I Am on the Hit List is a powerful and chilling investigation into the tragic assassination of journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh, who was murdered outside her home in Bangalore on September 5, ...

How did you come to write this book on the assassination of Gauri Lankesh? I’ve been coming to India to report for the New York Times Magazine for over a decade with a focus on south India.

The book is also an appraisal of Lankesh, an honest and empathetic account that does not descend into hagiography as too many biographies tend to these days. I had heard of Gauri Lankesh before ...