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Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi has described her forthcoming memoir as a personal account of her life and family, insisting that it is not a political book.
In an article published in The Hindu ahead of the book’s release, Gandhi said she wanted to portray her family honestly, highlighting their motivations, struggles and human flaws.
Titled Belonging: A Journey of Love, the memoir traces her journey from a small Italian town to India, which she eventually came to regard as her home.
Gandhi said love, loyalty and family had been central themes throughout her life.
She also reflected on the profound personal losses she experienced, including the assassinations of her mother-in-law, former Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi, in 1984 and her husband, former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, in 1991.
She said her love for Rajiv Gandhi and India, along with a strong sense of duty, eventually led her into public life despite her initial reluctance.
“I also hoped to share what I witnessed over more than five decades in India. I watched a country transform, at first from the margins and later from its very centre,” she wrote.
Published by HarperCollins India, the memoir is scheduled for release on November 10.
The book also covers major events in the Gandhi family, including Sanjay Gandhi’s death in a plane crash, the assassinations of Indira and Rajiv Gandhi, and the Congress-led alliance’s victory in the 2004 general elections, when Sonia Gandhi declined to become prime minister.
