She was booed when she shed all inhibitions to dance with her husband at a cultural event at her official residence. We questioned her common sense when she held the media responsible for the killer disease, dengue. We laughed at her when she said swine flu was a heart disease and we should plant more trees to get rid of the ailment. That’s Mumbai Mayor Snehal Ambekar.

But it’s time Mumbaikars forgive their First Citizen for the past, and thank her for doing what most politicians, especially in the ruling party, would not dare do. She has spoken out about rampant corruption in the city’s civic body that she heads politically. She has asked for a probe into malpractices that earn enormous amounts of money for contractors and corrupt officials (Ambekar steered clear of mentioning politicians).