The rise of Modi as a global personality is phenomenal. Leading a party which is branded as non-secular to a historical success winning the general elections with majority, taking revolutionary decisions regarding governance and emerging as the most powerful face in the global arena made Modi the most popular face of the year. Only Mahatma Gandhiji earned the respect to be the face of reputed ‘Time’ magazine in 1930.
Latest, Modi became the face of ‘Time’ magazine to be released on 8th december winning 12.8 % votes out of total votes polled. He is only the second Indian after our Mahatma to be the face of ‘Time’. Ferguson protestors who were a little ahead of Modi for sometime, came second with 10.1% votes while Joshua Wong, the face of Hong Kong pro-democracy movement occupied third (7.5%), and Pakistani teenage sensation Malala Yousafzai is placed fourth (5.2%).
Surprisingly United States President Barack Obama who had been the face of ‘Time’ twice retraced down the ladder of popularity to the 11th position. This graph shows how Modi emerged as a positive face in the global arena and successfully wiped away the non-secular tag attached to his leadership because of the Godra communal riots. Only the announcement as ‘Person of the year’ is pending which is scheduled to happen on 8th December.
