A global guide to birthdays that nearly need a ministry of their own
For most 76-year-olds, a birthday means cake, a call from the grandchildren and perhaps a gentle argument about sugar. For Prime Minister Narendra Modi, it now means a month-long national exercise in seva.The BJP’s Seva Sankalp Abhiyan marks 25 years since Modi first took public office as Gujarat chief minister. Ministries and state governments have been roped in, more than 500 locations are expected to participate, and the programme comes with 14 separate “modules” covering everything from health camps and cleanliness drives to overseas mahayagyas. Delhi has tied the celebrations to…
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