Arunachal Author Subi Taba Wins 2025 Ramnath Goenka Sahithya Samman for Best Fiction
The honor recognizes Tales from the Dawn-Lit Mountains, a collection praised for illuminating Northeast India's seldom-heard voices.
Overview
- The prize was presented in Chennai by Vice President C P Radhakrishnan at a ceremony attended by writers, jurors and cultural figures.
- The New Indian Express Group's citation called the book a "luminous" work that gives voice to a rarely represented landscape and people.
- Jurors commended Taba's spare, evocative prose and her exploration of memory, belonging, loss and resilience in mountain communities.
- Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu and Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein publicly congratulated the author following the ceremony.
- The collection prevailed over shortlisted titles including Bhanu Mushtaq's Heart Lamp and Vikas Swarup's The Girl with the Seven Lives.