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Center Owned by HT MediaClinton’s ‘roving eye’, Sarkozy’s arrogance, Diana’s warmth: Sonia Gandhi retells encounters with world leaders
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On Tuesday, Khan Market saw an unusual frenzy as shoppers rushed to Bahrisons Booksellers and Faqir Chand Book Store to obtain copies of Sonia Gandhi’s memoir, Belonging: A Journey of Love, with many also posing for photographs. The demand was amplified by the fact that online platforms Blinkit and Amazon had listed the book before its formal launch. The memoir, described as an autobiography that reveals personal and political stories, recounts tensions with Maneka Gandhi, a conversation about Pranab Mukherjee’s ambition, and other family and political reflections.
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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
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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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In her memoir Belonging: A Journey of Love, Sonia Gandhi recounts tensions with Maneka Gandhi, from early disagreements in the family home to growing political divisions after Sanjay Gandhi’s death.
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She writes about noticing Bill Clinton’s roving eye at Delhi’s Maurya Sheraton, she talks about Nikolas Sarkozy’s “arrogant manner” during his India visit.
