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'No, I won't let our baby be thrown into river': Sonia recalls loss of first child before Rahul

'No, I won't let our baby be thrown into river': Sonia recalls loss of first child before Rahul

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In her tell‑all memoir “Belonging: A Journey of Love”, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi 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 book also shares personal and political anecdotes, recounting early family tensions with Maneka Gandhi and broader political divisions after Sanjay Gandhi’s death. Commentators such as Nishikant Dubey have questioned her portrayals of Sanjay and Rajiv, while other reviewers note occasional factual errors, such as the year of Ahmed Patel’s death.

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  • left · 4 outlets

    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

    — The Hindu

  • center · 6 outlets

    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…

    — Orissa Post

  • right · 2 outlets

    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…

    — India TV

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  7. 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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  9. Orissa Post Center Eastern Media Ltd (Sambad Group)

    Sonia Gandhi reveals Rahul, Priyanka shielded her from Rajiv’s remains photo

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

    What's there to be 'shocked' about; is it a crime to be ambitious: Ex-Prez Pranab Mukherjee's daughter to Sonia Gandhi

    New Delhi: Former President Pranab Mukherjee 's daughter, Sharmistha Mukherjee, on Tuesday questioned why Congress leader Sonia Gandhi was "shocked" by her father's ambition to become Prime Minister, stressing that he had earned his position through decades of hard work and not by "dynastic…

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

    The boy before Rahul: Sonia Gandhi on her day-old child’s death

    NEW DELHI: One fine morning in September 1968, the news of Sonia Gandhi’s pregnancy sent waves of happiness around the Gandhi household. The otherwise stern expressions of Indira Gandhi melted to kiss and hug the to-be mother and exclaim, “One big baby having another baby!” But it was not to be…

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