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| Type | Weekly |
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| Format | Print, online |
| Founder(s) | P. Lankesh |
| Publisher | Indrajit Lankesh |
| Editor | B.T. Lalita Naik, Vaidehi B.M.Rasheed, Sara Abubakkar, Banu Mushtaq |
| Founded | 1980 |
| Political alignment | Left |
| Language | Kannada |
| Headquarters | Bangalore, Karnataka |
| Country | India |
| Website | lankeshpatrike |
Lankesh Patrike is an Indian vernacular weekly published in Kannada language from Bangalore, Karnataka.
The weekly newspaper was started by P. Lankesh in 1980 on the lines of Harijan, a newspaper published by Mahatma Gandhi. The weekly remains to this day true to its principles and has never published a single advertisement or generated any ad revenue, surviving these last 37 years on subscription from its readers alone.
The weekly aimed to be a platform for the oppressed, Dalits, women and marginalised sections of Indian society. It popularised a brand of journalism that grew to be the voice of these sections, playing an important role in the Raitara Chaluvali (Farmers Agitation), the Dalit movement, and the Gokak movement started by the newspaper's founder, P. Lankesh. Lankesh led the newspaper from 1980 until his death in 2000. At its peak, the weekly enjoyed a readership of 2.5 million, with a circulation of 4.5 lakhs.
Lankesh Patrike introduced a number of new writers to the Kannada literary scene. Some of them, like B.T. Lalita Naik, Vaidehi B.M.Rasheed, Sara Abubakkar, and Banu Mushtaq, later went on to win accolades as writers.