BIRMINGHAM: Sometimes standing in long, unmoving queues can also have its benefits. And when it's akin to a graveyard shift, all the better.
Your correspondent, all of five-feet-11, mask on mouth, documents in hand, was hopping on either foot for the Delhi-Dubai-Birmingham check-in to move even one inch. It was well past midnight, yawns were being stifled when suddenly he was dwarfed by a good six foot plus frame who ambled up right behind. In the sudden discomfort of having to raise the head and look up to someone, it was difficult to recognize the face behind the mask. The India CWG jersey made one more curious.
