{"id":11111,"date":"2025-11-04T13:25:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T07:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/?p=11111"},"modified":"2025-11-04T13:25:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T07:55:33","slug":"jyotiraditya-scindia-confers-bharat-ratna-dr-bhupen-hazarika-national-awards-celebrating-cultural-harmony-in-bhupen-das-centenary-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/?p=11111","title":{"rendered":"Jyotiraditya Scindia confers Bharat Ratna Dr. Bhupen Hazarika National Awards celebrating cultural harmony in Bhupen Da\u2019s centenary year"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jyotiraditya Scindia confers Bharat Ratna Dr. Bhupen Hazarika National Awards celebrating cultural harmony in Bhupen Da\u2019s centenary year<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n


\nA versatile range of cultural custodians from the Northeast conferred with the honour<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Union Minister Scindia later addresses Nanhi Chhaan National Essay Contest, urging youth to shape a compassionate and inclusive India<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Posted On: 03 NOV 2025 5:13PM by PIB Delhi<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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Union Minister for Communications and Development of the North Eastern Region, Jyotiraditya Scindia, today conferred the Bharat Ratna Dr. Bhupen Hazarika National Awards at a ceremony in Guwahati organised by Sarhad Pune, and later addressed the Nanhi Chhaan 12th National Essay Contest. Both events celebrated India\u2019s cultural diversity, the Northeast\u2019s heritage, and the pivotal role of women and youth in nation building.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Speaking at the award ceremony, Scindia paid tribute to Bhupen Hazarika as a poet, musician, and voice of the nation whose work wove together art and unity. He said that conferring awards in Bhupen Da\u2019s name honours not just an artist but an era of empathy and cultural synthesis. Six eminent personalities from the region were felicitated for their contributions to literature, music, film, scholarship, and cultural preservation \u2014 Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi (Arunachal Pradesh), Laishram Mema (Manipur), Rajni Basumatary (Assam), L. R. Sailo (Mizoram), Dr. Surjya Kanta Hazarika (Assam), and Prof. David R. Syiemlieh (Meghalaya).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Recalling his deep personal connection with the Northeast, Scindia reflected on how his association with the region and Bhupen Da\u2019s legacy is rooted as much in emotion as in history. He described Bhupen Da as a bridge between \u201cmy janmabhoomi Mumbai and his karmabhoomi Assam,\u201d whose melodies continue to breathe across India\u2019s cultural landscape.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Minister spoke of his family\u2019s long-standing bond with the region \u2014 a relationship etched in compassion. After the devastating 1950 earthquake that shook Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, his grandfather, Maharaja Jivajirao Scindia, had established the Assam Relief Fund, extending timely aid and solidarity to the people. He noted how the same deluge that erased Sadiya, Bhupen Da\u2019s birthplace, also gave rise to his immortal songs that turned pain into poetry and loss into light.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe resilience of Bhupen Da\u2019s music reminds us that even in sorrow, there is song; that the human spirit, like the Brahmaputra, always finds its course again,\u201d Scindia remarked.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

He also highlighted the Bhupen Hazarika Setu as a living testament to Bhupen Da\u2019s vision of connection and progress.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Scindia commended Sarhad Pune and its founder Sanjay Nahar for decades of work in promoting national integration, nurturing students from conflict-affected regions, establishing cultural platforms such as Sarhad Music and the Bhupen Hazarika Music Studio, and running a girls\u2019 hostel for students from the Northeast, all rooted in empathy and harmony.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Later, the Minister addressed the Nanhi Chhaan National Essay Contest, which saw participation from over 50,000 students across India. He interacted with the winners, commending their clarity of thought and patriotic spirit.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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He praised the Nanhi Chhaan Foundation for its work in women\u2019s empowerment, environmental protection, and interfaith harmony. Reflecting on the theme \u201cThe Force of Viksit Bharat,\u201d Scindia said the essays were a reminder that India\u2019s future rests on the confidence, compassion, and curiosity of its youth.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Reiterating that the true strength of a Viksit Bharat will emerge when daughters see themselves not as bystanders but as architects of change, Scindia drew inspiration from Assam\u2019s freedom heroine Kanaklata Barua, noting that courage and conviction know no age or gender. He underscored that India\u2019s march towards Viksit Bharat will gain unstoppable momentum when women\u2019s empathy, resilience, and leadership combine with youthful innovation and energy.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jyotiraditya Scindia confers Bharat Ratna Dr. Bhupen Hazarika National Awards celebrating cultural harmony in Bhupen Da\u2019s centenary year A versatile range of cultural custodians from the Northeast conferred with the honour Union Minister Scindia later addresses Nanhi Chhaan National Essay Contest, urging youth to shape a compassionate and inclusive India Posted On: 03 NOV 2025 …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11111"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11114,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11111\/revisions\/11114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}