New Delhi, May 21 -- Mallikarjun Kharge, the President of the Indian National Congress (INC) and Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, congratulated writer Banu Mushtaq and translator Deepa Bhasthi for winning the International Booker Prize for their book 'Heart Lamp' in London on Tuesday.

Writer, activist Banu Mushtaq scripted history after her Kannada book 'Heart Lamp' became the first originally written Kannada book to win the International Booker Prize.

Taking to his X handle, Congress President Kharge lauded Mushtaq's literary work, calling it a "powerful advocacy" of harmony, secularism and fraternity.

"India is extremely proud of Banu Mushtaq, who scripted history on becoming the first Kannada writer to win the pr...