Literature enthusiasts across India woke up on Wednesday morning to the sweet news of Karnataka’s own Banu Mushtaq and Deepa Bhasthi winning The International Booker Prize, awarded to translated works ...

Banu Mushtaq and Deepa Bhasthi embrace after they are announced the winners of the 2025 International Booker Prize. | David Parry for the Booker Prize Foundation. On May 20, Banu Mushtaq became the ...

Women’s writing in Kannada has not received the recognition it deserves. Even most of the notable awards at the national level, the Jnanpith for instance, have been conferred on men It is indeed a ...

Banu Mushtaq, an Indian writer, lawyer, and activist, has become the first author writing in Kannada to win the prestigious International Booker Prize for her short story collection Heart Lamp. The ...

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 a world that often tries to divide us, literature remains one of the last sacred spaces where we can live inside each other"s minds, if only for a few pages," said Banu Mushtaq in her acceptance ...

Banu Mushtaq began writing within the progressive protest literary circles in Karnataka in the 1970s and 1980s. The Bandaya Sahitya movement gave rise to influential Dalit and Muslim writers, of whom ...

In the pre-dawn hours, while most of India lay asleep, a quiet yet profound history was being made on the global stage. At London's Tate Modern Museum, Heart Lamp, a collection of twelve short stories ...

Banu Mushtaq's 'Heart Lamp' has won the International Booker Prize, marking the first Kannada to English translation to achieve this honor. Translated by Deepa Bhasthi, Mushtaq's collection explores ...

Indian writer, lawyer and activist Banu Mushtaq has made history by becoming the first author writing in the Kannada language to win the International Booker prize with her short story anthology, ...

Local literature just got global exposure with writer-translator duo Banu Mushtaq and Deepa Bhasthi’s short story collection Heart Lamp winning The International Booker Prize. Prominent Kannada ...

Her work has earned her several honours, including the Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award. Banu Mushtaq, an Indian writer, lawyer, and activist, has become the first author writing in Kannada to win the ...