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Women’s writing in Kannada has not received the recognition it deserves. Even most of the notable awards at the national ...
Banu Mushtaq's 'Heart Lamp' wins International Booker Prize, sparking high demand for book in Kannada and English in.
BENGALURU: ‘Heart Lamp’, which won the prestigious International Booker Prize, is selling like hot cakes. The English translation of Banu Mushtaq’s ‘Edeya Hanat ...
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 ...
The International Booker Prize, previously known as the Man Booker International Prize, was instituted in 2005 and has ...
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Bridging Worlds
The recent international literary recognition of Banu Mushtaq is more than a personal milestone; it is a significant cultural moment for India.
Banu Mushtaq, an Indian writer, lawyer, and activist, has become the first author writing in Kannada to win the prestigious ...
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 ...
Indian writer, lawyer and activist Banu Mushtaq has made history by becoming the first author writing in the Kannada language to win the International Booker prize with her short story anthology ...
Indian writer, lawyer and activist Banu Mushtaq on Tuesday won the International Booker Prize for her short story collection ...
The stories portray Muslim women’s griefs and sanities, their material and immaterial assets and threats, and the ...