Agartala, March 2 (IANS): The National Book Trust (NBT) has taken an ambitious plan to boost tribal literature in northeast India, trust chairman Baldeo Bhai Sharma said here on Wednesday.
"As a first step of our programme to boost tribal literature in northeast, the NBT is organising a four-day workshop on tribal literature in Agartala," Sharma told reporters.
"The workshop has started on Tuesday in presence of many important tribal and non-tribal writers, poets, researchers, academicians, illustrations experts and artists," the chairman said.
He said: "If we find encouraging response from the litterateurs of both tribals and non-tribals and support from the state governments in the northeast India such workshop woulds be held in each northeastern state."
A book carrying exhibition bus is now on tour to the northeastern states.
India's northeast region, comprising eight states, is one of the most colourful and culturally rich communities of India with the habitation of more than 200 fascinating tribes and many have rich literature.
