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INDRAJIT LANKESH IN A NUTSHELL

P.Lankesh who launched LANKESH PATRIKE in 1980 was a trend setter in Karnataka when it came to tabloid investigative journalism.

Lankesh Patrike was the first tabloid in India to run without advertisements. It began with a circulation of 8000 copies and during the political uncertainties of 1980’s its circulation touched a dizzying figure of 4 lakhs.

P.Lankesh being a lecturer, a film director and producer, a journalist, a playwright, a supreme prose writer, a critic, a novelist and a short-story writer, he left a distinct stamp of his dazzling multi-faceted personality in every field he was engaged in.

After his death, ace film-maker Indrajit Lankesh has been taking it forward being the Proprietor, Editor and Publisher since 2000. He does so fully keeping in mind the changes that are taking place without deviating from the spirit of rational enquiry which his father had left him as a legacy.

Indrajit was not a novice in journalism at the time of taking up this responsibility because he has been the Editor of a sports magazine called “All Rounder” and in no time he was able to attract over 5 lakh readers across Karnataka.