Banu Mushtaq

• Indian author and women's rights activist Banu Mushtaq made history by becoming the first Kannada writer to win the International Booker Prize.

• On May 20, her anthology Heart Lamp won the award in London.

• Heart Lamp was originally written in Kannada and translated into English by Deepa Bhashthi.

• The collection contains 12 short stories describing the lives of women in patriarchal southern Indian communities.

• The stories span three decades from 1990 to 2023, reflecting Mushtaq's dedication to portraying the nuanced experiences of women.

• The Booker Prize was awarded jointly to Mushtaq and translator Deepa Bhashthi for the first full-length English translation of her work.