A new detente

Looks like two political foes are working at bridging the gulf between them. Last week, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee dropped in at the office of All India Forward Bloc, a partner of the opposition Left Front, to wish veteran Left leader Ashok Ghosh a belated happy birthday. After greeting the 94-year-old with flowers and sweets, she told Ghosh that he had the "right" to point out her mistakes. The latter reciprocated, saying the Trinamool Congress leader was just like his "younger sister". "We want to follow the ideology of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose; Mamata Banerjee, too, follows that ideology," Ghosh said.