The Newsmakers by Media H T

A collection of stories and biographies about 15 personalities, The Newsmakers is a book on 15 men and women who made the headlines in 2012 and 2013.

Summary of the Book

Covering the stories of Sachin Tendulkar, Sunita Williams, Pandit Ravi Shankar, Bal Thackeray, Rajesh Khanna and Verghese Kurien, this book takes readers through the lives and stories of 15 men and women whose lives have inspired, awed and shocked people every day. Stories such as that of Homai Vyarawalla, India's first photojournalist or that of Malala Yousufzai, who was shot in the head by Islamic extremists for demanding her basic right to study, continue to show us that there is hope yet for humanity and that we need to look in the right places. The book also covers the stories of Barack Obama, Aamir Khan, Suresh Kalmadi, Narendra Modi, Felix Baumgartner, Vijay Mallya among several other newsmakers collected by the Live Mint Magazine.

About Live Mint

Mint is an Indian business newspaper published by HT Media Ltd, which also publishes the Hindustan Times.Published in the Berliner format, it presents business and financial information in a compact format, using infographics to present data.