No one knows how to make a statement at the Mahalaxmi racecourse better than the King of Good Times, Vijay Mallya. Now that he's gone, though, the turf club is looking for someone to take his place - all 500 sq ft of it. The RWITC has invited bids for the air-conditioned lounge or 'box' that had earlier been leased to the flamboyant fugitive on the first deck of the members' enclosure.

Imagine rolling up to the green lawns of the racecourse in a Rolls Royce, or flying there in a private chopper, and landing your big bird on the helipad (on the defunct third enclosure). Then, you can make your way to your oh-so-exclusive air-conditioned lounge, even as the hoi polloi battles the heat all around you.