- By Monoranjan Bezboruah

Every Assamese of our generation has of course known Bhupenda! I met Bhupenda first in 1974. In subsequent years, I met him a few more times. In 1993 we were fortunate to have him grace our Fourteenth Assam Convention in Washington, DC. He sang for an entire evening, a group of young artists from Bangladesh on their own came and gave him the instrumental back up. I was lucky to drive him to New Jersey, and the beauty and poignancy of his observations and comments of that few hours are still lingering in my mind! His songs and writings, the reminiscences inspire and give strength; his memory will remain like an eternal melody!