Indian Author wins International Booker Prize

Authors and translators shortlisted for the 2025 International Booker Prize gather at London's Tate Modern art museum for the award ceremony. Indian writer, lawyer and activist Banu Mushtaq on Tuesday won the International Booker Prize for her short story collection "Heart Lamp". 

The 77-year-old is the first author of Kannada-language literature to receive the prestigious literary award for translated fiction. "This moment feels like a thousand fire flies lighting a single sky -- brief, brilliant and utterly collective," Mushtaq said at a ceremony.