and Jugomiya Geet were released in a function organised in memory of the Assam’s eminent lyricist Nurul Haque at the Rabindra Bhawan, held under the aegis of Assam Sahitya Sabha and the state government’s Directorate of Cultural Affairs. In 2017, she released Alakananda, an album of 162 songs written by Dwijendra Mohan Sharma, rendered by 75 prominent singers including herself. In the same year, she also released a book in the same name, Alakananda, that includes hundreds of songs, poems and compositions by Dwijendra Mohan Sharma. In 2018, Beauty Sharma Barua released her first spiritual album, Shakti - Stotras & Vandanas for Peace and Inner Strength, which include multiple vedic semi-classical renderations including Shiva Stotra, Durga Stotra, Kamakhya Stotra, Dirgheshwari Mantra, Kali Mantra, Saraswati Vandana and Durga Stuti among others. 2018 also saw the release of her semi-classical album, Thumri - Kajri - Dadra - Beauty Sharma Barua, which included Najariya Laage Nahi (Thumri), Saiyan Rooth Gaye (Kajri), Mor Balamwa Pardesiya (Dadra), Nahi Aaye More Shyaam (Thumri), Sawariya Ne Haye Ram (Dadra) and Sawan Ki Ritu (Kajri). As per the official state portal of the Government of Assam, Beauty Sharma Barua is one of the artists who has laid the foundation of the Assamese music industry with a confluence of indigenous folk music along with other legends like Jyoti Prasad Agarwala, Bishnuprasad Rabha, Parvati Prasad Baruva, Bhupen Hazarika, Nirmalendu Choudhury, Pratima Barua Pandey, Luit Konwar Rudra Baruah, Parvati Prasad Baruva, Jayanta Hazarika and Khagen Mahanta. Non-singing career Apart from her singing, she directed multiple musical shows on Doordarshan and All India Radio on various themes and various eminent singers from Assam took part in those television shows. She also had a few acting stints in Protichobi, Dapon and Pratighat, and rendering her voice in Atma Mariyada, a popular Assamese soap. References See also Music of Assam Barua 1951 births Living people Assamese singers Assamese playback singers 20th-century Indian women singers 20th-century Indian singers People from Golaghat Singers from Assam Women musicians from Assam 21st-century Indian women singers 21st-century Indian singers