Best work of Banu Mushtaq the Heart Lamp Wins International Booker Prize 2025

Banu Mushtaq won the International Booker Prize for the Kannada short story collection ‘Heart Lamp’, translated from the Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi. Heart Lamp is a collection of 12 selected stories that tell about the lives of Muslim women in South India. It explores themes of resilience, identity, oppression, and survival. It is the first collection of short stories to be awarded the £50,000 prize, and it’s the first time Kannada has been honoured at the International Booker Awards. And, if you want to read this literature excellence, then you can buy it directly from the BooksWagon Store website at the best price.