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Muslim women protest against the hijab ban in Karnataka colleges in 2022. Banu Mushtaq’s International Booker Prize-winning short-story collection Heart Lamp, translated by Deepa Bhasthi, offers a rare and unflinching look at the lives of Muslim women in Kannada society.

The roots of Banu Mushtaq’s literary rebellion

21 May 2025

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