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The Supreme Court dismissed a plea opposing Booker winner Banu Mushtaq inaugurating Mysuru Dasara, citing the Preamble’s ideals of secularism, liberty, equality and fraternity. It held the State, being secular, may invite anyone for the event and cannot favour religious exclusivity.
Description:
- Winner (2025): Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq (Indian writer, lawyer, activist).
- Translator: Deepa Bhasthi (from Kannada to English).
- First ever Kannada language work to win.
- First collection of short stories to receive the prize.
- Stories (1990–2023) → depict struggles of Muslim women in southern India.
About the International Booker Prize
- Awarded annually.
- Recognises best long-form fiction or short story collection translated into English and published in the UK/Ireland.
- Administered by: Booker Prize Foundation.
- Prize money: £50,000 → split equally between author & translator.
- Shortlisted authors & translators: £2,500 each.
History
- 2005: Launched as a biennial award → for overall contribution to world literature (no language restriction).
- 2015 rule change: Became annual; exclusively for works originally in another language & translated into English.
- Eligibility: Any nationality, provided the work is translated and published in the UK/Ireland.
- Highlights importance of translators in global literature.
Booker Prize vs International Booker Prize
- Booker Prize: Best original novel written in English.
- International Booker Prize: Best translated work of fiction.
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