The Right-Wing Assault on the Truth in India Claims the Life of Another Journalist

http://www.alternet.org/world/right-wing-assault-truth-india-claims-life-another-journalist
Date Written:  2017-10-19
Publisher:  Alternet.org
Year Published:  2017
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX21566

Journalist, activist and writer Gauri Lankesh, was gunned down on the night of Sept. 5, 2017, by a suspected right-wing extremist for her published views in a tabloid paper.

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Excerpt: "Unfortunately, today anybody talking in support of human rights and against fake encounters [extrajudicial killings] is branded a Maoist supporter. Along with that, my criticism of Hindutva [aggressive majoritarian ideology that stands for a Hindu Theocratic State] politics and the caste system, which is part and parcel of what is considered 'Hindu dharma,' makes my critics brand me as a 'Hindu hater.' But I consider it my constitutional duty to continue - in my own little way - the struggle of Basavanna and Dr. Ambedkar towards establishing an egalitarian society." - Gauri Lankesh