Saeed Naqvi
(Saeed Naqvi is a senior commentator on political and diplomatic issues. The views expressed are personal. He can be reached on saeednaqvi@hotmail.com)
I had no business to forget Badshah Khan's 130th birthday this February, having been his press secretary when he came on a year's "healing mission" as guest of both the political camps led by Indira Gandhi and Jayaprakash Narayan.
The international system is trying to compose itself today. It was dividing itself sharply during the Pashtun leader's visit. Just as India became salient to regional play then, it will by force of circumstances, become part of the new regional pirouette.