Fate smiled on both of them. They were in the shadows with no role in politics, and yet who would have thought they would be Chief Minster one day. Geographically they come from two opposite ends of the country, but there is much that seems strikingly familiar in the Sasikala and Rabri Devi story. Despite vociferous protests, sniggers, satires and charges of a blatant disregard for democracy, Sasikala is set to rule Tamil Nadu, just as Rabri Devi had once taken over Bihar.