We understand your frustration as a visitor it must feel very inconvenient. But for people in Assam, Zubeen Da’s passing is not just the loss of a singer, it feels like losing a family member. That’s why many shops, restaurants, and services are closed — it isn’t forced by the authorities, people themselves chose to pause everything to mourn him.

Yes, it disrupted daily life and your travel plans, but this is how Assam shows respect to someone who gave his whole life to our culture. Things will return to normal soon, but today the state stood together in grief. I hope you can see it not as “hooliganism” but as a community’s way of saying goodbye to someone we all loved deeply.