Literature enthusiasts across India woke up on Wednesday morning to the sweet news of Karnataka’s own Banu Mushtaq and Deepa Bhasthi winning The International Booker Prize, awarded to translated works into English.

Banu Mushtaq’s Kannada title ‘Heart Lamp,’ translated by Deepa Bhasthi, is the first collection of short stories to be awarded the prize

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 period of more than 30 years and which chronicle the everyday lives and struggles of women in southern India.