An anthology of short stories exploring the everyday lives of women in Muslim communities in Southern India has been ...

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Heart Lamp' by Banu Mushtaq becomes the first Kannada book to be shortlisted for the 2025 International Booker Prize, a ...

NEW DELHI – Heart Lamp: Selected Stories, a searing collection by Kannada writer Banu Mushtaq and translated into English by ...

Banu Mushtaq is a writer, activist and lawyer from Karnataka. 'Heart Lamp' is a collection of 12 short stories depicting the ...

Banu Mushtaq's 'Heart Lamp' is the first Kannada title to be shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2025. The ...

Heart Lamp: Selected Stories is Mushtaq’s debut appearance in English, and Bhasthi’s third published translation. They have worked together for three years to make it possible, the diligence ...

Excerpted with permission from ‘A Decision of the Heart’ in Heart Lamp: Selected Stories, Banu Mushtaq, translated from the Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi, Penguin India.

£50,000 (in Indian currency around 55 lakh) and this prize amount is to be equally shared between the author and the translator. "It's a tremendous honour for Kannada literature. This is an ...

In a groundbreaking moment for Kannada literature, 'Heart Lamp', a collection of short stories by celebrated author Banu Mushtaq and translated into English by Deepa Bhasthi, has earned a spot on ...

The shortlist of the International Booker Prize 2025 was announced last week; Banu Mushtaq’s Heart Lamp (And Other Stories), a collection of 12 short stories written between 1990 and 2023 ...

Heart Lamp is a literary portrait of life on the margins, blending everyday detail with social critique, and filtered through ...