Banu Mushtaq’s Heart Lamp, translated by Deepa Bhasthi, illustrates how Indian literature is translated today, and reflects a ...

He observed that Ms. Mushtaq had the courage to write against superstition and as the voice of Muslim women. Mr. Siddaramaiah ...

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah said that the government would purchase Banu Mushtaq’s books for libraries run by it at the ...

Act, 1986 fortuitously raised the crucial question about the maintenance of Muslim personal law, as it has led to a clash ...

Booker prize for ‘Heart Lamp’ is a defining moment for India’s vernacular literature which has been on sidelines for long In a watershed moment for Indian regional literature, ‘Heart Lamp,’ a short ...

By Ravi Joshi, Former Joint Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat Title : Heart Lamp Author : Banu Mushtaq Year : 2025 Pages : 216 ...

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One of the strange things about getting an English education is that you are afflicted with a French education too. And a ...

It is the official language of Karnataka, a state nestled between Kerala (where they speak Malayalam), Tamil Nadu (where ...

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Deepa Bhasthi on translating Banu Mushtaq's Heart Lamp, which won the 2025 International Booker Prize ...