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The Gauri Files
A Journalist’s Murder & its Repurcussions
Speakers
Journalism. Politics. Justice.
One fateful evening in 2017, journalist Gauri Lankesh was shot outside her Bangalore home. Her death sent shockwaves across the country. But the story didn’t end there.
This evening with journalist and author Rollo Romig, as he explores in his powerful new book, I Am on the Hit List, offers new insights into the life and assassination of Gauri Lankesh. In conversation with artist Pushpamala N and writer-activist Shivsundar, Romig shares the years of reporting and investigating that led him deep into the world Gauri inhabited.
Through hidden archives, political undercurrents, and voices from the ground, Romig uncovers a chilling rise in hate and extremism. From Bangalore’s storied publishing lanes to secretive religious enclaves, this conversation offers a rare and moving look at India’s shifting democratic landscape.
Pull up a chair. Because remembering is resistance, and this is a story that needs to be heard.
Speakers
Rollo Romig
Shivasundar
Shivasundar is a columnist and activist in Karnataka. He writes weekly columns in the Kannada Daily Vartha Bharathi and runs a video column in its website under the title Samakaaleena. He is a regular contributor to The Wire, The News Minute and Sabrang.
Pushpamala N
Pushpamala N has been called “the most entertaining artist-iconoclast of contemporary Indian art”. In her sharp and witty work as a photo- and video-performance artist, sculptor, writer, curator and provocateur, and in her collaborations with writers, theatre directors and filmmakers, she seeks to subvert the dominant cultural and intellectual discourse. She is known for her strongly feminist work and for her rejection of authenticity and embracing of multiple realities.
