From shaking up the very foundations of the Indian government to stirring up unseemly controversies, from showing incredible courage in the face of extreme adversities to losing a reputation built over years of hard work in just a blink of an eye, from setting the electoral hustings afire with golden speeches to getting into trouble for not speaking at all, there were many 'newsmakers' in 2012 who caught the common man's imagination. Some made it for stellar reasons, others for all there is wrong with the society. Here are 12 'newsmakers' that deserve a mention.
Why is Malala Yousafzai in this list? The answer is simple: because her story is one of staggering grit, courage and fearlessness as she dared to question the Taliban's diktat ordering the closure of girls' schools in Pakistan's Swat Valley. For us, it is difficult to comprehend a world where a girl is shot for her desire to be allowed to go to school. But for folks in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province this has become a way of life. Source: http://in.news.yahoo.com/malala-yousafzai-134023145.html;_ylt=Al.QmhXk4JmLTS7OYjMWhN.6scB_;_ylu=X3oDMTRjbmU1ZTF1BG1pdANNaXhlZCBMaXN0IEZsYXNoYmFjawRwa2cDM2U4NWMwZmUtYjBhOC0zZjk2LWI0N2ItOWUwY2Y2NWNlY2M0BHBvcwMzBHNlYwNNZWRpYUJMaXN0TWl4ZWRMUENBVGVtcAR2ZXIDNmRiNGU4ZTMtMzU3My0xMWUyLTlmZGQtZGJlMDM4NWNjNzBk;_ylg=X3oDMTM2cnJyaG41BGludGwDaW4EbGFuZwNlbi1pbgRwc3RhaWQDNTU4NjE1NzAtMDRiOC0zOTQ4LWE4NTEtYmQ4MGZlZjdiYWQ2BHBzdGNhdANob21lfGZpZ2h0Zm9ybG9rcGFsBHB0A3N0b3J5cGFnZQ--;_ylv=3
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