bhupen Hazarika’s Son Voices Opposition to Bharat Ratna, Terms It ‘Display Of Cheap Thrills’ Music legend Bhupen Hazarika's son Tej Hazarika, a US citizen, said that Bharat Ratnas and 'longest bridges' while necessary, will not promote the peace and prosperity of the citizens of India. • • • • • PTI Photo Late Assam music legend Bhupen Hazarika’s son has criticised the Bharat Ratna being bestowed on his father, terming it a "display of short-lived cheap thrills" in view of the controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill that is being protested vociferously in the northeast. Tej Hazarika, a US citizen, said that Bharat Ratnas and "longest bridges" (a reference to the Bogibeel bridge inaugurated last year) while necessary, will not promote the peace and prosperity of the citizens of India. Many in Assam have sensed a political conspiracy to confer the nation's top civilian award to Hazarika, especially the timing. Many feel that since people of the northeast are protesting against the Centre’s decision to impose the Citizenship Amendment Bill, a Bharat Ratna to Hazarika would probably pacify them. Tej said that his father too would have opposed the Bill that seeks to grant citizenship to migrants from six non-Muslim minority groups from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan. People fear the Bill will give legitimacy to illegal migrants in India. “How the Centre moves on this matter far outweighs in importance the awarding and receiving of such national recognition—a display of s...

Priyabada Patel Hazarika, widow of the legendary Bupen Hazarika passed away in Ottawa, Canada on Wednesday, reports quoting family sources said. She was 88 and survived by her only son Tez Bhupen Hazarika. Priyabada Patel Hazarika, widow of the legendary Bupen Hazarika passed away in Ottawa, Canada on Wednesday (June 3), reports quoting family sources said. She was 88 and survived by her only son Tez Bhupen Hazarika. Married to Hazarika when the latter was doing his PhD in Mass Communication in the Columbia University, US, way back in 1950, Priyambada belonged to a Gujarati family who had business interests in Kenya. She however had moved away after having lived with him for more than a decade, assisting Bhupen Hazarika in several of his early films and had also acted in “Era Bator Sur”, a film that Hazarika had made in 1956. Priyam, as she was popularly known, was also dance director of that film.

Short Biography Bhupen Hazarika, one of the legendary artists was born in Sadiya, Tinsukia in the state of Assam on 08-09-1926. He was an Indian Singer, Playback Singer, Songwriter, Lyricist, Musician, Composer, Writer, Poet, Screenwriter, Film Actor, Film Director, Film Producer & Politician who was known for his work in Assamese & Hindi cinema. He is recognized among the pioneers to have introduced Assamese folk music and culture in Hindi cinemas. He was the eldest son of Shantipriya and Nilakanta Hazarika who had ten children. His mother exposed him to the folk music of Assam. At the age of 10 in 1936, he recorded his first song for the Selona Company at the Aurora Studio. Subsequently, he sang Biswo Bijoyi Naujawan and Kaxote Kolosi Loi for the Assamese film Indramalati (1939) and wrote Agnijugor Firingoti Moi his first song when he was 13. Bhupen Hazarika completed his schooling in 1942 at Tezpur High School and did his MA in Political Science from Cotton College in 1946. Later, he earned his Ph.D. Degree from Columbia University in 1952 where he also met Priyamvada Patel and married her. He has his only child with her named Tez Hazarika. He was the MLA (Independent) in the Assam Legislative Assembly from 1967-72 and also contested as the candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party for the Lok Sabha election in 2004. He was a legend and as a singer, he will always be remembered for his diction and baritone voice. As a lyricist, he will always be remembered for his parable...

Last Updated: Bhupen Hazarika’s Son Condemns CAA Bill, Refuses Bharat Ratna: Only two days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid homage to Bhupen Hazarika and went after past governments for deferring the Bharat Ratna presented after death on the praised artist this Republic Day, Hazarika’s son Tej, challenging the “ painfully unpopular” Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, put the legislature on notice Monday, saying the Bill was “ really undermining” his dad’s “ recorded position” and “ would truly be contrary to what Bhupen Hazarika believed in his innermost being“. “ Bharat Ratnas and longest bridges, while vital, won’t advance the harmony and thriving of the citizens of India. Just barely well known laws and foreknowledge with respect to leadership will. Various media columnists are currently asking me regardless of whether I will acknowledge the Bharat Ratna for my dad, Bhupen Hazarika. I go on record here to answer that A), I have not gotten any welcome, so far there is nothing to reject, and B), how the Center proceeds onward this issue far exceeds in significance the awarding and accepting of such national recognition — a showcase of brief shabby rushes,” Tej Hazarika, who is situated in the US. At the point when his remarks were looking for at Tej Hazarika’s comments, Hrishikesh Goswami, media counselor to the Chief Minister of Assam, disclosed, “ The family has as of now generously acknowledged the honor and welcomed it publicly. By declining the Bharat Ratna, does T...

This post is also available in: Hindi In recent development, Bhupen Hazarika’s son, Tej Hazarika turned down the Bharat Ratna in protest against the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016. This Bill violates Assam Accord, 1985, which denies citizenship to illegal Hindu migrants from Bangladesh, who came to the state of Assam after March 1971. Bhupen Hazarika, has been posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna along with former President Pranab Mukherjee and social activist Nanaji Deshmukh. Read this article to know all about Citizenship Amendment Bill, Bhupen Hazarika and his works & contributions. Table of Contents • • • • • • Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016 • The Bill redefines the category of illegal migrants by making the amendments to not consider Hindus, Sikhs, Parsis, Jains, Buddhists & Christians from Afghanistan, Pakistan & Bangladesh as illegal immigrants. • It amends the Citizenship Act of 1995, allowing illegal Non-Muslim migrants including Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Parsis, Buddhists & Christians from Bangladesh, Afghanistan & Pakistan the eligibility for Indian Citizenship. • The Bill also relaxes the Citizenship by Naturalisation by reducing the residential stay period from 12 years to 6 years, for the people belonging to the same six religions and three countries. • This Bill violates • Bhupen Hazarika was born in Sadiya, Assam, British India, to Nilakanta Hazarika and Shantipriya Hazarika on September 8, 1926 . • When he was a child, his family shifted several times before ...