Banu Mushtaq’s International Booker Prize-winning short story collection Heart Lamp is littered with a gamut of affecting objects and people: callous husbands, self-serving mutawallis, loving children ...

This anthology of 18 landmark Kannada stories (1900–1980s), translated by Susheela Punitha, offers a vivid panorama of Karnataka’s literary traditions, voices, and social history.

Writer, activist and lawyer Banu Mushtaq’s short story collection ‘Heart Lamp’ (Hridaya Deepa) has become the first Kannada title to win the coveted International Booker Prize in London. Mushtaq ...

In the stories in A Teashop in Kamalapura and Other Classic Kannada Stories, a tea-seller's lies spiral out of control, a banana sapling becomes the joy and terror of ...

The Kannadiga literary sphere hopes the International Booker Prize win will put the spotlight on Kannada literature and on Indian writing in general The International Booker Prize win for Heart Lamp, ...

Edited by Mini Krishnan and translated by Susheela Punitha, this collection allows readers to chart the trajectory of modern short fiction in Kannada Some ‘good’ translations tell the stories ...

For years, despite its rich storytelling tradition, the Kannada film industry remained overlooked on OTT platforms. Kannada content was largely seen as an afterthought, a spillover from television or ...

From a non-native, who once struggled to speak Kannada, to building an online community that helps thousands learn the language, 24-year-old Sakshi Baid’s journey is all about ‘More Than Kannada ...

A heartwarming video shows a foreigner fluently speaking Kannada at a temple canteen in Australia. The video, posted on Instagram, gained huge traction on social media, with users praising cultural ...

Writer-lawyer-activist Banu Mushtaq’s short story anthology Heart Lamp (which means Hridaya Deepa in Kannada) has become the first book written in Kannada to win the prestigious International Booker ...

On Tuesday night, writer, activist, and lawyer Banu Mushtaq's short story collection Heart Lamp became the first Kannada title to win the coveted GBP 50,000 International Booker Prize in London.