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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.
Max Porter, Chair of the 2025 International Booker Prize judges, praised Heart Lamp as a standout from the outset. “This was ...
Literature enthusiasts across India woke up on Wednesday morning to the sweet news of Karnataka’s own Banu Mushtaq and Deepa ...
Leena Manimekalai, poet, filmmaker & educatorBanu Mushtaq’s book, radically translated by Deepa Bhasthi, winning Booker is a slap on the fascist Indian stat ...
The fatal tiger attacks in Ranthambore National Park over the past month, why this year’s summer has been unusually cool and Kannada author Banu Mushtaq’s short story collection Heart Lamp, which won ...
Banu Mushtaq, who is also a lawyer and activist, says she will share the £50,000 prize with her translator Deepa Bhasthi.
Banu Mushtaq received the honour during a ceremony at London's Tate Modern, joined by Deepa Bhasthi, who translated the book ...
Kannada writer, lawyer, and activist Banu Mushtaq and translator Deepa Bhasthi on Wednesday scripted history by winning the ...
Equally commendable is the role of Deepa Bhasthi who translated Heart Lamp from Kannada to English without diluting the ...
Writer, activist and lawyer Banu Mushtaq’s short story collection ‘Heart Lamp’ (Hridaya Deepa) has become the first Kannada ...
Bengaluru: Prominent figures across Karnataka have hailed the Booker Prize-winning efforts of Banu Mushtaq as a landmark ...