Malala Yousafzai Biography

Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani school pupil and spokesperson for women’s right to education. In retaliation for her high profile campaign for education and criticism of the Taliban, she was shot in the head at close range by a Taliban gunman. She survived the gunshot wound and has become a leading spokesperson for human rights, education and women’s rights. She has received numerous peace awards and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 along with Kailash Satyarthi, an Indian children’s rights activist.

Early Life Malala

Malala was born (12 July 1997) in Mingora, the Swat District of north-west Pakistan to a Sunni Muslim family. She was named Malala, which means ‘grief-stricken’ after a famous female Pashtun poet and warrior from Afghanistan.

Shashi Tharoor’s video of nuns in Kerala doing the traditional dance

Shashi Tharoor shared a video on his Facebook page on the occasion of Onam, which has since then gone viral. The clip has a group of nuns doing the traditional dance called Thiruvathirakali around a beautifully made pookalam or flower designs.

As Malayalis in Kerala and across the world got together to celebrate the harvest festival of Onam on September 4, Shashi Tharoor took to Facebook to share ‘the true spirit of the festival’.