Banu Mushtaq's 'Heart Lamp' wins International Booker Prize, reflecting her advocacy for women's rights and social justice.

Lawyer and activist’s book ‘Heart Lamp’, is a collection of 12 short stories, and also her first book translated into English ...

The book chronicles the resilience, resistance, wit, and sisterhood of everyday women in patriarchal communities in southern ...

Mushtaq has become the first author writing in Kannada to win the prize for her short story collection Heart Lamp ...

Speaking at a felicitation ceremony in Bengaluru, Banu Mushtaq addressed the growing perception that Kannada speakers are ...

LONDON — Indian author Banu Mushtaq and translator Deepa Bhasthi won the International Booker Prize for fiction Tuesday for “Heart Lamp,” a collection of 12 short stories written over a ...

Every emotion, every struggle, every painful coming-of-age moment in this book is a powerful reminder of why it won the ...

As a translator, how did it affect your work?Actually, it was easier for me, because the Kannada that Banu writes in is a ...

Indian author Banu Mushtaq has been announced as the winner of the International Booker Prize 2025 for her short story collection, Heart Lamp. The lawyer and activist will split the £50,000 prize ...

Banu Mushtaq, author of 'Heart Lamp' left, and Deepa Bhasthi pose for photographers upon arrival for the International Booker Prize, in London, Tuesday, May 20, 2025.(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali ...