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Penguin

9780143135289

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I Am on the Hit List

I Am on the Hit List pairs relentless reporting and historical context in a vivid exploration of a fearless Indian journalist’s assassination.

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Review of ‘I Am on the Hit List’

It’s not a total mystery who killed Gauri Lankesh, a hard-charging local journalist and activist in the South Indian city of Bangalore who was assassinated in 2017.

Lankesh, the daughter of a famous Indian writer and publisher, was an aggressive critic of India’s right-wing religious groups, which have grown in power, prominence and violence under…

Behind the Book by Rollo Romig

Romig's outsider status helped him tell the story of Gauri Lankesh, a fearless Indian journalist who was assassinated in 2017.

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