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 2025. In a time of homogenising narratives, Banu's Heart Lamp glows ...

It is a crowning moment for Indian, especially Kannada, literature that Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq has won the International ...

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It was a proud moment for Karnataka and the Kannada literary world as Deepa Bhasthi won the prestigious International Booker ...

Max Porter, Chair of the 2025 International Booker Prize judges, praised Heart Lamp as a standout from the outset. “This was ...

Heart Lamp, written by author, women’s rights activist and lawyer Banu Mushtaq and translated by Deepa Bhasthi, has won the ...

Kannada writer Banu Mushtaq and translator Deepa Bhasthi have won the prestigious International Booker Prize for their work ...

Banu Mushtaq's 'Heart Lamp' becomes the first Kannada title to win the International Booker Prize. Her collection of short ...