Zubeen Garg was a phenomenon, and that truth, unfortunately, I realised only after his death, when a sea of fans cried and bid him farewell with Mayabini . Perhaps I was living under a rock to not know the man who had composed 38,000 songs, or the extent of his expansive charitable endeavours. For me, Zubeen da was Zubeen Garg (just like anyone who is not from Assam or Bengal), the man who sang two absolute hits - Ya Ali from Gangster and Jaane Kya Chahe Mann Bawra from Pyaar Ke Side Effects , besides being the playback singer for some of Bengali star Dev Adhikari’s earliest hits.

I am sorry, I did not know any better, because social media, which can make people go viral overnight for the most trivial things, never brought forth the side of Zubeen, who was charitable, outspoken,

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