India aims to unlock value of its far-flung islands
JIRKATANG, India
BOLLYWOOD music blares from a line of food stalls serving tourists outside the entrance to a thickly forested tribal reserve on India's far-flung Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Beyond the barrier patrolled by police, a few hundreds members of the Jarawa tribe hunt the lush rainforest for turtles and pigs and shoot fish with bows and arrows, largely unseen and untouched by the outside world.
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