Heart Lamp, written by Banu Mushtaq and translated by Deepa Bhasthi, captures the everyday lives of women and girls in Muslim communities in southern India through 12 stories. Published originally in the Kannada language between 1990 and 2023, and praised for their dry and gentle humour, these portraits of family and community tensions testify to Mushtaq’s years as a journalist and lawyer, in which she tirelessly championed women’s rights and protested all forms of caste and religious oppression.
Find out more about the International Booker 2025-longlisted book: https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker.../books/heart-lamp
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