This person was not just a regular worker for the government. They were very good at planning and a big part of how India dealt with other countries for many years. Their work, from the 1960s to the 2000s, involved dealing with hard world problems, like a movie director handling a complicated story. They weren't just there when important things happened; they often made them happen without being seen. You could think of them as the "James Bond" of Indian talks between countries, but instead of tools, they used their skill at talking and knowing a lot about how countries worked together. From their first jobs to being the Prime Minister's special helper for Afghanistan, they always showed they could connect people when others thought it was impossible. People who worked with them remember them as very smart and quietly determined. One person who worked with them said, "They could see the whole situation and know what problems would come up." They were very important in making India and Pakistan get along better, like a second movie trying to be better than the first, hoping for a good ending. They did more than just help two countries get along; they also changed how India looked at safety in the area and how it talked to the world. Their hard work and planning made them very important to the country, a real maker of India's story with other countries.