Ancient Wing

A Musical Voyage with a
Bluebird from the Red River
Brahmaputra Dr. Bhupen Hazarika

• Nripen Dutta Hazarika • ISBN: 978-1-887276-63-4 • $ 14.95

A creative biography of the legendary Dr. Bhupen Hazarika by a friend and follower who offers the reader a survey of the variety of influences that inform the artist’s worldview. It is infused with sensory and classical Indian aesthetics as a medium to describe the life of the multifaceted Indian singer songwriter and iconic proponent of ‘unity with diversity’ beginning with his home state of Assam. In his lifetime, elevated in India’s halls of fame, he received his Padma Vibhushan posthumously in 2012 and the Bharat Ratna in 2019