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Banu Mushtaq


Born
India
Genre
Fiction


Banu Mushtaq (ಬಾನು ಮುಷ್ತಾಕ್, born 1948) is an activist, lawyer and writer from the southern Indian state of Karnataka. She writes in the Kannada language and her works have also been published in Urdu, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and, most recently, English.

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“This sisterhood to which those of us who identify as women belong is the cushion I place my translation on. The coping mechanisms we devise, the solutions we find and the adjustments we make around men are survival strategies nurtured across generations. The particulars may be different, but at the core is a resistance to being controlled, ‘tamed’, or disallowed the exploration of our full potential. These experiences, both Banu and I believe, can be found anywhere in the world. Some of us step on the cindering balls of coal and carve a space for ourselves. Some of us learn to exist too close to the fire. None of us are left unscarred.

__ Translator's Afterword”
― Banu Mushtaq, Heart Lamp: Selected Stories
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“Do you know who gets justice? Only those who demand it. People like you will not get justice if you don’t demand it.”
― Banu Mushtaq, Heart Lamp: Selected Stories
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“Akhila, may you also have the good fortune of having your children arrange your wedding,’ and spat out enough bitterness for a lifetime.”
― Banu Mushtaq, Heart Lamp: Selected Stories
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