International Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq was felicitated by Suttur Mutt Seer Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji during her visit to Suttur Mutt at the foot of Chamundi Hill in city this morning. Apart from the numerous lady writers and professors, the event was also attended by JSS Mahavidyapeetha Executive Secretary Dr. C.G. Betsurmath, Mysuru Deputy…
Ballari: The prestigious International Booker Prize winning Kannada writer Banu Mushtaq has been selected to chair the 88th Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana to be held at Ballari in December. Speaking to newspersons after the Kannada Sahitya Parishat Executive Committee meeting at Ballari yesterday, Parishat President Dr. Mahesh Joshi said that the name of Banu…
Bengaluru: The 11-day Mysuru Dasara festivities are scheduled to take place from Sept. 22 to Oct. 2 this year. During the High Power Committee Meeting chaired by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah yesterday, discussions were held regarding the selection of the chief guest for the grand inauguration atop Chamundi Hill. According to sources, two distinguished women writers…
Bengaluru: Eminent Kannada writer Banu Mushtaq, who spread the fragrance of Kannada literature at international arena, with her collection of stories translated into English as ‘Heart Lamp’ by Deepa Bhasthi, winning International Booker Prize- 2025 recently, has another news to rejoice. Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Thursday said that, the State Cabinet has decided…
“At this time of ‘Operation Sindoor’ of conflict, we also have ‘Operation Saree’ of bonding…” This 2025 year of our Lord, a Kannadiga writer Banu Mushtaq of Hassan, Karnataka, has won the coveted International Booker Prize for her book ‘Heart Lamp.’ The whole world loves the winner. Congratulating her many times over. She has become…
First Kannada title to win prestigious prize London: In a historic moment for Indian literature, Heart Lamp, a short story collection by writer, activist and lawyer Banu Mushtaq, has become the first Kannada title to win the prestigious GBP 50,000 (Rs. 57.42 lakh) International Booker Prize. The award was announced at a ceremony last night…
Mysuru: Banu Mushtaq, born in Hassan in 1948, is a distinguished activist, lawyer and writer. A prominent literary figure, she writes primarily in Kannada, and her works have been translated into Urdu, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and most recently, English. Born into a Muslim family, Banu was enrolled at the age of eight in a Kannada-medium…
Mysuru: Writer Banu Mushtaq, whose Kannada literary work ‘Heart Lamp’ a collection of selected stories, has been translated into English by Deepa Bhasthi and is among six literary works shortlisted for International Booker Prize-2025, has exuded confidence of winning coveted prize. She was speaking during a programme organised to release the revised edition of her…
London: Karnataka-based writer, activist and lawyer Banu Mushtaq’s short story collection ‘Heart Lamp’, translated from Kannada to English by Deepa Bhasthi, has been long-listed for the International Booker Prize 2025 in London. Chosen among 13 worldwide titles, Mushtaq’s work appealed to the judges for its “witty, vivid, colloquial, moving and excoriating” style of capturing portraits…
Workshop on ‘Need for imposing ban on inappropriate portrayal of women in the Media’ held at ATI Mysore/Mysuru: Regretting that women are being portrayed merely as show-pieces in the media, writer Banu Mushtaq bemoaned male dominance in all forms of media and advertising. She was speaking after inaugurating a workshop on the topic ‘Need for…
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