Modi's Gujarat gears up to reciprocate Japan PM Shinzo Abe's hospitality

State bureaucrats are getting new cards printed in Japanese to share with the visiting delegation

On one side, the pothole-ridden roads of Ahmedabad are getting a quick makeover, while on the other, the state government bureaucrats are getting new visiting cards printed in Japanese. 

All this in order to host Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This gesture is being seen as a reciprocation of Abe’s hospitality shown in November 2016. The Japanese Prime Minister will be treated to authentic Japanese and Gujarati cuisine, though a Chinese President Xi Jinping-Modi like tête-à-tête may not take place, according to government sources.

Sabarmati railway station, the venue for the ground breaking ceremony of