Congratulations to Jayanta Barman, FASS India Vice President and Rini Kakoty, FASS International Director for UK for their hard work and getting the approval from the authorty to display a photo of Bhupen Hazarika at the Nehru Center in Londoan. To celebrate the event, FASS INTERNATIONAL is arranging a function on 26th June, 2012 at Nehru Center, London where the IndianHigh Commissioner for the UK Jaimini Bhagwati will unveil the photo of Dr Hazarika and Dr M Sayeedur Rahman Khan, the Bangladesh High Commissioner for the UK will attend the function as the guest of honour.Please see the news item published in the Assam Tribune.http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=may3112/state07Bhupen Hazarika (ভূপেন হাজৰিকা) (1926–2011) was an Assamese lyricist, musician, singer, poet and film-maker. His songs are marked by humanity and universal brotherhood. However for the Assamese people, he represented something much more. For almost half a century or more, through his music he had popularised the Assamese and in fact the North East Indian music to India and beyond; and in the process he carried with him the Assamese cultural identity and the psyche that he represented. On the other hand, it may be rightly said that it was Dr. Bhupen Hazarika, who after Sri Xongkordev, is the only individul who had united through his humanity and mass appeal, the various ethnic elements of Assam into a common integrated Assamese community.We in Friends of Assam and Seven Sisters have been thinking of various ways to preserving the memory of the legendary Assamese hero. It is simply befitting that his portrait should be displayed in the Nehru Center in London, along with other world dignitaries. To make the function a success, discussion's are still going on with many others including Tej Hazarika, (a FASS Director) of New York to select the right photo as well as to have the right wording to go with it. We will keep you posted.Best WishesRegardsRajen BaruaFASS INTERNATIONAL (USA)Houston. _______________________________________________ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
