BENGALURU: International Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq noted that many people carry the prejudice that successful women, especially those from the Muslim community, must either be unmarried or ...

Banu Mushtaq, author of 'Heart Lamp', right, and Deepa Bhasthi hold the trophies after winning the International Booker Prize, in London. AP. It is a big moment in India’s literary landscape.

Bengaluru: International Booker Prize winner Banu Musthaq is more than a writer and known for her struggles against injustice to women to resolve communal tensions. From facing a fatwa against her ...

A prolific writer, Banu has written over 60 stories in her six-decade-long writing career. Her stories have been published across six collections, and navigate themes of faith, gender, and ...

Banu Mushtaq’s short story collection “Heart Lamp” paved the way for her history-making milestone on Tuesday, as she became the first Kannada writer to snag the International Booker prize ...

Banu Mushtaq, a Kannada writer, has been awarded the International Booker Prize 2025 for her short story collection, Heart Lamp. Deepa Bhasthi translated the book from Kannada to English.

Banu Mushtaq, Indian writer, lawyer and activist, on Tuesday won the International Booker Prize for her short story collection Heart Lamp.She becomes the first author of Kannada-language ...

Banu has also published Karinagaragalu, Hanate Mudida Haadi, and Benkiyamale, collections of poems. Banu Mushtaq's 'Heart Lamp' makes history with International Booker win.

Banu also doubled as a reporter for the tabloid from Hassan where she worked as a lawyer. Keen eye for the ordinary. Expectedly, she was drawn into controversies over her no-holds barred reports.

Banu Mushtaq hails from the Hassan district of Karnataka. Chair of the 2025 International Booker Prize jury, Max Porter, explained why Heart Lamp won: “This was the book the judges really loved ...

Indian author Banu Mushtaq and translator Deepa Bhasthi won the International Booker Prize for fiction Tuesday for “Heart Lamp,” a collection of 12 short stories written over a period of more ...

Banu Mushtaq is an Indian writer who tells stories about women, caste, and power. Photo Credit: AFP She won the International Booker Prize for her book "Heart Lamp".