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By Ashok Nilakantan Ayers
When Rahul Gandhi turned 56 this week, the celebrations were almost startling in their simplicity. There was a cake. There were party workers. There were photographs. His sister, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, posted a warm social media message calling him her "darling brother." The day passed without giant cut-outs, deafening drumbeats, helicopter showers of flower petals, or television channels running wall-to-wall birthday specials.
In Indian politics, that almost qualifies as a radical act. For if there is one thing Indian politicians have elevated into an art form, it is the birthday celebration. What began as a pri...