Heart Lamp was published simultaneously by And Other Stories, an independent not-for-profit publisher in the UK, and Penguin Random House India. The prize money — a generous £50,000 — was ...

Indian writer Banu Mushtaq is the first Kannada language author to win the International Booker Prize, and her book “Heart Lamp” is also the first short story collection to do so. “Heart Lamp” ...

The 77-year-old Mushtaq, who has worked as a lawyer, an activist and a reporter previously, has been writing in Kannada for over four decades now, and the 12 stories in Heart Lamp have been chosen ...

Kannada writer Banu Mushtaq discusses the enduring impact of caste in India despite constitutional guarantees and reformist ...

"So the English in Heart Lamp is an English with a very deliberate Kannada hum to it." The judges for this year's prize had to whittle the list down from 154 books submitted by publishers.

The stories were selected and translated into English from Kannada, which is spoken in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, by Deepa Bhasthi who will share the £50,000 prize.

Indian writer Banu Mushtaq is the first Kannada language author to win the International Booker Prize, and her book “ Heart Lamp ” is also the first short story collection to do so.

Indian writer Banu Mushtaq is the first Kannada language author to win the International Booker Prize, and her book “ Heart Lamp ” is also the first short story collection to do so. “Heart Lamp” ...

Indian writer Banu Mushtaq is the first Kannada language author to win the International Booker Prize, and her book “ Heart Lamp ” is also the first short story collection to do so.

Banu Mushtaq, author of "Heart Lamp," right, and Deepa Bhasthi hold the trophies after winning the International Booker Prize, in London, Tuesday, May 20, 2025.(Alberto Pezzali/AP) Indian writer ...