Barathtiya Janatha Party (BJP) members celebrating Modi's 70th birthday in Chennai. — AFP
INDIA'S Covid-19 cases continue to climb, even as the economy tanks. China is pressing forward on the two countries' disputed Himalayan border, where dozens of Indian soldiers have been killed. Tax revenues have plummeted, state governments are unhappy and 21 million of India's rare salaried jobs vanished in the past few months.
And yet Prime Minister Narendra Modi – who on Sept 17 celebrated his 70th birthday – remains as popular as ever. How does he do it?
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