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[ The following has been translated from a small part of an original article written in Assamese language by Homen Borgohain with the same title. The content and it's meanings are the author's; I am merely the translator with no change in meaning from the original. ] "Do you actually believe that with death, everything is completely finished for a human being? A person who sings hymns of the Upanishadas , a person who writes the Hamlet , a person who composes the fifth symphony - do all these people get diffused in the dust after their death? All about the immortality of soul which religions speak of - is it completely a luxury of human imagination?"  - I asked him. "I shall try to answer your questions in a rather skewed manner instead of directly answering", he replied. "Actually, as a matter of fact, I shall tell you the answers which I have received having asked your questions to myself repeatedly. ..... 'Death' is the greates