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

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

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

Originally written in Kannada and translated into English by Deepa Bhasthi, ‘Heart Lamp’ revolves around the lives of Muslim ...

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

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

BENGALURU: Banu Mustaq’s ‘Heart Lamp’ is a step closer to winning the 2025 International Booker Prize. Banu started writing Heart Lamp in 1990, and the curation of these stories took 33 years.

Karnataka-based writer, activist and lawyer Banu Mushtaq’s short story collection “Heart Lamp”, translated from Kannada to English by Deepa Bhasthi, was on Tuesday shortlisted for the International ...

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.

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