Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq to inaugurate Mysuru Dasara 2025

Siddaramaiah said it is a matter of pride that a woman from Karnataka has received the Booker Prize and will now open the world-famous Dasara.

Published Aug 22, 2025 | 3:45 PMUpdated Aug 22, 2025 | 3:45 PM

Banu Mushtaq

CM Siddaramaiah announced today that Banu Mushtaq, winner of the Booker Prize for Hridaya Deepa, will inaugurate the Mysuru Dasara festival.

Mushtaq, from a grassroots background, has contributed to the farmers’ and Kannada movements.

Siddaramaiah said it is a matter of pride that a woman from Karnataka has received the Booker Prize and will now open the world-famous Dasara.

Mysuru Dasara festivities will begin on September 22, 2025.

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