Gauri Lankesh

In this Indian name, the name Lankesh is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Gauri.

Gauri Lankesh
Gauri in 2012
Born(1962-01-29)29 January 1962
Bangalore, Mysore State, India
Died5 September 2017(2017-09-05) (aged 55)
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Cause of deathMurder (gunshot wounds)
Occupation(s)Activist, journalist
EmployerLankesh Patrike
SpouseChidanand Rajghatta
FamilyP. Lankesh (father)
Indrajit Lankesh (brother)
Kavitha Lankesh (sister)
AwardsAnna Politkovskaya Award

Gauri Lankesh (29 January 1962 – 5 September 2017) was an Indian activist and journalist from Bangalore, Karnataka. She worked as an editor in Lankesh Patrike, a Kannada weekly started by her father P. Lankesh, and ran her own weekly called Gauri Lankesh Patrike. She was murdered outside her home in Rajarajeshwari Nagar on 5 September 2017. At the time of her death, Gauri was known for being a critic of right-wing Hindu extremism. She was honoured with the Anna Politkovskaya Award for speaking against right-wing Hindu extremism, campaigning for women's rights and opposing caste based discrimination.[1]

  1. ^ "Gauri Lankesh honoured with Anna Politkovskaya Award". The Hindu. 5 October 2017. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 6 October 2017.