The tension in the air on Saturday evening when we entered the Marriott, to attend the book launch of Additional Commissioner of Police, Brijesh Singh's 'The Quantum Siege', was palpable.

“Has Mr Bachchan arrived?” we’d enquired of the doorman. It was 8.30 pm and we had been told that Amitabh Bachchan and Rakesh Maria would jointly release the book at 8 pm. We had rushed across the city, braving many a traffic snarl, only to arrive terribly late.