Ranjan Bezbaruah
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Ranjan Bezbaruah | |
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| Born | August 1, 1971 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | ADP College Cotton College Gauhati University |
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| Spouse | Bornali Parashar |
| Children | Mayukhi (Daughter) Jishnu (Son) |
| Parent(s) | Rohit Chandra Bezbaruah (Father) Sri Subhadra Bezbaruah (Mother) |
| Awards | 'Xudhakantha Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Memorial Integration Award' (2014) 'Sanskrita Gayaka' (2019) 'Rashtriya Sanskrit Geetikavi' (2020) |
Ranjan Kumar Bezbaruah is an Indian singer, lyricist, translator and academician engaged in promoting Modern Sanskrit Lyrical Literature.[1][2] He is a vocal artiste of ‘Sanskrit songs’ contributing to All India Radio, Delhi Doordarshan & other regional & national platforms.[1] He was honoured with 'Rashtriya Sanskrit Geetikavi' in 2020 by an international organisation.[3]
Early life
Ranjan Bezbaruah was born on 1 August, 1971 in Chakalaghat, Hatichong, Nagaon district of Assam.[1] His father Rohit Chandra Bezbaruah was an educationist, writer and his mother Sri Subhadra Bezbaruah is a teacher, artist.[1] Bezbaruah married to Bornali Parashar of Tezpur-Jamugurihat in 2002.[1] They has two children, a son Jishnu and a daughter Mayukhi.[1]
Cultural and academic activity
Sanskrit version of a number of patriotic Indian songs of the maestros like Rabindranath Tagore & Md. Iqbal,[4] Kazi Nazrul, Kavi Pradeep and so on.[5] Moreover, has been rendering his vocal to a few rare Hindi film songs with dignified lyrics & music encompassing K. L. Saigal to A. R. Rahman along with a few popular Ghazals and Bhajans.[6][7]
He has been translating popular and patriotic songs from Assamese, Bengali and Hindi into Sanskrit and singing them since 1999.[7]
Presented the Sanskrit rendition of the patriotic song- Md. Iqbal’s 'Sare Jahan se Accha'[4] which was produced and published by the national media, DDNews, Delhi for the first time, on the grand occasion of india’s 70th independence day, on 14th august, 2016.[1] It was translated and sung by Ranjan Bezbaruah along with other vocalists.[1]
He started 'Prachyaa', the first Sanskrit band from North East India and second in India in 2017.[8]
Awards
| Award | Place | Year | Notes |
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| Xudhakantha Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Memorial Integration Award | Jorhat, Assam | 2014 | |
| Sanskrita Gayaka | Tripura University | 2019 | |
| Rashtriya Sanskrit Geetikavi | Lokbhasha Prachar Samitih, Bhubaneswar | 2020 | [2][3] |
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "সাক্ষাৎকাৰ- সংগীত সমুদ্ৰত অৱগাহন: এক ব্যতিক্ৰমী পথেৰে শিল্পী ৰঞ্জন বেজবৰুৱা" [An interview with artist Ranjan Bezbaruah]. xahitya.org (in Assamese). 2020-11-21. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ^ a b BHATTACHARYYA, SMITA (2020-08-28). "Rashtriya Sanskrit Geetikavi title bestowed on Assam's Ranjan Bezbaruah". NORTHEAST NOW. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ^ a b "Assams Ranjan Bezbaruah Conferred Rashtriya Sanskrit-Geetikavi-Title".
- ^ a b "Saare jahan se accha in Sanskrit on I-Day". Telegraphindia.com. 2016-08-09. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ^ Karmakar, Rahul (2019-11-05). "Bangladesh national anthem goes Sanskrit on Bhupen Hazarika death anniversary". Thehindu.com. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ^ Karmakar, Rahul (2019-10-01). "Gandhiji's favourite bhajan 'Vaishnava Jana To', now in Sanskrit". Thehindu.com. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ^ a b Karmakar, Rahul (2019-10-01). "Gandhiji's favourite bhajan 'Vaishnava Jana To', now in Sanskrit". Thehindu.com. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ^ Bhattacharyya, Smita (2017-01-07). "Fresh words, familiar music". Telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- "Ramdhun in Sanskrit: Tribute on Gandhi Jayanti". Thehillstimes.in. 2020-10-02. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
