Deepa Bhasthi — who won the International Booker Prize this year along with Banu Mushtaq whose short stories she translated from Kannada into English — has a new book out. Titled Champi and the Fig ...

At The Hindu Lit for Life 2026, Deepa Bhasthi unpacked the choices, politics and power behind translating Kannada into English. “There is no such thing as proper English.” That opening remark by ...

Writer Deepa Bhasthi, whose English translation of Banu Mushtaq’s Kannada work Edeya Hanate (Heart Lamp) won the prestigious International Booker Prize 2025, was felicitated in Madikeri by her alma ...

In a landmark achievement for Indian literature, renowned Kannada writer Banu Mushtaq has been awarded the International Booker Prize for her short stories collection, 'Heart Lamp'. She shares the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Heart Lamp, a collection of short stories written by Banu Mushtaq and translated by Deepa Bhasthi, has won the ...

The curator for the third edition of India's first art biennial, Sudarshan Shetty, has brought together some strong works that don't resonate with each other in any way. BENGALURU, India — In July of ...

Yusuf would get out of the house by seven o’clock without even having breakfast, and come home only for lunch. In the evenings, dinner was at his mother’s house, which was not far away. The front of ...

While Karnataka’s Kodagu-born writer Deepa Bhasthi celebrates a historic International Booker Prize win in London, her husband Chettira Sujan Nanaiah is celebrating in his own quiet way — on a farm, ...

Deepa Bhasthi received the International Booker Prize in London. She translated Banu Mushtaq's Kannada novel 'Edeya Hanate'. Bhasthi spoke about the importance of Kannada language. Her husband, ...

Mangaluru: Booker Prize–winning translator and writer Deepa Bhasthi, an alumna of Mangalore University, will return to the university’s public platform for the first time since receiving the award, ...

Kannada writer Banu Mushtaq (left) and translator Deepa Bhasthi have been shortlisted for the 2025 International Booker Prize for 'Heart Lamp: Selected Stories'. Kannada writer Banu Mushtaq and ...