This weekend, four acclaimed Man Booker Prize winners — Michael Ondaatje (1992), Ian McEwan (1998), Marlon James (2015), and ...

Banu Mushtaq, 77, becomes the first Kannada writer to win the International Booker Prize for her collection "Heart Lamp," showcasing Muslim women's lives.

Equally commendable is the role of Deepa Bhasthi who translated Heart Lamp from Kannada to English without diluting the rawness of Mushtaq’s prose.