Student-activists remember Gauri Lankesh as they fight for justice
The Hindu
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Family members, student-activists, lawyers, and friends of Gauri Lankesh held a memorial on Sunday to remember the activist-journalist who was assassinated four years ago on September 5. “The very act of remembering Gauri Lankesh is an act of resistance as the incumbent regime wants us to forget those who stood up to power and dissent, as if they never happened,” said Natasha Narwal, a student-activist who was incarcerated for 13 months in a Delhi riots case and recently released on bail. She was speaking at ‘Bullets cannot kill Gauri Lankesh’s legacy’, a memorial event organised by the Gauri Memorial Trust. The event saw three student-activists — Ms. Narwal, Devangana Kalita, and Asif Iqbal Tanha, jailed and out on bail in the Delhi riots cases — speak on Gauri’s legacy. “In her last days, Gauri had adopted Umar Khalid, Kanhaiya Kumar, and Jignesh Mewani as her sons. I am sure, if she were to be around, she would have adopted you as well. It is in student-activists like you, she saw hope for this country. Now, I do too,” said Kavita Lankesh.More Related News