Banu Mushtaq, an Indian writer, lawyer, and activist, has become the first author writing in Kannada to win the prestigious ...

Women’s writing in Kannada has not received the recognition it deserves. Even most of the notable awards at the national ...

Banu Mushtaq's 'Heart Lamp' wins International Booker Prize, sparking high demand for book in Kannada and English in.

Author and activist Banu Mushtaq, who made history when her short story collection ‘Heart Lamp’ became the first Kannada ...

The International Booker Prize, previously known as the Man Booker International Prize, was instituted in 2005 and has ...

The Kannadiga literary sphere, which is celebrating Banu Mushtaq and Deepa Bhasthi, hopes the International Booker Prize win will put the spotlight on Kannada literature and on Indian writing in gener ...

In Heart Lamp, women also bear the brunt of the peculiar obsessions of men who want their desires fulfilled without giving ...

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 ...

Indian writer, lawyer and activist Banu Mushtaq on Tuesday won the International Booker Prize for her short story collection ...

Sir — Congratulations to the multi-faceted Kannadiga author, Banu Mushtaq, who is also a lawyer and activist, on winning the ...

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 ...