{"id":174738,"date":"2025-10-28T00:30:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T19:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=174738"},"modified":"2026-03-29T10:47:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T05:17:16","slug":"banu-mushtaqs-heart-lamp-which-won-the-international-booker-prize-2025-chronicles-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/banu-mushtaqs-heart-lamp-which-won-the-international-booker-prize-2025-chronicles-the\/","title":{"rendered":"Banu Mushtaq\u2019s Heart Lamp, which won the International Booker Prize 2025, chronicles the"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Banu Mushtaq\u2019s Heart Lamp, which won the International Booker Prize 2025, chronicles the<\/strong>
(A) struggles of a mother of four who is trying to save her family as her country slips into totalitarianism
(B) story of six fictional astronauts over 24 hours in an orbiting space station
(C) everyday lives of women and girls in patriarchal communities in Southern India
(D) story of a murdered war photographer<\/h3>\n
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Veteran Kannada author, lawyer, and activist Banu Mushtaq has become the first Kannada writer to win the International Booker Prize. Mushtaq, 77, received the prestigious award on Wednesday alongside her translator Deepa Bhasthi, for their compelling short story collection “Heart Lamp.”
Heart Lamp is a powerful short-story collection that illuminates the inner lives of Muslim women in southern India, exposing how caste, patriarchy, religion and class shape their everyday struggles.<\/p>\n\n