Lankesh Patrike

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Lankesh Patrike is a famous weekly tabloid of Karnataka. It is a kannada language tabloid. It was started in 1979 by late P.Lankesh who was also the editor of the paper until his death, now the paper is run by his son Indrajit Lankesh. 'Lankesh Patrike', which was a purely political tabloid to begin with, could not stay so for long as Lankesh who was a poet, novelist and storywriter at heart wanted a platform to pursue his literary interests as well. Lankesh introduced several columns to provide some literary touch to his otherwise scandal-ridden tabloid. Moreover, in the process of taking against the government in a big way, he had earned the wrath of many book houses and publishers and did not have any other option than using this platform to keep his literary skills alive