Over the years that I turned myself from being a comic strip writer into a memoirist, I got very sort of self-righteous about ...

Women’s writing in Kannada has not received the recognition it deserves. Even most of the notable awards at the national ...

This year’s International Booker Prize was awarded to Banu Mushtaq’s ‘Heart Lamp,’ a collection of short stories written in Kannada. As with Geetanjali Shree’s ‘Tomb of Sand,’ it lights up a path we ...

The Kannadiga literary sphere, which is celebrating Banu Mushtaq and Deepa Bhasthi, hopes the International Booker Prize win will put the spotlight on Kannada literature and on Indian writing in gener ...

Banu Mushtaq's 'Heart Lamp' wins International Booker Prize, sparking high demand for book in Kannada and English in.

Indian writer, lawyer and activist Banu Mushtaq on Tuesday won the International Booker Prize for her short story collection ...

Banu Mushtaq, an Indian writer, lawyer, and activist, has become the first author writing in Kannada to win the prestigious ...

Tensions are running high as Iran and the United States prepare for a fifth round of nuclear talks in Rome. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has firmly stated that uranium enrichment is a red ...

Banu Mushtaq’s quietly powerful collection of short stories, translated by Deepa Bhasthi, shines a light on the lives of Muslim women in rural India. It is the first time that the International Booker ...

In Heart Lamp, women also bear the brunt of the peculiar obsessions of men who want their desires fulfilled without giving ...

In this SBS Hindi podcast, we discuss Indian author Banu Mushtaq's win of the 2025 International Booker Prize for her book ...

Pic Courtesy/Sahirah Oshidar on Instagram As Mumbaikars increasingly turn towards running communities to stay on top of their ...