Guwahati, Sept. 24: For the first time since the passing of her husband, legendary singer and cultural icon Zubeen Garg, wife Garima Saikia Garg addressed the press on Wednesday, her voice heavy with grief yet threaded with gratitude.

“We began the rituals today with pindo. The tenth and eleventh day ceremonies will follow, and on the 13th day, we will have the shraddha in Jorhat,” she said, adding that the family has resolved to preserve every item Zubeen had used or possessed.

“We will preserve everything, he used or possessed,” she repeated, her eyes brimming with tears.

Garima also shared a bittersweet update on Zubeen’s much-anticipated film Roi Roi Binale , which the family plans to release on October 31, a date chosen by the late artiste himself.

“The film was Zubeen’s dream.

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