To borrow an urban phrase, Bangladesh is turning out to be our BFF (Best Friend Forever) along with Bhutan. India-Bangladesh relations have seen a steady high ever since Sheikh Hasina has been at the helm of affairs. She rebooted ties with India after a disastrous spell under Khalida Zia of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)

Neither Modi nor Dr Manmohan Singh in 2011, both vegetarians, savoured the Bengali delicacy, Illish or Hilsa, during their Prime Ministerial visits to Dhaka, but the warm hug that Sheikh Hasina and Mamata Bannerji shared leads one to hope that the two ladies will be able to tango over illish. Pic/PTI