<p>The murder of senior journalist Gauri Lankesh at her home in Bengaluru Tuesday evening has shocked the nation.&nbsp;</p>

<p>News reports said protests had broken out in Bengaluru, and across Karnataka and the country.</p>

<p>Even as the protests raged, Lankesh was laid to rest.&nbsp;</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="tl">Bengaluru: Mortal remains of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GauriLankesh?src=hash">#GauriLankesh</a> brought to Ravindra Kala Kshethra <a href="https://t.co/qnyYglKuqb">pic.twitter.com/qnyYglKuqb</a></p>
&mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI/status/905333537670275073">September 6, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Bengaluru: Family members &amp; friends gather as mortal remains of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GauriLankesh?src=hash">#GauriLankesh</a> were brought to Ravindra Kala Kshethra. <a href="https://t.co/WYzFJKIXvv">pic.twitter.com/WYzFJKIXvv</a></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="in">Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah pays tribute to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GauriLankesh?src=hash">#GauriLankesh</a> in Bengaluru&#39;s Chamrajpet <a href="https://t.co/ZjWeZV52jR">pic.twitter.com/ZjWeZV52jR</a></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="in">I condemn the killing of journalist <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GaurilLankesh?src=hash">#GaurilLankesh</a>: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata <a href="https://t.co/2dbhNbwOTi">pic.twitter.com/2dbhNbwOTi</a></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Karnataka: Protest at Town Hall in Bengaluru against killing of senior journalist <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GauriLankesh?src=hash">#GauriLankesh</a> <a href="https://t.co/MrE0POZvBw">pic.twitter.com/MrE0POZvBw</a></p>
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<p>Social media too was flooded with commiseration over her death.&nbsp;</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Protest meeting at Press Club of India, Delhi,3pm today against killing of senior journalist Gauri Lankesh. Do join- PCI,IWPC,Editors Guild</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">At the protest meeting for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GauriLankeshMurder?src=hash">#GauriLankeshMurder</a> in Delhi. let us stand as one. Silence is complicty. <a href="https://t.co/LwRaxE1xWj">pic.twitter.com/LwRaxE1xWj</a></p>
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<p>And what it might mean for the nation.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Gauri Lankesh edited the anti-establishment Lankesh Patrike.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The general consensus seems to be that she was murdered for her views.&nbsp;</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Gauri?src=hash">#Gauri</a> Lankesh shot dead outside her home.Shocking Devastating. Dabholkar Pansare Kalburgi Culprits must be punished</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">No point saying go to Pakistan to anyone anymore, They&#39;ll get the experience here itself... <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GauriLankeshMurder?src=hash">#GauriLankeshMurder</a></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">You are not dead. We are not afraid. This strengthens our resolve to fight. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GauriLankesh?src=hash">#GauriLankesh</a> was a strong supporter of students&#39; movement.</p>
&mdash; Shehla Rashid (@Shehla_Rashid) <a href="https://twitter.com/Shehla_Rashid/status/905125907097985026">September 5, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">In India we bow to frauds like Ram Rahim and kill men and women of reason &amp; inquiry like Pansare, Dabholkar, Kalburgi &amp; now <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/gaurilankesh?src=hash">#gaurilankesh</a></p>
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<p>The Editors&#39; Guild of India put out a statement condemning the killing. &nbsp;</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Editors Guild on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GauriLankeshMurder?src=hash">#GauriLankeshMurder</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/htTweets">@htTweets</a> <a href="https://t.co/2k1Alxgfwq">pic.twitter.com/2k1Alxgfwq</a></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Her killing is an ominous portent for dissent in democracy&amp; brutal assault on freedom of the press: Editor&#39;s Guild of India <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GauriLankesh?src=hash">#GauriLankesh</a></p>
&mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI/status/905315850185351168">September 6, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Let the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GauriLankeshMurder?src=hash">#GauriLankeshMurder</a> be a reminder that all of us need to intensify our fight against fascism; that we will NOT be silenced.</p>
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<p>But as always on social media, there were people on the other side of the divide too.&nbsp;</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Why everyone is talking abt <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GauriLankeshMurder?src=hash">#GauriLankeshMurder</a><br />
Here is list of RSS/BJP Activist who got murderd in Karnataka &amp; no one tweeted a single word <a href="https://t.co/XGvcJ4k1ZJ">pic.twitter.com/XGvcJ4k1ZJ</a></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Sanghi troll justifies <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GauriLankeshMurder?src=hash">#GauriLankeshMurder</a>; calls for killing Arundhati, <a href="https://twitter.com/sagarikaghose">@sagarikaghose</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/kavita_krishnan">@kavita_krishnan</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/UmarKhalidJNU">@UmarKhalidJNU</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/kanhaiyajnusu">@kanhaiyajnusu</a> &amp; me <a href="https://t.co/iucFcCLlJd">pic.twitter.com/iucFcCLlJd</a></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Right wing user posts hitlist online, calls for serial assassinations, calls Gauri Lankesh murder a warning to &#39;anti nationals&#39; <a href="https://t.co/60NKlKwxkr">pic.twitter.com/60NKlKwxkr</a></p>
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<p>Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah said the authorities were questioning the people who had posted against Lankesh. &nbsp;</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">2 people posted something on Facebook (against <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GauriLankesh?src=hash">#GauriLankesh</a>) and we are questioning them: Karnataka CM</p>
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Lankesh was murdered in her Bengaluru home on Tuesday evening

