Guess who’s become the personality of the year for 2015? No, it’s not Narendra Modi. Get over it. It’s not even Baba Ramdev. It’s the Indian Cow. That’s right.
In a very unexpected and twisted turn of events, the cow has turned out to be the ‘Personality of the Year’ in Yahoo’s YIR (Year In Review).
In a statement, Yahoo said, “In an unexpected twist, the humble ‘Cow’ emerged as ‘Personality of the Year’, trumping other high-profile contenders for the top spot. It started with the Maharashtra government announcing a ban on the sale of beef in the state – a move, which led to massive debates online and offline, spiraling into the ‘beef controversy’. Fuelled further by the mob lynching at Dadri, the ‘cow’ became the icon of discussions on ‘intolerance’, sparking the ‘award wapsi’ campaign, and even stalling the Parliament proceedings at one point”.
The review, based on users’ daily search habits picks the personality based on what they search, read and share on Yahoo.
Yahoo added, “Politics remained an all-consuming passion through the year in 2015. With high-profile elections in Bihar and New Delhi, Chief Ministers Nitish Kumar and Arvind Kejriwal were among the Top Newsmakers of the Year. Prime Minister Narendra Modi continued his run from 2014 and remained one of the top newsmakers this year too.”
The rise of the Vyapam Scam, Sheena Bora murder case, ISIS, 2015 World Cup, and APJ Abdul Kalam’s demise were also in the list of things that were searched for more.
Sunny Leone and Salman Khan retained the top spot of most searched female and male celebrity in the list. India’s most searched sportsperson was MS Dhoni while Apple and the iPhone6 topped the technology list.
But seriously, Indians have managed to aMOOse me this year as well. Let’s see what’s in store for us next year.
Clearly, the steaks have been raised. 😉
News Source: IBN Live
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