Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi’s memoir Belonging: A Journey of Love will be published by HarperCollins India on November 10, the publisher announced, after Penguin Random House India withdrew from the project.
The memoir is expected to offer a personal account of Gandhi’s childhood in post-war Italy, her marriage to former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi and her entry into the Nehru-Gandhi family. It is also expected to recount her experiences following Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination in 1991 and her eventual entry into active politics.
The book has already triggered a political controversy ahead of its international publication, with attention focused on what Gandhi may reveal about her family, her years away from politics and the circumstances surrounding her decision to enter public life.
Belonging is being positioned as a memoir spanning Gandhi’s personal and public life, including her years in India and her role at the centre of the Congress party. The publication comes amid continued interest in first-person accounts by members of the Nehru-Gandhi family and the political history surrounding the Congress.
HarperCollins said the book will be released in India on November 10.
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