In mainstream Indian literature, Muslim women are often flattened into metaphors — silent sufferers or tropes in someone else ...

Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2025, Banu Mushtaq’s collection of short stories is full of dark humour and ...

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

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

‘Heart Lamp’ by Banu Mushtaq brings 12 thought-provoking short stories over three decades, from 1990 to 2023.

Kannada author Banu Mushtaq, shortlisted for the 2025 International Booker Prize, reflects on 50+ years of writing about ...

Banu Mushtaq's short story collection, "Heart Lamp," translated from Kannada, has been shortlisted for the 2025 International ...

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The International Booker Prize has announced the six books shortlisted for its annual celebration of the best new fiction ...

Heart Lamp by Kannada writer Banu Mushtaq, translated into English by Deepa Bhasthi, has been shortlisted for the GBP 50,000 ...

LONDON: Karnataka-based writer, activist and lawyer Banu Mushtaq’s short story collection ‘Heart Lamp’, translated from ...