Grenades, grief and a deepening political divide: five takeaways from Sonia Gandhi’s new memoir
The former’s much-awaited political memoir, Belonging, offers a strikingly candid account of her journey from a small town in Italy to the highest echelons of power in India – all for love, she says.
Key points
- (The Guardian’s Hannah Ellis-Petersen has a rare in-person interview with Gandhi, and you can read an excerpt from the book here.) Continue reading...
- In Belonging, she opens up for the first time about the extraordinary twists and turns of a life that has largely unfolded in full public view.
- The veteran Congress party leader has been fiercely protective of her personal world.
From the assassinations of her husband and mother-in-law to press stonewalling under Modi, Belonging offers an insider’s account of India’s political evolution • Don’t get This is India delivered to your inbox?
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