Playing to the gallery

Dear Mamata-di, Let me at the very outset express a sneaking admiration for the manner in which you have proved your critics wrong yet again: you don’t just bark, but can bite too. Underestimating Mamata has always been risky business. In 1984, as a 29-year-old political debutante, you triumphed over the redoubtable Somnath Chatterjee when few gave you any chance of  a victory.

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