The murder of senior journalist Gauri Lankesh at her home in Bengaluru Tuesday evening has shocked the nation. News reports said protests had broken out in Bengaluru, and across Karnataka and the country. Even as the protests raged, Lankesh was laid to rest. Bengaluru: Mortal remains of #GauriLankesh brought to Ravindra Kala Kshethra pic.twitter.com/qnyYglKuqb — ANI (@ANI) September 6, 2017 × Bengaluru: Family members & friends gather as mortal remains of #GauriLankesh were brought to Ravindra Kala Kshethra. pic.twitter.com/WYzFJKIXvv — ANI (@ANI) September 6, 2017 × Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah pays tribute to #GauriLankesh in Bengaluru's Chamrajpet pic.twitter.com/ZjWeZV52jR — ANI (@ANI) September 6, 2017 × I condemn the killing of journalist #GaurilLankesh: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata pic.twitter.com/2dbhNbwOTi — ANI (@ANI) September 6, 2017 × Karnataka: Protest at Town Hall in Bengaluru against killing of senior journalist #GauriLankesh pic.twitter.com/MrE0POZvBw — ANI (@ANI) September 6, 2017 × Social media too was flooded with commiseration over her death. Protest meeting at Press Club of India, Delhi,3pm today against killing of senior journalist Gauri Lankesh. Do join- PCI,IWPC,Editors Guild — Suhasini Haidar (@suhasinih) September 6, 2017 × At the protest meeting for #GauriLankeshMurder in Delhi. let us stand as one. Silence is complicty. pic.twitter.com/LwRaxE1xWj — barkha dutt (@BDUTT) September 6, 2017 × And what it might mean for the nation. Gauri Lankesh edited the anti-establishment Lankesh Patrike. The general consensus seems to be that she was murdered for her views. #Gauri Lankesh shot dead outside her home.Shocking Devastating. Dabholkar Pansare Kalburgi Culprits must be punished — Azmi Shabana (@AzmiShabana) September 5, 2017 × No point saying go to Pakistan to anyone anymore, They'll get the experience here itself... #GauriLankeshMurder — Kunal Kamra (@kunalkamra88) September 6, 2017 × You are not dead. We are not afraid. This strengthens our resolve to fight. #GauriLankesh was a strong supporter of students' movement. — Shehla Rashid (@Shehla_Rashid) September 5, 2017 × In India we bow to frauds like Ram Rahim and kill men and women of reason & inquiry like Pansare, Dabholkar, Kalburgi & now #gaurilankesh — barkha dutt (@BDUTT) September 5, 2017 × The Editors' Guild of India put out a statement condemning the killing. Editors Guild on #GauriLankeshMurder @htTweets pic.twitter.com/2k1Alxgfwq — Smriti Kak (@smritikak) September 6, 2017 × Her killing is an ominous portent for dissent in democracy& brutal assault on freedom of the press: Editor's Guild of India #GauriLankesh — ANI (@ANI) September 6, 2017 × Let the #GauriLankeshMurder be a reminder that all of us need to intensify our fight against fascism; that we will NOT be silenced. — Prerna Bakshi (@bprerna) September 6, 2017 × But as always on social media, there were people on the other side of the divide too. Why everyone is talking abt #GauriLankeshMurder Here is list of RSS/BJP Activist who got murderd in Karnataka & no one tweeted a single word pic.twitter.com/XGvcJ4k1ZJ — Republic Of India (@RepubIicofIndia) September 6, 2017 × Sanghi troll justifies #GauriLankeshMurder; calls for killing Arundhati, @sagarikaghose @kavita_krishnan @UmarKhalidJNU @kanhaiyajnusu & me pic.twitter.com/iucFcCLlJd — Shehla Rashid (@Shehla_Rashid) September 6, 2017 × Right wing user posts hitlist online, calls for serial assassinations, calls Gauri Lankesh murder a warning to 'anti nationals' pic.twitter.com/60NKlKwxkr — Hindutva Watch (@SaffronWatch) September 6, 2017 × Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah said the authorities were questioning the people who had posted against Lankesh. 2 people posted something on Facebook (against #GauriLankesh) and we are questioning them: Karnataka CM — ANI (@ANI) September 6, 2017 ×

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