Heart lamp : selected stories /
In the twelve stories of Heart Lamp, Banu Mushtaq exquisitely captures the everyday lives of women and girls in Muslim communities in southern India. Published originally in the Kannada language between 1990 and 2023, praised for their dry and gentle humor, these portraits of family and community te...
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Sheffield, UK : New York :
And Other Stories,
[2025].
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Table of Contents:
- Stone slabs for Shaista Mahal
- Fire rain
- Black cobras
- A decision of the heart
- Red lungi
- Heart lamp
- High-heeled shoe
- Soft whispers
- A taste of heaven
- The shroud
- The Arabic teacher and Gobi Manchuri
- Be a woman once, oh lord!