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The release of Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi’s memoir Belonging: A Journey of Love on November 10, published by HarperCollins India in a 544‑page volume that chronicles her personal life and key political turning points, has provoked sharp political reactions. Leaders of the BJP and Shiv Sena have publicly criticised the book’s contents and questioned her account of several historical events, signalling a contentious response to the memoir’s narrative.
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More than four decades after the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi has acknowledged that justice has been hard to come by for the victims despite four commissions, nine committees and two special investigation teams, while admitting that Congress workers…
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Sonia Gandhi says in her memoir that there was a clear division of power during the UPA era, with Manmohan Singh running government and her leading Congress.
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In her memoir, Belonging: A Journey of Love, Sonia Gandhi reflects on giving up her Italian citizenship and adopting India as her home. She says she formalised the decision as Rajiv Gandhi entered public life, describing the renunciation as an emotional farewell to a remaining part of her identity.
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In January 1968, when Sonia Gandhi arrived in India to be with Rajiv Gandhi, she was welcomed into the home of celebrated Hindi poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan and his wife, Teji Bachchan. Staying with the Bachchan family before her marriage, Sonia found herself adjusting to a new country, unfamiliar…
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Sonia Gandhi admits justice eluded 1984 anti-Sikh riot victims, recalls Army delay and Rajiv’s anguish in memoir
More than four decades after the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi has acknowledged that justice has been hard to come by for the victims despite four commissions, nine committees and two special investigation teams, while admitting that Congress workers…
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The Bharat Summit is expected to bring together an estimated 1000 delegates from nearly 70 countries.
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Sonia Gandhi’s new memoir, Belonging: A Journey of Love, reveals former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s strict household discipline. HarperCollins India published the 544-page book, which details Sonia’s journey from post-war Italy into the famous Nehru-Gandhi political family. Strict Punishments and…
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Srinagar , November 10 : Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday praised Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi's memoir 'Belonging: A Journey of Love', saying that no woman politician had endured as much as she had, while also defending the legacy of former…
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Hyderabad: About 1,000 delegates from 70 countries, including policymakers and prominent leaders from progressive movements, will attend the second Bharat Summit scheduled to be held in Hyderabad on November 13-14. Being organised by the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee, the event coincides with…
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New Delhi, Nov 10 (PTI): Congress leader Sonia Gandhi questioned her husband and then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi on the Shah Bano case, pointing out that newspapers were accusing him of sacrificing Muslim women's interests, asking him why he was letting this happen. Rajiv Gandhi replied that he was…
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Her rise to power a mysterious coincidence: Kangana Actor and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Kangana Ranaut has launched a sharp attack on senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, questioning her rise to political prominence and describing the sequence of events surrounding the Gandhi family as a…
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In her memoir, Sonia Gandhi recounts questioning Rajiv Gandhi on the Shah Bano case and his efforts to balance women's rights with Muslim Personal Law.
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KOCHI: Sonia Gandhi’s memoir ‘Belonging: A Journey of Love’ has triggered an unusual literary awakening among Congress leaders in Keralam. From Chief Minister V D Satheesan to MP Shashi Tharoor, party heavyweights appear to be competing to demonstrate who holds the former Congress president closest…
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Sonia Gandhi’s memoir has opened another chapter in the political storytelling of the Nehru-Gandhi family. Titled Belonging: A Journey of Love, the book revisits personal relationships, political rivalries, family tragedies and some of the most defining moments in India’s political history. But…
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The conversation is part of Sonia Gandhi's memoir, "Belonging: A Journey Of Love", which hit the stands on Tuesday
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New Delhi: Congress leader Sonia Gandhi questioned her husband and former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi on the Shah Bano case, pointing out that newspapers were accusing him of sacrificing Muslim women's interests and asking him why he was letting this happen. Rajiv Gandhi replied that he was trying…
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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: Congress leader Sonia Gandhi questioned her husband and then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi on the Shah Bano case, pointing out that newspapers were accusing him of sacrificing Muslim women's interests, asking him why he was letting this happen. Rajiv Gandhi replied that he was trying to…
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Sonia Gandhi in her memoir wrote that she should have listened to Congress leader Arjun Singh, who had counselled caution, instead of another leader whom she did not identify and described as having later proved "thoroughly dishonest"
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