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Tooth and nail?

2. On the weekend of the party's autumn conference in Glasgow, a poll commissioned by the party found that just one in 10 people said they would definitely vote for the Lib Dems at the next election.

The Liberal Democrats will this weekend attempt to boost their ratings at the conference by “lifting the veil” on their conflicts with the Conservatives in the Coalition.

Ministers will speak publicly about their behind-the-scenes clashes with the Tories over issues such as a mansion tax, Trident, immigration bonds and Europe. “We’re going to fight them tooth and nail at the next election,” a party source said.

At the last election, the Liberal Democrats won 23 per cent of the vote. Their polling suggests that 10 per cent of people will vote for them, while the party is targeting a further 15 per cent of voters who are wavering Tory or Labour voters.

- Lib Dems vow to fight Tories “tooth and nail”, Telegraph.co.uk, September 14, 2013.

3. At first glance, Shukla Das could be just another shankha-sindoor seller at a makeshift stall, 50 metres from the Kalighat temple. Her face is impassive, so you wouldn’t know that for her, Monday was a day of major victory.

But the 22-year-old claims that frequent visits to the Alipore Court have taught her it is “not right to celebrate any victory”.

Thus, a day after a court handed life sentence to four of her brother's murderers, she appeared cautious. The murder took place in front of her eyes seven years ago, but she knows the law will take its own course. “I know they will lodge an appeal at the high court and then, they might go all the way to Supreme Court. The battle has just begun,” she says, matter-of-factly.