Gauri Lankesh

Celebrating Murder

  I was not yet nine but I distinctly remember the day when for the first time I witnessed people celebrating the murder of a person. In Mangalore my home…

Face The Music

And after your lightning and thunder A fresh rain will come Sprouting new buds and petals Spreading diverse colours of freedom. That song I will sing For the sake of…

Epitaph For Gauri Lankesh

”I will do what i can and I will say What I should. These intolerant voices Find strength in our silence. Let them learn to argue using words instead of…

The Murders Of Rationalists

The murders of rationalists in India must make us all think as to how the Indian tradition of dissent and reasoning would survive. The tradition of dissent and rationality is…

Bullet Proof

I just took a bullet for the remaining bits of humanity The baton passes on We will take it forward from here

A Letter Written Posthumously

Dear Gouri.. A few hours ago, above the loud and deafening sounds of the guns that fired into the air to give you a “honourable state farewell”, I heard the…

Now What?

Gauri Lankesh was executed. What else do you call a bullet in the forehead? We know why. The question to those who did it and those with whose support they…

Homage To Gauri Lankesh

Perhaps what they don’t realise People can be eliminated But not their ideas Their ideas will only percolate And continue to inspire generations

Gauri Lankesh: A Bullet To Dissent

Late on the fifth of September noted journalist and human rights’ activist, Gauri Lankesh was shot dead at her residence by unidentified assailants in Bengaluru. Lankesh was the editor of…

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