The brutal murder of a firebrand journalist

On the killing of Gauri Lankesh, her enthusiasm to support young activists and more.

September 06, 2017 11:04 am | Updated December 04, 2021 11:57 pm IST

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Journalist Gauri Lankesh addressing the birth anniversary of her father and journalist P. Lankesh, in Raichur. File photo

Journalist Gauri Lankesh addressing the birth anniversary of her father and journalist P. Lankesh, in Raichur. File photo

Writer, publisher and editor of Gauri Lankesh Patrike, Gauri Lankesh was shot dead at her house in Rajarajeshwari Nagar in Bengaluru late on September 5.

There were threats, defamation cases and controversies galore, but she fought them with courage. Gauri called herself an “activist-journalist” without hesitation and took up issues that went beyond her calling as a journalist and hard-hitting stories she published.

Collection - 17 stories

Bangalore :21/03/2011. Journalist, Gauri Lankesh in Bangalore on 21st March, 2011. Photo K . Bhagya Prakash

A long acquaintance: remembering Gauri Lankesh

Muralidhara Khajane

Gauri Lankesh murder: Probe the conspiracy angle

T.M. Veeraraghav

HYDERABAD: TELANGANA: 07/09/2017: Press Club Hyderabad Executive Committee strongly condemns the brutal murder of Eminent Journalist Gauri Lankesh - to pay tributes they organised Candle Lights program at Club premises, in Hyderabad on Thursday. Photo: G. Ramakrishna

Silencing reason

Srinivasan Ramani

Combo photo shows (left to right) Narendra Dabholkar, M.M. Kalburgi, Gauri Lankesh and Govind Pansare.

Gauri Lankesh killing: Similar murders, different investigations

K. V. Aditya Bharadwaj

Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy said that Ms. Lankesh had called him last Saturday, before he was given the Home portfolio, seeking an appointment.

Three teams formed to probe Gauri Lankesh murder

Special Correspondent

Gauri Lankesh's body brought to Chamrajpet crematorium for last rites

As it happened: Gauri Lankesh laid to rest

Karnataka Bureau

People protest in Bengaluru condemning the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh

Speaking against RSS / BJP can get you killed, says Rahul Gandhi

Special Correspondent

Editors Guild of India statement on the killing of Gauri Lankesh

Press Club condemns murder of journalist

NEW DELHI, 06/09/2017: Swaraj India Party workers holding a candle light protest against killing a senior journalist Gauri Lankesh at her residence in Bangalore. Photo: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar

‘Gauri’s killers can’t stifle the voice of journalists’

Activists in Mumbai protest scribe Gauri Lankesh’s murder

Special Correspondent

The attack took place around 8 p.m. in Bengaluru on Tuesday.

Fearless Gauri was not cowed by threats, security worries

Gauri Lankesh was the editor of ‘Lankesh Patrike’ and was known for her outspoken views and steadfast commitment to liberal values, said the IWPC

‘Dangerous portents for Indian democracy’, says IWPC

Special Correspondent

CPI (M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury. A file photo.

Opposition parties condemn Gauri Lankesh’s murder

Special Correspondent

Cheif Minister Siddaramaiah

CM: ‘No intelligence input on possibility of attack’

Gauri Lankesh: a firebrand journalist who never minced words

Special Correspondent

Gauri Lankesh. File

Journalist Gauri Lankesh shot dead in Bengaluru

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