On August 9, government ministers felicitated the Tokyo Heroes -- the Indian athletes who brought glory to the Motherland at the 2020 Olympics -- in New Delhi.

Intriguingly, the event was dominated by -- no, no, no, not by photographs of Gold Medalist Neeraj Chopra or Silver Medalists Ravi Dahiya or Mirabai Chanu or Bronze Medalists P V Sindhu or Bajrang Punia or Lovlina Borgohain or the Indian men's hockey team -- but by huge pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi!

Dominic Xavier offers a cheeky take on Monday's ceremony.

• Tokyo Olympics
• Dom's Take

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