Aung San Suu Kyi, 67, ended 2012 having completed something of a startling metamorphosis: The Nobel laureate is now a parliamentarian in Burma’s quasi-democratic new legislature. Once the world’s most famous political prisoner, Suu Kyi went on an international tour this fall and was feted in the capitals of the West by various global leaders and eminences. At home, she is the de facto head of Burma’s democratic opposition, and still cautions outsiders against being too optimistic about the reforms transforming what was once a junta-run pariah state. Suu Kyi is celebrated worldwide as an icon of democracy, a celebrity she earned while shuttered away under nearly two decades of house arrest. Now a political player, she has not lost any of her grace and courage.