Lankesh Patrike is an India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n weekly published in Kannada, Bangalore

Bangalore

Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...

. It was started by Kannada writer P. Lankesh

P. Lankesh

Palegar Lankeshappa was a major Indian writer and journalist, writing in the Kannada language. He is probably the only writer who can be credited with bringing magical realism to Kannada literature apart from innovative use of the language...

 in 1980.

Lankesh Patrike introduced a number of new writes to the Kannada literary scene. Some of them, like Sara Abubakkar and Banu Mushtaq, later went on to win accolades as writers. Lankesh Patrike was known for being the voice of the oppressed, the dalits, women and the minority communities.

P. Lankesh died in 2000. His daughter, Gauri Lankesh took over as the editor and his son Indrajit Lankesh as the publisher. Due to differences of opinion between the two siblings, in 2005 Gauri Lankesh left the publication to start one of her own. Now, The " Gauri Lankesh Patrike" has been the one decent and thought provoking voice of the Indian State. In fact, now Gauri Lankesh is one of the most credible people in the Indian state.