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Until I got to know her well, I'd quake in my seat: Sonia on Indira's temper

Until I got to know her well, I'd quake in my seat: Sonia on Indira's temper

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Sonia Gandhi, in her tell‑all memoir Belonging: A Journey of Love, says she has never seen the photograph of Rajiv Gandhi’s remains taken after the LTTE suicide bombing that killed him more than three decades ago. The book, described as a personal and political account, also recounts her early disagreements with Maneka Gandhi and the growing political divisions that followed Sanjay Gandhi’s death.

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  • left · 2 outlets

    In her memoir Belonging, Sonia Gandhi recalls her early days in the family and how former prime minister Indira Gandhi's occasional temper outbursts would shake her.

    — Mathrubhumi English

  • center · 3 outlets

    NEW DELHI: Indira Gandhi cried while watching the harrowing visuals of the aftermath of Operation Blue Star in 1984, says Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, claiming that there were tears of pain and regret as well as of sorrow in the then PM's eyes at the manner which the siege at the Golden Temple had…

    — The New Indian Express

  • right · 2 outlets

    Sonia Gandhi shares her recollections of her son Rahul's early years and his relationship with Indira Gandhi. She describes her initial feelings of exclusion during the planning of Rahul's naamkaran ceremony and how she addressed them. Sonia recalls Indira's affectionate yet sometimes frustrating…

    — The Economic Times

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In her memoir Belonging, Sonia Gandhi recalls her early days in the family and how former prime minister Indira Gandhi's occasional temper outbursts would shake her.

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  1. Mathrubhumi English Center-Left Mathrubhumi Printing & Publishing Co. Current article

    Until I got to know her well, I'd quake in my seat: Sonia on Indira's temper

    In her memoir Belonging, Sonia Gandhi recalls her early days in the family and how former prime minister Indira Gandhi's occasional temper outbursts would shake her.

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  8. 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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  10. 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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  12. 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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  19. 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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