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Center Owned by The Tribune TrustWhen Sonia Gandhi turned to the Bhagavad Gita for answers during her great dilemma
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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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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…
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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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The Congress is working with like-minded parties, Sonia Gandhi said, claiming that her party's "prospects are improving day by day".
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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, while…
