Writer-lawyer-activist Banu Mushtaq’s short story anthology Heart Lamp (which means Hridaya Deepa in Kannada) has become the first book written in Kannada to win the prestigious International Booker ...

The editor of the series is Mini Krishnan, who has been a longtime advocate of Indian literature in translation. In her insightful introduction, she frames these stories as part of cultural memory: ...

Banu Mushtaq’s International Booker Prize-winning short story collection Heart Lamp is littered with a gamut of affecting objects and people: callous husbands, self-serving mutawallis, loving children ...

Edited by Mini Krishnan and translated by Susheela Punitha, this collection allows readers to chart the trajectory of modern short fiction in Kannada Some ‘good’ translations tell the stories ...

The Kannadiga literary sphere hopes the International Booker Prize win will put the spotlight on Kannada literature and on Indian writing in general The International Booker Prize win for Heart Lamp, ...

In the stories in A Teashop in Kamalapura and Other Classic Kannada Stories, a tea-seller's lies spiral out of control, a banana sapling becomes the joy and terror of ...

BENGALURU: While most people might have stopped taking interest in communicating or even educating children in Kannada, and prefer English in Karnataka, a group of people living in Dubai in the United ...

As we celebrate Karnataka Rajyotsava, Kannada actress Janvi Rayala reflects on her growing love for her mother tongue and what it truly means to be a Kannadiga. In a heartfelt conversation, she opens ...

Writer, activist and lawyer Banu Mushtaq’s short story collection ‘Heart Lamp’ (Hridaya Deepa) has become the first Kannada title to win the coveted International Booker Prize in London. Mushtaq ...

On Tuesday night, writer, activist, and lawyer Banu Mushtaq's short story collection Heart Lamp became the first Kannada title to win the coveted GBP 50,000 International Booker Prize in London.