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Little real contact with Modi, but there is some common ground: Sonia Gandhi in memoir Belonging

Little real contact with Modi, but there is some common ground: Sonia Gandhi in memoir Belonging

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Sonia Gandhi's memoir “Belonging: A Journey of Love”, released on Tuesday (Nov 10), offers personal accounts of the Nehru‑Gandhi family and reveals a bitter Maneka‑Indira fallout and a strained relationship with Maneka Gandhi. In the book she recalls confronting Rajiv Gandhi over the Shah Bano case and his attempts to balance women’s rights with Muslim personal law. The memoir has drawn criticism for factual errors on the Anna Hazare movement, RSS history and Ahmed Patel’s death, and the BJP has accused it of shielding and whitewashing history, sparking a war of words.

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Sonia Gandhi blames PM Narendra Modi's sharp comments on Jawaharlal Nehru on his “conditioning” by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

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  1. Hindustan Times Center HT Media Current article

    Little real contact with Modi, but there is some common ground: Sonia Gandhi in memoir Belonging

    Sonia Gandhi blames PM Narendra Modi's sharp comments on Jawaharlal Nehru on his “conditioning” by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

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  3. India TV Right Independent News Service

    'I'd quake in my seat': Sonia Gandhi on Indira's temper, Rahul's warning before Rajiv's assassination

    Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi breaks her decades of silence to share the deeply personal story behind her public life through her newly released memoir 'Belonging: A Journey of Love'. Published by Harper Collins India and now available in bookstores nationwide, the book…

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  7. O Heraldo Center Herald Publications (Goa)

    ‘Old Habits Die Hard’: Sonia Gandhi Recalls Bill Clinton, Sarkozy, and Princess Diana in New Memoir

    Congress leader Sonia Gandhi’s newly launched memoir, Belonging: A Journey Of Love, offers an intimate look at the private personalities of major global figures, including former U.S. President Bill Clinton, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and the late Princess Diana. Released in New Delhi…

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

    Coordinated anti-India campaign allegedly by Chinese vloggers presenting Dhaka locations as Delhi

    An alleged coordinated anti-India campaign has been carried out by a group of Chinese vloggers and livestreamers filming in impoverished neighbourhoods of Dhaka and falsely presenting the locations as parts of New Delhi, official sources said here. The campaign is not simply about filming poverty…

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  11. ABP Live Center-Right ABP Group

    ‘Is It A Crime To Be Ambitious?’ Pranab Mukherjee's Daughter Hits Back At Sonia Gandhi Over Her ‘Shocked’ Reaction

    Is it crime to be ambitious when that 'ambition' was backed by decades of experience in politics and governance? Sharmistha Mukherjee, daughter of former President Pranab Mukherjee, questioned Sonia Gandhi over her account of a 2010 conversation with her father. In her memoir, Belonging: A Journey…

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  13. The Times of India Center Bennett, Coleman & Co.

    Evening newswrap: Sonia Gandhi's memoir sparks row; India condemns Chinese vloggers; MEA reacts to US midterm results, and more

    Sonia Gandhi shared her surprise at Pranab Mukherjee's ambition for the prime minister role in 2010. His daughter Sharmishtha questioned the surprise, expressing that such aspirations are valid in politics. India condemned an anti-India campaign by Chinese vloggers in Dhaka, urging the Bangladesh…

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  15. The Tribune Center The Tribune Trust

    Sonia Gandhi has not seen ‘horrific’ photo of Rajiv’s remains taken after assassination: Book

    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 Love’, former…

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