Indian author Banu Mushtaq and translator Deepa Bhasthi won the International Booker Prize for fiction Tuesday for “Heart ...

society and politics demand unquestioning obedience from them, and in doing so, inflict inhumane cruelty upon them, turning them into mere subordinates.” The 50,000-pound ($66,000) prize money ...

Banu Mushtaq, who is also a lawyer and activist, says she will share the £50,000 prize with her translator Deepa Bhasthi. Indian writer, lawyer and activist Banu Mushtaq wins the International ...

Mushtaq says her stories reflect how religion, society and politics demand unquestioning obedience from women and in the process, inflict cruelty upon them. In her personal life as well ...