Kannada writer Banu Mushtaq has been lending expression to the voiceless for five decades, and when Deepa Bhasthi came on board as translator, her stories leapt across linguistic barriers and ...

Banu Mushtaq, an Indian writer, has won the International Booker Prize for her Kannada short story collection, Heart Lamp, translated by Deepa Bhasthi. The anthology portrays the struggles of ...

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

Kannada author Banu Mushtaq made history by winning the International Booker Prize for her short-story collection, 'Heart Lamp.' Translated by Deepa Bhasthi, it's the first anthology to receive ...

In winning the International Booker Prize for 2025, Banu Mushtaq has scripted history on several counts. Her book Heart Lamp, translated from the Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi, is the first collection ...

Banu Mushtaq's first short story appeared in a local magazine when she was 27. Banu Mushtaq, an Indian writer, lawyer, and activist, has become the first author writing in Kannada to win the ...

Banu Mushtaq’s “Heart Lamp,” translated by Deepa Bhasthi, had received little notice in Britain or the United States before Tuesday. Now, it’s won the major award for translated fiction.

Banu Mushtaq likes to call a spade a spade. Each of the 12 stories in her book Heart Lamp, which has just won the 2025 International Booker prize, reads like one has entered a courtroom where ...

Banu Mushtaq's Heart Lamp is a collection of 12 short stories that exquisitely capture the everyday lives of Muslim women in Karnataka. Banu Mushtaq, a writer who talks about women’s lives ...

Indian author Banu Mushtaq and translator Deepa Bhasthi won the International Booker Prize for fiction Tuesday for “Heart Lamp,” a collection of 12 short stories written over a period of more ...

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 ...