The Hindu Lit for Life | Booker Prize-winning author Banu Mushtaq on life before and after the prestigious literary honour

If given a choice, Banu Mushtaq, winner of 2025 International Booker Prize for Heart Lamp, would prefer to get through her day without talking to anyone; . The author, who is based in Hassan, Karnataka, won the 2025 International Booker Prize for Heart Lamp, translated by Deepa Bhasthi from Kannada. Wwe speak to her on the writerly life, people, and her kind of books