>> He’s been a gracious and dear friend for well nigh over 25 years. And trips to London were never complete without an evening at his well-appointed but relatively modest apartment where over Aruna’s home cooked food and some very fine Bordeaux, the inner workings of the corridors of power were discussed in delicious detail. Which is why it is so nice to see that even as seismic changes are in store for Delhi and its rulers some things never change.

The dinner in honour of Lord Swraj and Lady Aruna Paul. Hosted by Manoj Singhal at ITC Maurya, in Delhi on Friday night had the old warhorses from the past.