Banu Mushtaq's Haseena Mattu Itara Kathegalu, an anthology in Kannada, was unknown to Indians, let alone readers across the ...

It’s a riposte to colonisation, where the coloniser’s language is owned and transformed by those from a former colony to win ...

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

Banu Mushtaq’s “Heart Lamp” has won the International Booker Prize, the first collection of short fiction to do so.

The major writing prize awards the best fiction translated into English. Judges called Banu Mushtaq's short story collection ...

Heart Lamp won the International Booker Prize, making Mushtaq the first Kannada writer to receive this honour.

This is the second Indian book to win the international booker prize in three years after Geetanjali Shree and translator ...

In the pre-dawn hours, while most of India lay asleep, a quiet yet profound history was being made on the global stage. At ...

Banu Mushtaq’s Heart Lamp Wins International Booker Prize 2025. In a time of homogenising narratives, Banu’s Heart Lamp glows quietly, reminding us that the most profound stories often come ...

The stories portray Muslim women’s griefs and sanities, their material and immaterial assets and threats, and 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’s Heart Lamp, translated by Deepa Bhasthi and published by And Other Stories, is the first short story ...