"Is he an old man?" Navjot Singh Sidhu, former cricketer and in-demand commentator, asked the ESPN-Star Sports functionary who had been waiting with me for over half-an-hour at the lobby of The Oberoi for the sardar from Patiala to descend from his seventh floor room.
Why was he enquiring about my age? Because he wanted to know if I was old enough for him to apologise for the delay. It took him another half-hour to make an appearance