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Deepa Bhasthi, the winner of the prestigious International Booker Prize 2025, has etched her name in the books of literary ...
From Leonora Carrington’s surreal ageing heroine to Banu Mushtaq’s bold feminist stories, two women writers defy patriarchy ...
A few years ago, I picked up a book that had won this same prize. It was so slow, and hard to understand. Nothing happened - ...
Banu Mushtaq's 'Heart Lamp' has won the International Booker Prize, marking the first Kannada to English translation to ...
Today, Deepa Bhasthi stands as an inspiration—not just to translators, but to every regional language writer, journalist, and ...
Indian author Banu Mushtaq and translator Deepa Bhasthi on Tuesday won the International Booker Prize for fiction for “Heart Lamp,” a collection of 12 short stories written over ...
The stories portray Muslim women’s griefs and sanities, their material and immaterial assets and threats, and the ...
BENGALURU: ‘Heart Lamp’, which won the prestigious International Booker Prize, is selling like hot cakes. The English translation of Banu Mushtaq’s ‘Edeya Hanat ...
Bengaluru: Kannada Sahitya Parishat's former president Manu Baligar has written a letter to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah urging him to waive of Goods and Services Tax (GST) on the International Booker ...
Opinion
Bridging Worlds
The recent international literary recognition of Banu Mushtaq is more than a personal milestone; it is a significant cultural moment for India.
The International Booker Prize, previously known as the Man Booker International Prize, was instituted in 2005 and has ...