Why is the Booker International Prize winner in India at the Political Drend Center?

She found the author of the Booker International Prize Bano, Mushtaq, in the midst of controversy after she was invited to the opening of a prominent festival in the southern state of Karnataka.

Last week, the state government announced that Mushtaq – who won the award earlier this year due to its short selections, the heart lamp – will separate the Mysero Dasra celebrations in Missuru (which was previously called Mysore).

Missuru Dasra, who is also called a Hapba club (which is almost translated into the Earth Festival in Kanada), is an annual event for 10 days celebrated decades ago.

Thousands of people flow to the city to participate in the major celebrations, which include cultural shows, elephant marches, exhibitions and fireworks.

The decision to invite Mushtaq criticized some leaders of the BJP Party – who in the opposition in the state – who said that Mushtaq, a Muslim in the state of Karnataka, should not be divided into a Hindu Festival.

Dussehra is a Hindu festival that celebrates the victory of goodness over evil, but Missuru Dasra is conducted by the government of Karnataka and the people of all religions in the celebrations.

Mushtaq said that she had the honor to call for the festival and that she felt deeply contacted, after she participated in the same celebrations as a child.

But despite her expression of her respect for the festival, the controversy refused to die.

Some leaders of the Bharatia Gata Party also insulted some of the previous Bano’s comments related to the Hindu God’s goddess with Hofanishwari, which considers to represent the language and identity of Alcanada.

Mushtaq made date earlier this year when she became the first author to write in the language of Kanada to win an international Bokier.

The Heart Lamp, which is translated into English by Deepa Bhaasthi, was praised by the judges to display “amazing pictures of survival and flexibility”.

Mushtaq stories, including the heart lamp, focus on the challenges facing women, especially Muslim women, due to the religious preservation and the deep patriarchal society.

Interestingly, it is not the first Muslim person to be invited to the opening of the Missuru Dasra Festival. In 2017, KS Nisar Ahmed, a poet and author in Al -Kanada, received honor.

But the call to Mushtaq was scrutinized by the Bharatia Jatata Party.

The deputy of the Bharatiya Party, Jatata, Yadivir and the District, admitted an influence that longing for the Kanada writing, saying that her Bokier’s victory brought a “great pride” to the literary brotherhood.

However, he added that the Missuru Dasra Festival was not a cultural event, but rather a Hindu religious festival and demanded that “clarify its sanctification” towards the Hindu fuel linked to the festival before approval of its opening.

The leader of the Bharatiya Party, Jatata Bratab Simha, said that although it is good to head the longing for literary festivals, It was not acceptable to her Be the main guest at an event like Missuru Dasra. He also asked whether Mushtaq had confidence in the festival gods and whether she followed Hindu traditions.

Amid criticism, a video of Mushtaq speech began last January.

In her speech, she asked about the practice of linking the Hindu God (Bhuvaneshwari) to the language and identity of Al -Kanada, noting that it was an exclusion of it and other Muslims in the state.

Mushtaq is not the first author to look into the lack of clarity of identities through a critical lens. Many progressive writers from the state criticized what they call “Hinduism” for the language and identity of Kanada.

Supporters of calling to Mushtaq says that the class is not only related to its religious identity, but it is a greater battle between maintaining one of the largest festivals in the state open, welcoming all religions and turning it into a basic event.

“The Messoro Dasra is a secular festival and calls for its opening, as it is one of the best things that can happen to Carnataka. This turns into an issue about religion or Hindu (Hindu nationalism agenda) that can be eliminated.”

Meanwhile, the Deputy Prime Minister in the state of Karnataka, DK Shivakumar, defended his government’s decision to invite Mushtaq, with a highlight of the comprehensive personality of the festival.

Mushtaq also did not pressure the pressure to decrease the invitation.

“The active politicians must have a feeling of what must be politicized and what it does not do.”