All about Banu Mushtaq, a lawyer, activist, & Intl. Booker Prize winner

Banu Mushtaq's 'Heart Lamp' has won the International Booker Prize, marking the first Kannada to English translation to achieve this honor. Translated by Deepa Bhasthi, Mushtaq's collection explores themes of gender, identity, and injustice through heartfelt stories of women. Max Porter, Chair of Judges, praised the book's radical translation and its challenge to our understanding of translation.