Let's build a new India, Modi says in Independence Day address

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2. Five unusual messages from Narendra Modi's speech

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India: Five unusual messages from Narendra Modi's speech
By Geeta Pandey BBC News, Delhi
15 August 2014 Last updated at 08:38 ET

Narendra Modi has addressed Indians in his first Independence Day speech as prime minister. Over the years, I have heard many speeches being delivered from the ramparts of the historic Red Fort which most prime ministers have used to issue warnings Pakistan and for tedious grandstanding.

But Mr Modi used it to speak about the issues bothering Indians every day and in a break from tradition, he spoke extempore, without consulting any notes.

Five unusual messages stood out. It just remains to be seen if he can deliver.

Ask where your sons are going, not your daughters

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Don't kill your daughters

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Not a nation of snake charmers

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Why am I talking about toilets?

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Nepal, not Pakistan

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