Guwahati, Nov 18: Today marks Zubeen Garg’s 53rd birthday; the first without him. And tomorrow, November 19, completes 60 days since Assam’s beloved cultural icon, a radiant force in the state’s artistic universe, bid adieu to the material world.

In these two months, much has been written about him - his inspirations, his personality, and the countless anecdotes that defined his journey. Online, social media platforms have turned into vast repositories of his memories - photographs, videos, poems, interviews, et al.

Understandably, this is a time when his songs echo from every nook and cranny of the state and far beyond.

But in the swirl of remembrance, we sometimes overlook the artiste’s musicality that ushered in a new era for Assamese soundscapes.

An era that, until his arrival wit

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