New Delhi:
An Indian writer, lawyer and activist Banu Mushtaq has become the first writer in Kannada to win the prestigious win. International Booker Prize For her short story collection Heart lampAnthology is also a short story collection for the first time to win the honor.
Stories written between 1990 and 2023, Heart lamp There is a depiction of conflicts faced by Muslim women in southern India. The book was selected from six international finalists and was praised for telling the story “funny, vivid, speech, moving and stimulating”.
Who is Banu Mushtaq?
Born in a small town in Karnataka and grew up, Banu Mushtaq grew up in a Muslim neighborhood, where he initially studied the Quran.
At the age of eight, his father, a government employee, enrolled him in a convent school, where the medium of instruction was Kannada, the official language of the state. Ms. Mushtaq eventually became fluent in Kannada, which later became the language of her literary expression.
He started writing while in school and chose to pursue higher education, even many of his colleagues got married and raised the children.
It took many years to publish his work. Her first short story appeared in a local magazine when she was 27 years old after marrying a person choosing at the age of 27.
The early years of her marriage were marked by emotional conflict.
“I always wanted to write, but there was nothing to write (about) because suddenly, after a love marriage, I was asked to wear a burqa and dedicate myself to domestic work,” she said. Circulation in an interview.
In his book Heart lamp, The female characters reflect the same flexibility through which she lived.
By the age of 29, she was a mother who was struggling with postpartum depression.
In an interview with WeekHe talked about drowning himself in petrol, intended to self-instill.
“Once, in a fit of despair, I put white petrol on myself, intended to set myself on fire. Thankfully, he [the husband] Felt it in time, hug me, and snatched the matchbox. He put his child on his feet with me and said, “Don’t leave us,” he told the magazine. “This may be postpartum depression,” he said.
Ms. Mushtaq later worked as a reporter for a popular local tabloid using journalism to increase stories of social anxiety.
After a decade in journalism, Ms. Mushtaq made her career in the law, continuing writing her family.
After the birth of her third daughter, in 1981, Banu Mushtaq experienced another bout of “hysteria”, some, she said, her husband recognized quickly. He brought a handful of medicines with a copy of Kannada daily Lankesh PatrickIt was a significant turn.
At that time, an incident made headlines: A women’s high school teacher from Bijapur was being harassed by a Muslim Yuva Samiti to go to films. The group issued a moral didat that women should not go to cinema. The injustice angered Ms. Mushtaq. Holding his newborn on his lap, he questioned a powerful article why only Muslim men were seen as the right to entertainment.
He sent it Lankesh PatrickWithin more, it was published. At that moment, he said, “thrilling” and marked the beginning of his public writing trip.
She was associated with the ‘Bandaya Movement’, which used literature and activism to highlight social and economic injustice.
His bold, honest writing often made him a goal, especially after supporting women’s rights to pray in mosques.
In 2000, he received threatening phone calls and a fatwa was issued against him. A fatwa is a religious rule or opinion issued by a qualified scholar.
He too Claimed A man tried to attack her with a knife, although her husband overcame her.
His work has earned him many honors, including the Karnataka Sahitya Akademi Award and Dana Chintamani Ati Mabi Award.
