The day the first reports of Zubeen Garg’s passing surfaced online, disbelief spread faster than confirmation.

Within minutes, social media timelines flooded with his voice; the unmistakable strains of Mayabini echoing across reels, stories, and statuses.

What followed wasn’t just mourning. It was Assam and its people finding a new language of loss and love in the digital space.

“I was in office when I first heard the news. I couldn’t believe it. He used to fall sick, but I always thought he’d come back stronger as he always did,” recalled Bhargav Jyoti Das, a long-time fan from Guwahati.

The first thing Bhargav did was post a WhatsApp status — not words, but a photograph. It was taken just days before Garg’s departure to Singapore, at an event where the singer inaugurated a fan-cura

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