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Heart Lamp, a powerful collection of 12 short stories written between 1990 and 2023, explores the lives of women and girls navigating the complexities of patriarchal societies in southern India.

in the form of Deepa Bhasthi's English translation of "Heart Lamp," a collection of 12 stories by the Indian writer Banu Mushtaq. Bhasthi's translation, which won the English PEN Translates award ...

An extraordinary author-translator collaboration produced a book, “Heart Lamp,” that was lauded for enriching the English language. By Pragati K.B. Reporting from New Delhi Banu Mushtaq’s bo ...

Her book Heart Lamp, translated from the Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi, is the first collection of short stories to be awarded the £50,000 prize, and it’s the first time Kannada has been honoured.

no smiles of recognition even — I had desperately wanted to be free” starts the first story in Heart Lamp, describing life in a city. Reading it brought to mind the cacophony of Indian Cannes ...

When Heart Lamp, Deepa Bhasthi’s English translation of a collection of Kannada writer Banu Mushtaq’s short stories, was declared the winner of the 2025 International Booker Prize on Tuesday ...

On Tuesday (May 20, 2025), Mushtaq’s Heart Lamp, translated from Kannada to English by Bhasthi, won the International Booker Prize for 2025. This is the first honour for Kannada, a language ...

BENGALURU: ‘Heart Lamp’, which won the prestigious International Booker Prize, is selling like hot cakes. The English translation of Banu Mushtaq’s ‘Edeya Hanate’ has created a huge ...

This year’s winner of the International Booker Prize, Banu Mushtaq’s Heart Lamp, is the first ever short-story collection to have received this award. It is also the first Kannada title to do so.