It is the official language of Karnataka, a state nestled between Kerala (where they speak Malayalam), Tamil Nadu (where ...

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

Banu Mushtaq’s ‘Heart Lamp’, winning the 2025 International Booker Prize — the first ever for a Kannada work, marks the ...

Banu Mushtaq and Deepa Bhasthi’s Heart Lamp is a feminist decimation of religious dogma, patriarchy and small-mindedness, ...

BENGALURU: The anthology of short stories, ‘Heart Lamp’, which won the International Booker Prize, will be translated into 35 ...

Banu Mushtaq, a writer, lawyer and activist, began writing about her people, their joys, sorrows and anxieties, over five ...

Translation, with sensitivity and imagination, is literary creation. As Vishnu Khare said, “Translating great literature ...

International Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq, renowned for capturing the lives of Indian women, views writing as essential as breathing. Her award-winning Kannada collection 'Heart Lamp' showcases ...

In an age of influencers, Mushtaq’s quiet stories reclaim literature’s moral ground ...

Booker prize for ‘Heart Lamp’ is a defining moment for India’s vernacular literature which has been on sidelines for long In a watershed moment for Indian regional literature, ‘Heart Lamp,’ a short ...

Deepa Bhasthi honored in Madikeri for winning International Booker Prize 2025, praised for translating regional literature ...

One of the strange things about getting an English education is that you are afflicted with a French education too. And a ...