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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged the citizens of the nation to share their joy and happiness with the deprived people as the festive season begins in the country.The Prime Minister while conveying his greetings to the nation for the festive season urged people to make it about sharing happiness. He asked the citizens to also "deliver out" the goods and happiness while receiving goodies during upcoming festival season.PM Modi said that with Navarata beginning today, the atmosphere of festivals will be filled with new energy, new enthusiasm and new resolve.Modi also wished singer Lata Mangeshkar on her 90th birthday.The PM asked the nation to celebrate Diwali in a novel way by felicitating daughters. PM Modi urged listeners to celebrate the skills and strengths of our Nari Shakti. He said, "This Diwali, Let us celebrate Bharat ki Lakshmi ."He urged people to organise special programmes where daughters will be felicitated during Diwali for the contribution they are making towards nation building. PM Narendra Modi said besides felicitating daughters, people should also publish their achievements on social media and use the hashtag #BharatKiLakshmi.During Mann Ki Baat , PM also talked games and the spirit of sportsmanship. He talked about a speech at the US Open tennis tournament that left him impressed. PM said the speech by 23-year-old Russian tennis player Deniil Medvedev personifies the spirit of sportsmanship. He asked people to win hearts through sportsmanship.During the programme, a young student from Arunachal Pradesh requested the PM to write more content related to parents and teachers for the second edition of his book 'Exam Warriors'. PM Modi also asked parents and teachers to share thoughts with him to create stress free examination for students.While making case for a fit and healthy India, he said, "We all know that addiction to tobacco is extremely harmful for health and it becomes very difficult to get out of this addiction. People who consume tobacco are vulnerable to diseases like cancer, diabetes, blood pressure, etc. There is very little awareness among people about e-cigarettes. They are completely unaware of its dangers and for this reason sometimes e-cigarettes find their way into homes out of curiosity."Modi also paid tribute to Blessed Mariam Thresia in his programme. "It is a matter of pride for every Indian that on October 13, His Holiness Pope Francis will declare Sister Mariam Thresia (founder of the Congregation of the Holy Family) a saint. I pay my tributes to Sister Thresia."During the programme, the PM talked to special guest Ripudaman, who is making Plogging popular across India.* The PM urged the nation to free India from the menace of single use plastic. "It is a matter of pride, not only for India but for the entire world today, while we are celebrating Mahatma Gandhi 's 150th birth anniversary, our 130 crore countrymen have pledged to rid the nation from the menace of Single Use Plastic.October 31 is the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and that Ek Bharat Shresth Bharat is our common dream, hence every year on that day, we run for fostering unity in the country as ‘Run for Unity’, said PM Modi. He added that we have to run for the unity of the country on that day in large numbers.Before concluding, the PM requested the citizens to travel across India in this festive season.