"Heart Lamp is something genuinely new for English readers," wrote Max Porter, chair of the judges, in a statement announcing the win. "It speaks of women's lives, reproductive rights, faith ...

A torch, indeed, passed from the often-erased histories of Muslim women in southern India to the hands of readers across the globe. Heart Lamp, written between 1990 and 2023, speaks in colloquial ...

"Heart Lamp is something genuinely new for English readers," wrote Max Porter, chair of the judges, in a statement announcing the win. "It speaks of women's lives, reproductive rights, faith, caste, ...

Winner of the International Booker Prize: “Heart Lamp" is a collection of stories about Indian Muslim women’s daily struggles with bothersome husbands, mothers and religious leaders.