'Gauri's voice still resonates'

The assassination of Gauri Lankesh at the doorstep of her residence in Bengaluru, a scathing indictment of the perils of critical or analytical journalism in this country, is fresh in public memory even to this day, as we're almost eight years away from the abominable incident.

- ANUBHAB ROY

The assassination of Gauri Lankesh at the doorstep of her residence in Bengaluru, a scathing indictment of the perils of critical or analytical journalism in this country, is fresh in public memory even to this day, as we're almost eight years away from the abominable incident. As Rollo Romig's investigative book on the murder — I Am on the Hit List — has just become a finalist in Pulitzer Prizes 2025, Kavitha Lankesh, Gauri's sister, believes the achievement to be the latest echo to Gauri's persistent presence.