Why is India’s International Booker Prize winner at the centre of a political row?

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Cherylann MollanBBC News, Mumbai

Getty Images Winner of the International Booker Prize 2025 author Banu Mushtaq poses with the trophy during the award ceremony at Tate Modern in London, United Kingdom on May 20, 2025. The International Booker Prize is awarded annually for the finest single work of fiction from around the world which has been translated into English and published in the UK and Ireland. — Banu Mushtaq won the International Booker Prize for her short story anthology Heart Lamp

International Booker Prize winning-author Banu Mushtaq has found herself in the midst of a controversy after she…

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