Shah Rukh Khan was speaking at FICCI Frames, the media and entertainment industry’s annual convention in Mumbai in March 2010. His comparison of working styles in Hollywood and India was well done — especially since he was fresh from making My Name is Khan with Fox Star Studios. I have heard him speak on two occasions. He is erudite and witty with a self deprecatory humour. And he is Shah Rukh. So the huge jam-packed convention centre at the Renaissance in Mumbai was listening with rapt attention. While peering down from his glasses at the pages of his speech, he suddenly spotted Leena Jaisani, FICCI’s senior director coming up on stage. “Are you going to throw me out?” he asked looking seriously worried. We laughed. Jaisani simply smiled and went on to say something to a FICCI official onstage.

Whether it is washrooms, air conditioners or simply working spaces, you could say that English journalists are positively pampered considering how poorly the ones in other languages are treated in India. Representation pic/AFP