It is indeed a high moment for Kannada and Karnataka: Kannada literature finds itself on the global literary map, thanks to the labour of two women. Banu Mushtaq, a senior Kannada writer, has been ...

The stories that you get to read in Heart Lamp are from six different collections of Banu’s short stories in Kannada. They span a period of 33 years, starting from 1990 and going up to 2023. Her first ...

The editor of the series is Mini Krishnan, who has been a longtime advocate of Indian literature in translation. In her insightful introduction, she frames these stories as part of cultural memory: ...

CHENNAI -- Global interest in literature written in Kannada and other Indian regional languages is likely to rise significantly following this year's International Booker Prize win for the English ...

The wealth that is Kannada that is the meaning of the word '˜Sirigannada'. And it's the title of an anthology of contemporary Kannada writing in translation, edited by Vivek Shanbag (Tranquebar 2010).

Bengaluru: Making literary history, Hassan-based Kannada author Banu Mushtaq has won the International Booker Prize 2025 for her groundbreaking short story collection Heart Lamp (Hridaya Vilakku), ...

With reference to the report Historian's study pushes earliest record of Kannada writing back by a century (March 10, BM). the unearthing of an inscription at Tagarthi in Shimoga district dating back ...

Kannada actor Prabhu Mundkur — last seen in Maryade Prashne — is returning to writing with his second film after Murphy, an untitled rom-com going on floors in February 2026. He says the shift from ...