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 ...

In Kerala's lush, heartbreaking terrain, Roy weaves a tale of twins Estha and Rahel, forbidden love, and a family's slow ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sir — Congratulations to the multi-faceted Kannadiga author, Banu Mushtaq, who is also a lawyer and activist, on winning the ...

Banu Mushtaq, the first Kannada writer to win International Booker Prize, has dedicated the award to the people of India. She said that she is celebrating the win as part of her activism for ...

Bengaluru: Church Street, in the centre of the city, has been swept up in a literary frenzy since Wednesday morning after ...