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Monday, February 16, 2026
TopicInternational Booker Prize

Topic: International Booker Prize

‘Pride of Karnataka’ no longer? Why Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq is in the eye of a storm

Bengaluru: When Banu Mushtaq won the 2025 Booker Prize, there was a barrage of congratulatory messages from all sections of Kannadigas. She was referred...

‘I want to tell all the women—don’t give up. Life’s bigger than today,’ says Banu Mushtaq

At a conversation hosted by IIC in New Delhi, Banu Mushtaq and Deepa Bhasthi reflected on the power of language, resistance, and storytelling rooted in lived experience.

Banu Mushtaq was told to wear burqa, do chores. Her ‘Heart Lamp’ has now won International Booker

Heart Lamp’s win further cements the space that non-English Indian literature is carving out for itself on the global stage, coming soon after Geetanjali Shree’s Tomb of Sand.

British writer Samantha Harvey wins Booker Prize for space story ‘Orbital’

Judges praised the ‘intensity of attention to the precious and precarious world’ in the novel, which the author wrote while stuck at home during the pandemic.

Event to honour Booker winner Geetanjali Shree cancelled after complaint over ‘offensive’ book

A complaint was registered by Hathras resident Sandeep Kumar Pathak against Shree alleging that her book 'Ret Samadhi' contains objectionable depictions of deities Shiva & Parvati.

On Camera

Alphabet issues a 100-year bond. Do investors trust Big Tech more than governments now?

In an era of polarised politics and fiscal inertia, the world’s most powerful democracies struggle to issue debt beyond 30-50 years. Yet a private entity has convinced the market of its viability through the year 2126.

Andhra proposes Rs 100-cr wealth fund, eyes Norway-style sovereign fund model to drive growth

Andhra Pradesh Finance Minister Payyavula Keshav presented a Rs 3.32 lakh crore budget for 2026–27 in the assembly Saturday.

Top US military commander applauds ‘India’s tactical execution’ during Op Sindoor; adds ‘there’s lessons too’

On bilateral ties, Admiral Paparo said India-US ties have an exponential effect on deterrence, because it demonstrates a unity of purpose among us to maintain the peace.

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.