This year’s International Booker Prize was awarded to Banu Mushtaq’s ‘Heart Lamp,’ a collection of short stories written in Kannada. As with Geetanjali Shree’s ‘Tomb of Sand,’ it lights up a path we ...

It is a crowning moment for Indian, especially Kannada, literature that Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq has won the International ...

Banu Mushtaq Publisher: Penguin Price: Rs 399/- Banu Mushtaq’s Heart Lamp Wins International Booker Prize 2025. In a time of ...

In Heart Lamp, women also bear the brunt of the peculiar obsessions of men who want their desires fulfilled without giving ...

The Kannadiga literary sphere, which is celebrating Banu Mushtaq and Deepa Bhasthi, hopes the International Booker Prize win will put the spotlight on Kannada literature and on Indian writing in gener ...

Banu Mushtaq, an Indian writer, lawyer, and activist, has become the first author writing in Kannada to win the prestigious ...

Banu Mushtaq's 'Heart Lamp' wins International Booker Prize, sparking high demand for book in Kannada and English in.

Banu Mushtaq, the first Kannada writer to win International Booker Prize, has dedicated the award to the people of India. She said that she is celebrating the win as part of her activism for ...

Women’s writing in Kannada has not received the recognition it deserves. Even most of the notable awards at the national ...

Author and activist Banu Mushtaq, who made history when her short story collection ‘Heart Lamp’ became the first Kannada ...

Banu Mushtaq’s quietly powerful collection of short stories, translated by Deepa Bhasthi, shines a light on the lives of Muslim women in rural India. It is the first time that the International Booker ...

Sir — Congratulations to the multi-faceted Kannadiga author, Banu Mushtaq, who is also a lawyer and activist, on winning the ...