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

I didn’t even know the book had been submitted!" writer, activist, and lawyer Banu Mushtaq laughed, recalling the moment she ...

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

Welcome to this edition of The Hindu on Books Newsletter. The shortlist of the International Booker Prize 2025 was announced ...

Banu Mushtaq’s short story collection Heart Lamp opens with this scorching exercise in definitions. Zeenat, a recently married woman, tries to find the right word to describe her new life with a ...

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(Penguin Random House India, ₹399), a collection of short stories by Banu Mushtaq which has been translated from Kannada to ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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