A 97-year-old came to wish 95-year-old Jyoti Basu well in hospital on Tuesday. Manohar Aich, who became Mr Universe the year Basu would have voted for the first time in a general election (1952), flaunted his wrinkled but rippling muscles. The hospital said Basu was better on Tuesday and was shifted from the ICCU to a cabin. “He had normal diet in the night and breakfast. He had good sleep as well.” Basu was hospitalised on Sunday after he almost collapsed at home. The Prime Minister has sent a get-well-soon message to the CPM patriarch from Paris. Picture by Sanjoy Chattopadhyaya