gauri lankesh ( "gauri laṅkēś", 29 january 1962 – 5 september 2017) was an indian journalist-turned-activist from bangalore, karnataka. she worked as an editor in "lankesh patrike", a kannada weekly started by her father p. lankesh, and ran her own weekly called "gauri lankesh patrike". lankesh was known for advocating freedom of the press. she had written about the wrongdoings of the indian national congress leader, d. k. shivakumar, a close associate of the former chief minister of karnataka, s. m. krishna.