India, May 23 -- About the Book

Heart Lamp

Author: Banu Mushtaq

Publisher: Penguin

Price: Rs 399/-

Banu Mushtaq's Heart Lamp Wins International Booker Prize 2025. In a time of homogenising narratives, Banu's Heart Lamp glows quietly, reminding us that the most profound stories often come not from the centre, but from the edges, says GYANESHWAR DAYAL

In a deeply significant moment for world literature, Heart Lamp, a short fiction collection by Kannada author Banu Mushtaq, has won the International Booker Prize 2025. This powerful body of work-translated from Kannada to English by Deepa Bhasthi, sheds intimate light on the inner lives of Muslim women in South India, and in doing so, marks a historic shift in global literary sensibilit...