Heart lamp : selected stories / Banu Mushtaq; translated from the Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi.

By:

Mushtaq, Banu [author.]

Contributor(s):

Bhasthi, Deepa [translator.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Gurugram, India : Penguin Random House India Pvt. Ltd., 2025.Description: 216 pages ; 21 cmISBN:

9780143464471

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

894.814371 23

Summary: In the twelve stories of 'Heart Lamp', Banu Mushtaq exquisitely captures the everyday lives of women and girls in Muslim communities in southern India. Published originally in the Kannada language between 1990 and 2023, praised for their dry and gentle humour, these portraits of family and community tensions have garnered both censure from conservative quarters as well India's most prestigious literary awards.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	Ayesha Abed Library New Arrivals	Ayesha Abed Library New Arrivals	894.814371 MUS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Checked out	12/08/2026	3010045231
Book	Ayesha Abed Library General Stacks	Ayesha Abed Library General Stacks	894.814371 MUS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	2	Checked out	17/08/2026	3010045232

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Translated from the Kannada.

In the twelve stories of 'Heart Lamp', Banu Mushtaq exquisitely captures the everyday lives of women and girls in Muslim communities in southern India. Published originally in the Kannada language between 1990 and 2023, praised for their dry and gentle humour, these portraits of family and community tensions have garnered both censure from conservative quarters as well India's most prestigious literary awards.

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In English, translated from Kannada

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