Drummond Money-Coutts (DMC) became enamoured with magic at a young age, like most sleight-of-hand artistes. But, he is no ordinary magician. He is not a guy in velvet standing against a pigeon cage, and sawing women into two. His tricks go beyond magic. And his performance over a video call crashed our doubts about his ability to play.

This writer has never attended a magic show, neither does she believe in magic. “Pick a card,” DMC begins. “I’ll call it Prutha’s card trick,” he smiles. He shuffles the deck and asks to draw six cards of our choice. Two minutes later, the letters PRUTHA appear on the table. How he did that, is going to remain a mystery.