What is the title of the book by Banu Mushtaq that won the 2025 International Booker Prize?

Question

What is the title of the book by Banu Mushtaq that won the 2025 International Booker Prize?

1. A. Light of the Heart
2. B. Heart Lamp (Correct answer)
3. C. Soul Lantern
4. D. More than one of the above

Correct Answer

Option B — Heart Lamp

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is Heart Lamp.

Key Points

• 'Heart Lamp', a collection of short stories by the Kannada writer Banu Mushtaq, won the International Booker Prize 2025.
• It was translated from Kannada into English by Deepa Bhasthi.
• This was a historic win on several counts: it is the first short-story collection ever to win the International Booker Prize, and the first book translated from Kannada to receive the honour.
• The stories portray the everyday lives, struggles and resilience of Muslim women in southern India, drawing on the author's background as a lawyer, journalist and activist associated with the Bandaya (protest) literary movement.
• India's earlier International Booker win was Geetanjali Shree's 'Tomb of Sand' (2022), translated from Hindi by Daisy Rockwell.

Exam Tip

• for literary prizes always store four linked facts — author, book, original language and translator — because the translator is frequently the asked element.

प्रश्न (हिन्दी में)

बानू मुश्ताक की किस पुस्तक को 2025 का अंतर्राष्ट्रीय बुकर पुरस्कार मिला?

1. A. लाइट ऑफ द हार्ट
2. B. हार्ट लैम्प
3. C. सोल लैन्टन्
4. D. उपरोक्त में से एक से अधिक