Gauri Lankesh
Gauri Lankesh (born January 29, 1962 ; † September 5, 2017 in Bengaluru , Karnataka ) was an Indian journalist and rationalist .
Life
Gauri was the daughter of the writer, translator and journalist P. Lankesh (1935-2000). She worked as the editor of Lankesh Patrike , a weekly newspaper her father started. In 2005 she founded Gauri Lankesh Patrike magazine . Gauri appeared as a critic of the right-wing populist Hindutva policy of the Indian government.
She was shot and killed at close range by strangers on a motorcycle outside her home in Bengaluru in September 2017. Following the murder of Gauri Lankesh, anti-Hindu nationalism activists spontaneously planned demonstrations in Delhi and Mumbai.
Honors
- 2017: Anna Politkovskaya Prize
Web links
- Literature by and about Gauri Lankesh in the WorldCat bibliographic database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Note: The Lankesh part of the name is a patronymic . In relation to them, therefore, either Gauri or Gauri Lankesh is used.
- ^ Neo Dylan: Senior journalist Gauri Lankesh shot dead at her house in Bengaluru . Daily News and Analysis (DNA), September 5, 2017, accessed September 9, 2017.
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↑ Critical Indian journalist shot dead . Deutschlandfunk-Kultur broadcast “Kulturnachrichten”, September 6, 2017, accessed on September 9, 2017.
Regime critic Gauri Lankesh murdered in India . Statement by the Society for the Scientific Investigation of Parasciences and the Giordano Bruno Foundation , September 7, 2017, accessed on September 9, 2017.
Gauri Lankesh: Indian journalist shot dead in Bangalore . BBC News , September 6, 2017, accessed September 9, 2017. - ↑ Critical Indian journalist shot dead . orf.at , September 6, 2017, accessed on September 9, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gauri Lankesh |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian journalist and rationalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 29, 1962 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th September 2017 |
| Place of death | Bengaluru , Karnataka , India |