With a heavy heart, we are breaking this sad news that Mrs. Anima Chakravarty is no more. She breathed her last at the Peterborough hospital, in Ontario, canada yesterday afternoon( Nov 25th) . She was one of those "Xaboleel" asomiya voice which gave even an assamese song a REAL assamese touch. She can sing "Gosor Patot Bihu Ahil, Bihu Nahil Monot" while in the kitchen, and make it sound like a studio version. Her voice is so different, original, and without any makeup that it touches listener's soul the moment it hits their ear drums.
Anima Baideu (Bou) to many of us is like a cultural ambassador to north america from Assam, since her marrige to Dr. Iswar Chakravarty. In a TV interview she was once compared to a rare orchid that Dr. Chakravarty took with great care from assam's musical garden to be re-planted in North America. In Bihu or any Assamese get-together accross North America, Bou's presence could bring an unspoken gravity to the cultural programs on stage. Markin Kalpataru offers condolences to Mr. Iswar Chakravarty and family on this great loss of an assamese musical icon of yesteryears. May her soul finds a Nijora of eternal peace. Good bye Bou, we will remember you as an ever smiling Porie who gave us so much ! You will be forever in our heart as that " Xil pai jopiuowa pahari nijora joni..." --------------------------------- Check out the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster.
