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Sonia Gandhi says memoir is a love story, recalls hurt over foreign-origin row and 2004 decision

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Sonia Gandhi, former Congress president, said in a written interview that she decided to write her memoir, Belonging: A Journey of Love, after years of others documenting her life, describing it as a story of growing attachment to India and a love story. She recalled feeling hurt by the foreign‑origin controversy and the 2004 decision, and said the Bhagavad Gita helped her overcome her fear of politics after Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination. Gandhi also defended Indira Gandhi’s 1975 Emergency decision, noting that the late prime minister later publicly expressed regret and apologized for its excesses, and she alleged that Congress workers have faced persecution.

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  • left · 5 outlets

    New Delhi: Sonia Gandhi “always disliked” politics and was at war with herself over whether she should take the plunge into the political world after her husband Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination, but the Bhagavad Gita helped resolve her doubts and showed her the path forward. The former Congress chief…

    — The Siasat Daily

  • center · 7 outlets

    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…

    — The New Indian Express

  • right · 4 outlets

    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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The former Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, has said she decided to write about her own life after years of others doing so, describing her memoir, Belonging: A Journey of Love, as a story of growing attachment to India as well as a love story. Gandhi made the remarks in a written interview to The…

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Sonia Gandhi says memoir is a love story, recalls hurt over foreign-origin row and 2004 decision

The former Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, has said she decided to write about her own life after years of others doing so, describing her memoir, Belonging: A Journey of Love, as a story of growing attachment to India as well as a love story. Gandhi made the remarks in a written interview to The…

Deccan Herald Center-Left The Printers (Mysore) Pvt. Ltd.

At war with herself on joining politics, Sonia Gandhi turned to Bhagavad Gita for answers

New Delhi: Sonia Gandhi "always disliked" politics and was at war with herself over whether she should take the plunge into the political world after her husband Rajiv Gandhi's assassination, but the Bhagavad Gita helped resolve her doubts and showed her the path forward. The former Congress chief…

The Shillong Times Center The Shillong Times

Sonia says late PM Indira Gandhi ‘publicly expressed regret and apologised’ for Emergency excesses; cites pressure on her

New Delhi, Nov 7: Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson, Sonia Gandhi, has said that late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, at a later stage in her life, publicly expressed regret and apologised for the excesses committed during the Emergency, while refusing to put the entire blame for the period on…

India TV Right Independent News Service

Sonia Gandhi says Congress has 'nothing to learn' from BJP, RSS; slams Modi govt for damaging India's fabric

Veteran Congress leader Sonia Gandhi has asserted that her party does not need to learn anything from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rise to power, emphasising that India's fabric of democracy has suffered a "great…

The New Indian Express Center Express Publications (Madurai) Ltd.

'Modi govt has done great damage to our democracy, institutions': Sonia Gandhi

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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