Thoo by the underdogs
In a world ruled by men, gender is perhaps the only religion. Because being a girl – a poor girl, a girl with no agency, education or property rights – does go beyond caste or country. Banu Mushtaq’s book Heart Lamp , translated by Deepa Bhasthi, winning the International Booker Prize is a bandaya (Kannada for ‘dissent’) moment for any woman, every woman.
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