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01-13-2017, 01:24 PM
Indians upset over calendar featuring PM Narendra Modi on the cover
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Indians are unhappy with the fact that their Prime Minister has **w entered wall calendars and table diaries.*
Issued by the government-owned Khadi Village Industries Commission (KVIC), the 2017 calendars and diaries carry a cover photograph of Narendra Modi, instead of Mahatma Gandhi, who'd been on it for decades.
SEE ALSO: People are hating on India's national airline for wanting to reserve seats for women (http://mashable.com/2017/01/12/air-india-to-reserve-seats-for-women-citizens-angry/)
Modi is seen weaving 'khadi' (a handspun cotton cloth) in a 'charkha' (a traditional spinning wheel) in the classic Gandhi pose, which was a symbol of the nationalist movement in pre-independent India.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/01/13/modi-replaces-gandhi-in-government-calendar-india-upset/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Indians are unhappy with the fact that their Prime Minister has **w entered wall calendars and table diaries.*
Issued by the government-owned Khadi Village Industries Commission (KVIC), the 2017 calendars and diaries carry a cover photograph of Narendra Modi, instead of Mahatma Gandhi, who'd been on it for decades.
SEE ALSO: People are hating on India's national airline for wanting to reserve seats for women (http://mashable.com/2017/01/12/air-india-to-reserve-seats-for-women-citizens-angry/)
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