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

Deepa Bhasthi honored in Madikeri for winning International Booker Prize 2025, praised for translating regional literature ...

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

Set in the Netherlands in 1961, “The Safekeep” is the kind of book it’s best not to know too much about, as part of the ...

Whatsapp Prizes, however trivial they may seem, reflect something of the world’s temper. Language politics, with its entrenched hegemonies, often reduces regional tongues to marginal status. The ...

To appreciate Mushtaq and her work is to celebrate the diversity of South Asian languages, culture and many minorities. Over a century ago, the iconic poet Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel for ...

To appreciate Mushtaq and her work is to celebrate the diversity of South Asian languages, culture and many minorities. Over a century ago, the iconic poet Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel for ...

BENGALURU: The anthology of short stories, ‘Heart Lamp’, which won the International Booker Prize, will be translated into 35 ...

An extraordinary author-translator collaboration produced a book, “Heart Lamp,” that was lauded for enriching the English ...

turning them into mere subordinates,” she told Booker Prize. The stories in Heart Lamp were drawn from around 50 works across six of her collections published since 1990. Mushtaq writes ...

Joy in India as writer Banu Mushtaq wins a major literary award for her short stories that she wrote over 3 decades in a regional language.

In a historic moment for Indian literature, Banu Mushtaq has been awarded the prestigious International Booker Prize for her evocative collection of short stories, Heart Lamp. With this ...