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Issues and Sensibilities of Ethnicity in the Lyrics of Bharat Ratna Dr Bhupen Hazarika Dr Dhrubajyoti Malakar Assistant Professor Department of English Pub Bongsor College Pacharia, Kamrup, assam Email Id: d.malakar13@gmail.com Ph No: 7663045225 Abstract The present study is a search of ethnicity represented by Bharat Ratna Dr Bhupen Hazarika in his lyrics. An attempt has been made to explore the invisible exchanges that exist between ethnicity and music in him and how the 'imagined communities' of Hazarika who remained dear to all people cutting across boundaries, generations, caste, creed or sect, evolutes the myth of bor-axom (Greater Assam). Ethnicity is a form of cultural identity. Hazarika, who had a genius for weaving a magical tapestry out of traditional Assamese music and lyrics, was regarded as one of the greatest cultural communicators of South-East Asia. As a student of Political Science, he observed and understood the contemporary political scenario and as a student of Mass Communication he knew very well how to communicate people, how to go into the core of the heart of the mass people. As a performer, he utilized the strength of music as the weapon for bridging the gap among the ethnic people of the North East. With due methodologies of humanities, this socio-literary study finds the conclusion that this extraordinary balladeer had been rightly represented the ethnic identity of the North Eastern Region of India in his lyrics in an individual and meaningful way. Key Words: Ethnicity, Representation, Bhupen Hazarika, Lyric Poetry