Kannada writer, lawyer, and activist Banu Mushtaq and translator Deepa Bhasthi on Wednesday scripted history by winning the ...

Kannada writer Banu Mushtaq, translator Deepa Bhasthi script history.

BENGALURU: “Little Deepa grew up listening to her grandmother’s stories” said Sudhamani, mother of Deepa Bhasthi, the ...

Max Porter, Chair of the 2025 International Booker Prize judges, praised Heart Lamp as a standout from the outset. “This was ...

The first Kannada author to win the award, Mushtaq shares the honour and the £50,000 prize money with Bhasthi, the first ever ...

Translated from Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi, the book won the Booker from a list of six novels, which were shortlisted for the ...

HASSAN: Words failed on this occasion. When Banu—author, activist, lawyer, journalist, poet, wife, mother and ...

It is the first time that the award has been given to a collection of short stories. "Heart Lamp" is the first book written ...

The author and activist shares award with translator Deepa Bhasthi; win also throws spotlight on the Kannada language, widely ...

Indian author Banu Mushtaq and translator Deepa Bhasthi have won the International Booker Prize for fiction for “Heart Lamp,” ...

Mushtaq reportedly described her win as a victory for diversity as she collected the prize at a ceremony at Tate Modern along ...