She broke away, a
distributary at the gap-
ing mouth of Ganga.
White snow flowing down,
from mountain pedestal to
burning plains’ grassroots.
Her blood, now a river:
tributary to the quiet
trickle of dissent.
Gauri Lankesh is a journalist and a member of civil society. This triad is dedicated to what her assassination represents: a blatant disregard for freedom of speech. The unfurling plot behind her assassination only goes to confirm that majoritarian tendencies have gone out of hand.
Mihir Rajamane 
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