She was speaking at a programme held at Gandhi Bhavan in Bengaluru. This was her first programme after she returned from London, where her short story collection ‘Heart Lamp’ won the International ...

Hakhdaar tarse toh angaar ka nuuh barse…” ...

Banu Mushtaq’s ‘Heart Lamp’, winning the 2025 International Booker Prize — the first ever for a Kannada work, marks the ...

In an age of influencers, Mushtaq’s quiet stories reclaim literature’s moral ground ...

Inspired by encounters with women who came to her for help, each of Mushtaq’s stories introduces us to a different woman from a different family. What the women of Heart Lamp share is that their lives ...

International Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq, renowned for capturing the lives of Indian women, views writing as essential as breathing. Her award-winning Kannada collection 'Heart Lamp' showcases ...

Over three decades spent chronicling the everyday lives of women in India, International Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq ...

That was also translated by Deepa Bhasthi. Ms. Mushtaq began writing in the progressive literary movement in Karnataka in the 1970s and 1980s, which gave voice to several people from dalit and ...

An extraordinary author-translator collaboration produced a book, “Heart Lamp,” that was lauded for enriching the English ...

Full texts of writer Banu Mushtaq’s and translator Deepa Bhasthi’s acceptance speeches after winning the 2025 International ...

Translation, with sensitivity and imagination, is literary creation. As Vishnu Khare said, “Translating great literature ...

In conversation with Forbes India after winning one of the most prestigious literary awards for her book Heart Lamp, Mushtaq ...