Sonia Gandhi Memoir: Belonging (Credits: Instagram)
\n\nFor someone who arrived in India as a young woman from a small Italian town, the idea of belonging would perhaps carry a meaning far deeper than simply finding a place to live. For Sonia Gandhi, it became a question of love, identity, family, loss and, eventually, a country she would come to call her own. That journey is at the heart of her forthcoming memoir, Belonging: A Journey of Love.
\n\nIn her recent exclusive interview with The Hindu, Gandhi offers a deeply personal explanation of what inspired the title. Looking back at her life, she says one thread connected its many chapters: love, and the loyalty that grows from it. It began in England, where a 19-year-old woman from a small Italian town met a young Indian student, Rajiv Gandhi. What started as a relationship between two young people gradually drew her into a new country, a new family and a life she could scarcely have anticipated.
\n\nBut the story, as Gandhi is careful to point out, extends beyond her relationship with Rajiv. It is also about how she grew to love his family and the country to which they belonged, until she…
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