How the Berlin Wall fell

It was an event that signalled the end of an era. But, twenty years later, here’s a piquant point – the Berlin Wall actually fell because of a communication gap. In a new column for the Sunday Times of India, called 'Past Prism', I explored the reason for the fall of the Berlin Wall, incorporating accounts from people who were actually there as well as the lessons that the event currently has, for those in the Indian sub-continent.

Click here to read the new column.