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 ...

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, the first Kannada writer to win the International Booker Prize, has dedicated the award to the people of India.

Indian writer, lawyer, and activist Banu Mushtaq has made literary history by winning the International Booker Prize for her ...

It was a proud moment for Karnataka and the Kannada literary world as Deepa Bhasthi won the prestigious International Booker ...

Max Porter, Chair of the 2025 International Booker Prize judges, praised Heart Lamp as a standout from the outset. “This was ...

Heart Lamp, written by author, women’s rights activist and lawyer Banu Mushtaq and translated by Deepa Bhasthi, has won the ...

Kannada writer Banu Mushtaq and translator Deepa Bhasthi's 'Heart Lamp' wins the International Booker Prize. The book's ...

Banu Mushtaq focused most of her writings on women's lives, caste, power and oppression. Her writing shed light on the ...

Writer and activist Banu Mushtaq, 77, made history on Tuesday by winning the International Booker Prize for 'Heart Lamp', a short story collection originally written in Kannada.  This marks the first ...

Banu Mushtaq, a writer and lawyer, won the International Booker Prize for her Kannada short story collection 'Hridaya Deepa', ...