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CenterSonia Gandhi recalls losing first child; shares how Indira consoled her and Rajiv Gandhi
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Sonia Gandhi, in her tell‑all memoir titled Belonging: A Journey of Love, says she has never seen the photograph of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi’s remains taken after the LTTE suicide bombing that killed him more than three decades ago. The revelation has sparked a rush at Khan Market bookstores and online platforms such as Blinkit and Amazon, where readers line up to buy the book and pose for photos with it. The memoir also touches on personal and political episodes, including family tensions and a mis‑dated reference to adviser Ahmed Patel.
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In her memoir, former Congress president recalls 2010 conversation; Pranab Mukherjee’s daughter Sharmistha asks what there was to be shocked about, says it is not a crime to be ambitious
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New Delhi: More than three decades after former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by an LTTE suicide bomber, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi has still not seen the photograph of her husband’s remains taken in the aftermath of the explosion. In her tell-all memoir, Belonging A Journey of…
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In her memoir Belonging: A Journey of Love, Sonia Gandhi recounts tensions with Maneka Gandhi, from early disagreements in the family home to growing political divisions after Sanjay Gandhi’s death.
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New Delhi, November 10 (IANS): Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and her husband, former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, suffered a major heartbreak and a deeply personal tragedy soon after marriage, as their newborn child passed away hours after birth.Sonia, in her autobiography titled ‘Belonging: A…
