Indian politicians by and large are mostly regarded as a boring, uninteresting species culturally – despite the presence of some mediocre poets. But there is one notable exception.
Apart from the small matter of administering a state, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee takes the concept of "kaalchaar" very seriously. Which is why, if you don’t see her latest conspiracy theory on air one day, she’s probably off exploring her artistic side, as the above video testifies.
And of course, since she is from the land of Rabindranath Tagore, Didi never misses a chance to showcase how much of a fan she is of Gurudev:
But let it never be said that she is a one-trick pony. Because when Durga Puja came along this year, West Bengal woke up to her lyrical capabilities.
Didi never stops trying. Even when on official trips to London, the Chief Minister of West Bengal always takes out time to learn a new skill or two.
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