Zubeen Garg and the Collective Performance of Assamese Identity | Pallavi Devi

To call Zubeen Garg merely a singer would be like calling the Brahmaputra a stream. From the moment he first lifted a microphone, it was clear that he was destined to be more than an entertainer, he was a cultural force, a phenomenon who redefined what it meant to be an Assamese artist. Born on November 18, 1972, to Mohini Mohan Borthakur and Illy Borthakur, Zubeen