Popularly known as Sudhakantha, meaning the nightingale, he had received the National Film Award, Padmashri, Dada Saheb Phalke Award, Padma Vibhushan, and many other prestigious honours.
Since posthumous awards can neither be returned nor rejected, the log book will record it as having been conferred on the iconic Dr Bhupen Hazarika of Assam, but a hard-hitting statement from his US-based son said that it was a dubious attempt to seek political favour when vast sections of the people in the North-east were vehemently opposed to the Citizenship Bill.
No invitation so far, there is nothing to reject, Tej Hazarika says in a Facebook post on Bharat Ratna conferred on his legendary father Bhupen Hazarika
PM Modi said the NDA government was ready to fully protect the culture, resources and the language of the Northeast states.
Shivakumara Swamiji headed the Sree Siddaganga Education Society which runs about 125 educational institutions in Karnataka, including engineering colleges and business schools. Many of the institutions offer free education and boarding facilities to poor students.
Instituted in 1954, Bharat Ratna has been awarded to 48 people till now, 14 of them posthumously.
Music maestro Bhupen Hazarika's Kolkata home, where he lived for decades, is likely to be turned into a memorial. The…
