Mushtaq has carved an alternative path in life, challenging societal restrictions and perceptions. As a young girl worried about her future, she said she started writing to improve her "chances of ...

Welcome to Literary Quotable Quotes, a quiz that challenges you to match a book’s memorable lines with its title. This week’s installment is focused on quotations from books that are about books, ...

Progressive leaders in Hassan felicitate Banu Mushtaq for winning International Booker Prize, highlighting her literary and ...

By Pragati K.B. Banu Mushtaq’s book “Heart Lamp” last month became the first story collection to win the International Booker ...

All writers draw on their experience, whether consciously or not, says Indian author Banu Mushtaq -- including the titular ...

Her London journey was not without drama. Because of health concerns—Banu is a heart patient—her family booked connecting flights via Doha instead of a long direct flight. In transit, she lost her ...

The International Booker Prize’s practice of sharing credit and prize money equally between author and translator is ...

While the threat of another wife may be specific to their religion, most of the other problems these women face are ...

In “King of Ashes,” the novelist again returns to rural Virginia as a setting, with a hero who has to face the family he once ...

They are a team. Banu, fiery and impassioned, pours her anger at injustice into her writing; Mushtaq, calm and grounded, ...