Two of Assam’s tallest cultural icons, Bhupen Hazarika and Zubeen Garg, will be the focus of the second edition of the Brahmaputra Literature Festival to be held from February 6 to 8 in 2026.
Adharxila Trust, a non-profit organisation focused on the literary and cultural heritage of India’s northeastern region, said the literature festival will be held in eastern Assam’s Sivasagar town after a series of events elsewhere in the State, including a curtain-raiser in western Assam’s Gauripur.
The inaugural festival was part of the last World Book Fair in New Delhi. The Sivasagar edition, themed ‘A Confluence of Rhythm, World, and Spirit – Celebrating the Voice of Humanity’, will be the first to be held in the State.
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“The Brahmaputra is not merely a river; it is a metaphor for humanity — vast, inclusive, timeless, and musical,” author, festival director, and chief trustee of Adharxila Trust, Rita Chowdhury, said on Sunday (December 14, 2025).
