Overview
- At the Jaipur Literature Festival, Mushtaq said travel and media commitments since May 2025 have left her with no time to write, not even poems.
- She announced a forthcoming seventh short story collection in Kannada.
- She described one-and-a-half months of trolling and people entering her home after she was invited to inaugurate Mysuru Dasara 2025.
- She noted that petitions to block her role were dismissed by the Karnataka High Court and the Supreme Court, and she inaugurated the festival under heavy security.
- She also disclosed a prior attempted knife attack that led to an attempted murder case and said the Booker recognition feels like a responsibility that has strengthened her activism.