New Delhi: Time has released its list of '100 Most influential People' for the year 2022 and two Indians have secured their spots on the list, first of them being senior advocate of the Supreme Court, Karuna Nundy followed by industrialist Gautam Adani. Kashmiri human rights activist Khurram Parvez has also been included in the list.
Karuna Nundy
"Often the legal world is seen as an insular realm of stiff shirts and dry arguments. Karuna Nundy, however, is not just a lawyer but also a public activist who ably—and bravely—uses her voice both inside and outside the courtroom to bring about change," wrote the magazine about the Supreme Court lawyer.
Nundy has been raising issues related to womens' rights and has advocated towards the reform in antirape laws and has fought cases pertaining to sexual harrasment at workplace. Most recently, she is litigating a challenge to India’s rape law that contains a legal exemption for marital rape, the magazine wrote.
Gautam Adani
"Adani’s once regional business now spans airports, private ports, solar and thermal power, and consumer goods. Adani Group is now a national behemoth in the world’s sixth largest economy, though Adani stays out of the public eye, quietly building his empire," wrote Time .
"Like many countries that have in the past created global conglomerates this way, India is also undergoing an unprecedented concentration of economic and political power that reinforce one another. If Modi symbolizes the second, Adani is the poster boy of the first, as he competes with Warren Buffett to be the world’s fifth richest person. With Modi’s stated goal of making India a $5 trillion economy by 2025, Adani’s journey may have only just begun," further stated the magazine.