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The 140 Best Twitter Feeds of 2012

TIME's social media editor Allie Townsend & social media associate Amy Lombard pick the 140 Twitter feeds that are shaping the online conversation in 2012. Let us know what you think of our choices, using hashtag #Twitter140.

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Barkha Dutt

By Amy LombardMarch 15, 20120

Mamata Bannerjee in an intw with me "We will stay with UPA, but only with Izzat. Am hurt at how we are treated. We are not beggars"
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barkha dutt (@BDUTT) March 19, 2012

Followers: 522K

Barkha Dutt has been described as the Indian Anderson Cooper, and we can’t say they’re far off. Dutt spends her career reporting around India as well as multiple conflicts inside the Middle East.

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