>> Wednesday saw us accompanying Hema Deora to her elder son Mukul’s tribute to Bob Dylan’s 50th anniversary as a musician at the Blue Frog. Hema informed us that last week her younger son Milind, the charismatic MP for South Mumbai and Congress minister, performed at the restaurant’s Delhi outlet near the Qutab.

How on earth did the two boys get so musical, we enquired? “From their dad — Murli,” the proud mother replied. “He loves singing! In fact, when he was courting me he used to sing to me,” she admitted coyly. And what was the song that won her heart? “It was On the Street where you live from My Fair Lady,” she blushed.