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Booker prize winner Banu Mushtaq among eminent writers at 5th Shillong Lit
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The 5th Shillong Literary Festival 2025 commenced on November 20, where eminent authors, columnists, and artists converged at the iconic Ward's Lake of Meghalaya's capital city, Shillong, currently draped in pink Cherry Blossoms.
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Kiran Desai loses out to Hungarian-British author for Booker Prize
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Earlier this year Banu Mushtaq and Deepa Bhasthi won the 'International Booker Prize 2025' for 'Heart Lamp', the first collection of short stories to win the prize.
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Dasara is not a festival for a single religion: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Following the inauguration of the Mysuru Dasara 2025 by Booker Prize winner Banu Mustaq and several objections raised by the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that Dasara is a festival for all the people of the state; it is not a festiv
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"Celebration of culture and unity," says Booker winner Banu Mushtaq as she
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
"We are inaugurating the Dasara festival today with the blessings of Mother Chamundeshwari. A close friend had once told me that she would take me to Chamundi Hills, but today, Mother Chamundeshwari herself has called me here. Even though some opposition was expressed, the Mother has summ
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'BJP floating discriminatory ideas': Sharan Prakash Patil as SC dismisses
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Karnataka Minister Sharan Prakash Patil welcomed the Supreme Court's decision to dismiss the petition against the invitation to Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq to inaugurate Mysuru Dasara festivities, and slammed the BJP for "discriminatory ideas".
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Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah welcomes SC decision dismissing plea against inv
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah welcomed the Supreme Court's decision to dismiss the petition challenging the Karnataka High Court's order upholding the decision of the state government to invite Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq to inaugurate the state-sponsored Dasara Mahotsav at the
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SC dismisses plea against Karnataka inviting booker prize winner Banu Mush
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta dismissed the matter, saying our preamble says we are secular, and this is a state programme, and the state can't distinguish.
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SC to hear plea against Karnataka inviting Booker Prize Winner Banu Mushta
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
A bench headed by the Chief Justice of India agreed to hear the plea after an advocate sought urgent listing of the case against a High Court order saying non-Hindus can't perform the 'Agra Puja'.
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Karnataka HC dismisses pleas against invitation to author Banu Mushtaq for
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
"We are not persuaded to accept the contention that inviting a person of a different faith to inaugurate the event violates the legal or constitutional rights of the petitioners," the court observed.
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Dussehra is non-religious festival, appropriate for writer Banu Mushtaq to
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Amid the row over inviting renowned Kannada writer Banu Mushtaq to inaugurate the Mysuru Dasara festival, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah remarked that Dussehra is a non-religious festival, Naada festival is for everyone, and it is appropriate for it to be inaugurated by Booker Prize w
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"Insult to Hindu traditions": Karnataka BJP chief hits out at DK Shivakuma
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
"The problem is not with the BJP but with the mindset of the ruling Congress party. Recently, I have seen DK Shivakumar's statement on Chamundi Hills. The statements of Congress leaders are an insult to Hindu traditions and beliefs, whether it is DK Shivakumar's statements or the invitation
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Could have considered "other options": JD (S) leader Nikhil Kumaraswamy on
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Banu Mushtaq, an Indian writer and women's rights activist, scripted history by winning the International Booker Prize for the short story anthology Heart Lamp in 2025. It is the first Kannada book to win honours in London. Originally written in the Kannada language, the stories in Heart Lam
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