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

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

Bengaluru: Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq said on Wednesday that she believed she would win the prize “500 per cent” and ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

After she won the Booker Prize, a man from the audience mansplained creative writing to Kannada writer Banu Mushtaq and ...

Banu Mushtaq, the International Booker Prize winner, affirmed her commitment to India. She dismissed suggestions of seeking ...

Banu Mushtaq, a writer, lawyer and activist, began writing about her people, their joys, sorrows and anxieties, over five ...

Banu Mushtaq and Deepa Bhasthi’s Heart Lamp is a feminist decimation of religious dogma, patriarchy and small-mindedness, ...