All writers draw on their experience, whether consciously or not, says Indian author Banu Mushtaq -- including the titular ...

Besides Rutgers-Newark, other colleges that have courses centered on feminists of color include Purdue University, George Mason University, and the University of Akron. The reading lists are typically ...

Anuradha Kumar’s new book Wanderers, Adventurers, Missionaries: Early Americans in India (Speaking Tiger) is a ...

As a result, some of those involved in the movement started thinking and writing about how India, when it became free, should develop and modernise, but they were clear that India should not model ...

An extraordinary author-translator collaboration produced a book, “Heart Lamp,” that was lauded for enriching the English ...

Joy in India as writer Banu Mushtaq wins a major literary award for her short stories that she wrote over 3 decades in a regional language.

“But,” she further reflects on her own authorial position, “as an Indian and a woman, I'm also writing a response to Golden Age fiction. It can't just be a homage. I don't occupy the same ...

with translator Deepa Bhasthi — a historic win that amplifies resistance and women’s voices from India ...

Roy won the Booker Prize in 1997 for her novel, ‘The God of Small Things’. The novel is a story of love and death through the eyes of 7-year-olds. He bagged the Booker Prize in 1981 for his book ...

Awarded the Booker Prize for her book 'Heart Lamp' in 2025, Banu Mushtaq has been an articulate voice for women's lives, caste, power dynamics, and oppression. She is also the first Kannada author ...

Indian writer, lawyer and activist Banu Mushtaq has won the 2025 International Booker Prize for her short story collection Heart Lamp. The 77-year-old is the first author of literature in Kannada ...

A historical novel about a teenage woodcarver tasked with building a tiger automaton in 18th-century India. It narrates a beautiful story of love and mental health within an Indian American family.