The translator of the Kannada short fiction collection Heart Lamp on why the act of writing and translating is always ...

The short fiction collection is not a seductive read in the traditional sense. It doesn’t dazzle with plot twists or offer ...

"Bel Canto" and "The Dutch House" author Ann Patchett brings her Parnassus Books store in at No. 16. Opening in 2011 in Nashville, Tennessee, it's named for the mythical mount in Greece that harbored ...

Deepa Bhasthi on translating Banu Mushtaq's Heart Lamp, which won the 2025 International Booker Prize ...

It is a big moment in India’s literary landscape. Writer, activist and lawyer Banu Mushtaq has won the prestigious ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Lawyer Banu Mushtaq, from Karnataka (India), is the first to win this award. Her short story collection Heart Lamp is ...

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

Joy in India as writer Banu Mushtaq wins a major literary award for her short stories that she wrote over 3 decades in a regional language.