• BIDYUT DUTTA

Looking back to the history of Assamese Literature, we get that there is a long history oflyrical composition in Assamese Literature. Counting from the orally transmitted folk verses to the contemporary composition, Assamese Lyrical Literature has tossed across various phases. On this vibrants enriching the lyrical Literature in different periods. It is remarkable that, due to efforts of some of the prominent lyricists, Assamese ¬Lyrical literature started to proceed a more sophisticated tune from the mind-twenteenth century. Among those, Bhupen Hazarika was one of the best personnels whose contributors have left sheds for ages. Dr. Bhupen Hazarika was not only a lyricist or composer---but a conscious figure bearing the feeling of social responsibility towards Assamese culture. He had always eyesfor a society out of the social evils such as social exploitation, fraudism, murder, hatred etc. We could not remain silent after expressing the social degradation of his contemporary Assamese society. Rather, those incidents and wents had awaked his artist-soul. Those sufferings emerged from his cotemporary social issues made him, to pen down many the heart-touching songs which have proved to be persistant over time. We may trace pictures of many communal riots happened in Assam in his songs. Actually, Hazarika has not limited himself in portraying the communal riots, but also has made people to be aware of the danger of such communalism. How the ill-effects of the various communal conflicts occurred in not only of Assam, but also in the whole country has impacted the social growth and unity is also portrayed through imagery narratives in his lyrics. He always had dream for building a society in Assam which is peaceful land contented out of the communal discrimination. The Assam in his dream had no room for races and religions; but for human being only. Even, he had also warned so that the pure human soul does not become polluted by cheap politics. This led to the reflection of pictures of unity and integration among the tribes and races of plain and hills of ‘Bar Asom’—the greater Assam (including the seven sisters states) in his songs. He has also portrayed the unity among Hindus and research regarding this aspect of his songs. From this viewpoint, there is need for further deep studies. with his objective, in this proposed paper, it has been tried to analytically discuss the Anti-Communal Songs (Lyrics) of Bhupen Hazarika.

Anti-Communal, Songs etc.

"Anti-Communal songs of Bhupen Hazarika: An analytical study", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.1135-1141, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908456.pdf

"Anti-Communal songs of Bhupen Hazarika: An analytical study", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp1135-1141, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908456.pdf