This is perhaps the hardest thing to do. To write about a elder brother, mentor, and one of the finest singers of our time. My state of Assam has been in mourning for four days, with thousands gathering to bid him farewell.

Everyone seems to have a Zubeen Da story. This is mine.

Offices in Assam have remained shut, and the city is filled with photos of him laden with flowers, speakers blaring his music. Until September 23, an ocean of people headed towards a stadium where his body remained in a glass coffin for people to pay homage.

What made him such a phenomenon? Zubeen Garg played 12 instruments and sang close to 40,000 songs in over 40 languages. He did not shy away from standing up to ministers and politicians, challenging them at press conferences and interviews. He identified

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