By Girija Madhavan
Diplomats, who witness a historical event with international ramifications in the country of posting, are very lucky. In 1989 my husband, A. Madhavan and I, saw the Fall of the Berlin Wall (9 November 1989), a potent symbol of the Cold War. The event changed relations between the States of Europe, their geographical boundaries and political affiliations. In 1990, the Federal Republic Germany (FRG) was reunified with the German Democratic Republic (GDR); the divided country became one.
