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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 ...
Journalist, lawyer, author and activist Banu Mushtaq, whose "Heart Lamp" won the International Booker Prize, said her stories ...
In Heart Lamp, women also bear the brunt of the peculiar obsessions of men who want their desires fulfilled without giving ...
It is a crowning moment for Indian, especially Kannada, literature that Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq has won the International ...
Banu Mushtaq, an Indian writer, lawyer, and activist, has become the first author writing in Kannada to win the prestigious ...
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Banu Mushtaq Publisher: Penguin Price: Rs 399/- Banu Mushtaq’s Heart Lamp Wins International Booker Prize 2025. In a time of ...
Banu Mushtaq's 'Heart Lamp' wins International Booker Prize, sparking high demand for book in Kannada and English in.
This is a proud moment for all Kannadigas. Heartfelt congratulations to Banu Mushtaq, the esteemed writer from our land, who ...
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 ...
Banu Mushtaq’s short story collection Heart Lamp became the first Kannada title to be honoured at the prestigious event.
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 ...