I am on the hit list : a journalist's murder and the rise of autocracy in India / Rollo Romig.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Romig, Rollo, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Journalists--India--Karnataka--Biography.

Journalists.

Journalists--Crimes against--India--Karnataka--History.

Freedom of the press--India--Karnataka--History.

Freedom of the press.

Hinduism and politics--India--Karnataka.

Hinduism and politics.

Authoritarianism.

Gauri Laṅkēś, 1962-2017--Assassination.

Gauri Laṅkēś.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

390 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

[New York, New York] : Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2024]

Summary:

"A gripping investigation into the mysterious assassination of a journalist in India, revealing the courage and vulnerability of those who are fighting the decline of democracy around the world"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part one: January 2018. Why Gauri?

The Lingayat question

The undeclared emergency

Throwing muck

The pattern

The eternal organization

Swalpa Adjust Maadi

Ravana

Lankesh Patrike

Interlude: Doubting Thomas

Part two: July 2018. Days in the underworld

The Ayodhya of the south

Leech treatment

Gauri Lankesh Patrike

Path of justice

Bomb blasts near Mumbai

The barefoot advocate

The lists

Interlude: The world's longest dosa

Part three: 2019-2024. The kingdom of absolute truth

New India

The nameless group

Take this freedom

Electoral autocracy

The trial

Last days.

Notes:

Place of publication from publisher's website.

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Romig, Rollo. I am on the hit list

ISBN:

9780143135289

0143135287

OCLC:

1428768783

Publisher Number:

99996903618