We spoke to our friend, the peripatetic Suhel Seth. He sounded chuffed about his tribute to his old mentor Khushwant Singh. “I’ve just institutionalised an annual poetry prize in his memory.

Every year one poet will receive Rs 3 lakh,” he informed us. “Soli Sorabjee has agreed to chair the jury and others on it are Jeet Thayil, Pavan Varma and Namita Gokhale,” he said. How did he meet Khuswant? “I first met him in 1982.