I was immensely saddened and angered by the murder of Gauri Lankesh on Tuesday, on September 5. Contestation, not detestation — that is what Gauri stood for, and that is what we must restore. In our last meeting, which was a couple of years back, a noticeably older-looking, white-haired Gauri, excused herself and left early. I want to end this tribute by recalling what her ex-husband, noted journalist Chidanand Rajghatta, said about her: “There was no doubt she was left of centre, even extreme left of centre. But her heart was in the right place, and there was no place in her world for violence.

Source: dna September 09, 2017 02:51 UTC