Banu Mushtaq's 'Heart Lamp,' translated by Deepa Bhasthi, is highlighted as a timeless literary work poised to become a future classic. This collection of short stories, the first from Kannada and the first short story collection to win the International Booker Prize, offers a global platform for Mushtaq's prose. The stories depict the lives of Muslim women in South Karnataka with warmth and humanity, addressing themes of desire, ambition, and injustice while speaking truth to power.