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Three years ago this day, Sept 5, around this hour, Bangalore-based journalist and human rights activist GAURI LANKESH was assassinated.
Any squeak in the mainstream media today?
The Hindu, Bangalore edition, today carries a full page, repeat full page, Oped about a Bombay film industry actor who died two months ago and who a lot of us had never heard of earlier.
Deccan Herald, Bangalore's own newspaper, also has acres of stuff on local and Bombay film industry personalities.
Zilch on Gauri.
Almost all of those who were associated with the plot to assassinate her and who also were said to be implicated in the assassinations of rationalists M.M. Kalburgi, Narendra Dabholkar and Govind Pansare have been arrested.
But will they face trials in good time?
Given that a party founded by those who draw inspiration from Hindu fanatic terrorists and traitors and one that counts mass murderers and judge murderers among its leading lights is in charge both in the national and the state capital now?
And with mainstream media taking next to no interest in the #GauriLankesh case?
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