Voting is open to select the newsmaker from a list of 10 personalities shortlisted by the editorial board of Manorama News.Who will be the Manorama News Newsmaker of the year? You can choose! Voting is open to select the newsmaker from a list of 10 personalities shortlisted by the editorial board of Manorama News in association with MRF Corp Vapocure Paints.
Here are the finalists, in alphabetical order.
A. Alphons Kannanthanam, Kerala’s only representative in the Union ministry.
B. T V Anupama, the Alappuzha district collector whose report cost Thomas Chandy his ministerial berth.
C. Elias George, the former managing director of the KMRL who steered Kochi Metro into operation.
D. Kanam Rajendran, CPI’s Kerala secretary whose uncompromising stands unsettled the ruling front.
E. Parvathy, who won the Golden Peacock for the best actress at the International Film Festival of India in Goa.
F. H S Prannoy, the national badminton champion.
G. T P Senkumar, the IPS officer who returned to the helm of the Kerala Police after a legal battle.
H. Sriram Venkataraman, who acted against encroachments in Idukki district before he was transferred out as the Devikulam subcollector.
I. Fr Tom Uzhunnalil, the priest who spent a year and a half as a hostage somewhere in Yemen.
J. Women in Cinema Collective, which challenged the male domination in the cinema industry.
You can vote for your favorite newsmaker on www.manoramanews.com/newsmaker or through texting NM<SPACE> A or B or C... to 56767123.
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