Who is Banu Mushtaq, Kannada writer who made history with International Booker?
Banu Mushtaq scripted history by becoming the first Kannada writer to win the coveted International Booker Prize. With this achievement, Mushtaq now joins an elite list of Indians who have won the coveted prize since its inception in 1969 -- including V.S. Naipaul, Salman Rushdie, Arundhati Roy, Kiran Desai, Aravind Adiga, and Geetanjali Shree.
Banu Mushtaq scripted history by becoming the first Kannada writer to win the coveted International Booker Prize. With this achievement, Mushtaq now joins an elite list of Indians who have won the coveted prize since its inception in 1969 -- including V.S. Naipaul, Salman Rushdie, Arundhati Roy, Kiran Desai, Aravind Adiga, and Geetanjali Shree.
