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Center-Left Owned by Kasturi & Sons Ltd.Sonia Gandhi’s memoir to revisit love, loss and her decision to decline India’s top job
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Sonia Gandhi announced that her forthcoming memoir will revisit her experiences of love, loss and the decision that led her to decline India’s top political post. In a statement she said heartbreak and loss pushed her into public politics after she had fiercely guarded her privacy. The memoir, titled ‘Belonging: A Journey of Love’, reflects her long‑standing dislike of politics. Alongside the book launch, Gandhi has reiterated criticism of the ruling BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, claiming the Modi government has damaged India’s democratic fabric, while asserting that Congress’s prospects are improving and she is not pessimistic about the party’s future.
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Ahead of the November 10 release of Belonging: A Journey of Love, Sonia Gandhi discussed the challenges facing India's democracy and the need to restore institutional systems
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NEW DELHI: Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi has alleged that the Narendra Modi government has caused "great damage" to India's democracy, institutions and the country's social fabric over the past 12 years, warning that restoring the systems even after the government leaves…
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The Congress is working with like-minded parties, Sonia Gandhi said, claiming that her party's "prospects are improving day by day".
— NDTV
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‘It was heartbreak and loss that threw me into the public world of politics. Up till then I had guarded my privacy fiercely,’ Sonia Gandhi said in her statement
