Assamese author Kaushik Barua follows a group of Tibetan refugees who set up an armed resistance movement, in a new book of fiction.
Titled “Wind horse”, the novel has been pegged as the first major work of fiction set in the Tibetan struggle and the turbulent period immediately following the Chinese occupation of Tibet.
“Despite being one of the most widely covered political issues in recent years, the Tibetan struggle has not yet been covered by any major work of fiction,” according to publishers HarperCollins. Set in Tibet, India and Nepal from the 1940s to the 1970s the book follows two main protagonists, Lhasang and Norbu.
“Lhasang loses his home and all that is familiar when the Chinese occupy Tibet. As a refugee, he realises that to regain his life, he must defy his family and his faith”, Barua said.
Titled “Wind horse”, the novel has been pegged as the first major work of fiction set in the Tibetan struggle and the turbulent period immediately following the Chinese occupation of Tibet.
“Despite being one of the most widely covered political issues in recent years, the Tibetan struggle has not yet been covered by any major work of fiction,” according to publishers HarperCollins. Set in Tibet, India and Nepal from the 1940s to the 1970s the book follows two main protagonists, Lhasang and Norbu.
“Lhasang loses his home and all that is familiar when the Chinese occupy Tibet. As a refugee, he realises that to regain his life, he must defy his family and his faith”, Barua said.