Writer Stuart Blackburn says he first became interested in the Tibeto-Burman-speaking tribes of northeast India when he went to Arunachal Pradesh in 1999. (Source: Wikimedia Commons) Writer Stuart Blackburn says he first became interested in the Tibeto-Burman-speaking tribes of northeast India when he went to Arunachal Pradesh in 1999. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)A book, which tells the story of the Apatani tribe of Arunachal Pradesh during British India, has bagged the MM Bennetts Award for Historical Fiction 2016 in the UK. The book, published by Speaking Tiger, looks into a little-known episode in the colonial history of British India. Blackburn says he first became interested in the Tibeto-Burman-speaking tribes of northeast India when he went to Arunachal Pradesh in 1999.

Source: Indian Express September 08, 2016 06:33 UTC