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RIP, Gauri Lankesh
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Journalists and members of the news fraternity congregated at Press Clubs all over India to protest the dastardly murder of independent journalist Gauri Lankesh. The firebrand journalist was shot down by three assailants when she descended from her car to open the gates of her apartment complex at Rajarajeshwari Nagar in Bengaluru on September 6 night.
Daughter of writer, translator and journalist P Lankesh and veteran editor of Lankesh Patrike, Gauri was a columnist in Kannada and English, and a vocal critic of the establishment. In November 2016, she was convicted in two separate defamation cases—filed by Prahlad Joshi, Dharwad MP and former chief of the state BJP unit, and party activist Umesh Dushi—over an article reporting a fake gold sale racket published on January 23, 2008, accusing the duo of heading the scam. Sentenced to six months in jail, she was, however, granted bail and allowed to appeal her sentence.
Friends have claimed that Gauri has been silenced before she could expose corrupt Karnataka industrialists and politicians. Here are a few impressions of the deserving send-off she received from her colleagues, admirers and loved ones.
JOURNALIST, INTERRUPTED: A hundred-strong turnout at Delhi Press Club to mourn the passing of Gauri Lankesh, Bhavana Gaur/India Legal
CHRONICLE OF A DEATH FORETOLD: While her killers need to be arrested and fast, several have observed that the pointless abuse of her ob Twitter point to their politics and identity. Paranjoy Guha Thakurta speaks at the venue, Bhavana Gaur/India Legal
FOLLOW ME: Ravish Kumar has suggested the prime minister unfollow Lankesh detractors on Twitter and follow him instead for ideas on policy, Bhavana Gaur/India Legal
AGGRIEVED: Barkha Dutt, too, joined the protests as did other leading journalists, Bhavana Gaur/India Legal
SHADES OF OUTRAGE: Swami Agnivesh condoles Lankesh’s demise, Bhavana Gaur/India Legal
ODD MAN OUT? Many criticised the presence of politicians at the protest, but Sitaram Yechury made common cause with the attendees, Bhavana Gaur/India Legal
OLD TACTICS NEW VICTIM: Another expression of outrage from the crowd, Bhavana Gaur/India Legal
SISTERS-IN-ARMS: Social activists in Mumbai protest Lankesh’s death, UNI
ALL NIGHT LONG: Journalists, too, pay tributes in Mumbai to Lankesh, UNI
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