Mysore/Mysuru: Members of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) Mysuru district unit staged a protest at Gandhi Square yesterday, opposing the Karnataka Government’s decision to invite International Booker Prize-winning author Banu Mushtaq to inaugurate this year’s Mysuru Dasara festivities. The protest was driven by two key issues: The selection of Banu Mushtaq over Deepa Bhasthi, the…
Mysore/Mysuru: MLC A.H. Vishwanath has welcomed the selection of International Booker Prize-winning author Banu Mushtaq to inaugurate this year’s Dasara and suggested the State Government to also invite translator Deepa Bhasthi to Mysuru and felicitate her along with Banu Mushtaq, as a mark of unbiased honour for their achievements. Addressing media persons at Pathrakartara Bhavan…
Mysuru: BJP OBC Morcha State President R. Raghu Kautilya has opined that this year’s Dasara inauguration would have held greater significance had both International Booker Prize winners — writer Banu Mushtaq and translator Deepa Bhasthi — jointly lit the ceremonial lamp. Responding on ‘X’ to the State Government’s decision to invite only Banu Mushtaq to…
Mysore/Mysuru: The opening session of the 9th Mysuru Literature Festival set the tone for a thought-provoking weekend with a powerful conversation titled “Lighting the Way: Kannada, Women and the Booker’s International Stage.” The panel featured Kannada litterateur Banu Mushtaq and acclaimed translator Deepa Bhasthi, winners of the 2025 International Booker Prize for ‘Heart Lamp’, a…
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…
“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…
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…
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