Sonia Gandhi Recalls Diwali Celebrations At Indira Gandhi's Delhi Residence, Shares Childhood Memories Of Priyanka & Rahul Gandhi

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1. Sun, 8 November 2026

   2 reports
   • freepressjournal.in10:00first to report
     Sonia Gandhi Recalls Diwali Celebrations At Indira Gandhi's Delhi Residence, Shares Childhood Memories Of Priyanka & Rahul Gandhi

     Congress leader Sonia Gandhi shared a Diwali video recalling celebrations at Indira Gandhi's former Delhi residence, 1 Safdarjung Road. Joined by Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and granddaughter Miraya, she reminisced about diyas, fireworks and Kashmiri food. Priyanka remembered Rajiv Gandhi taking the family to Old Delhi to buy firecrackers during festivities.

   • Times of India12:29
     Watch: Sonia, Priyanka take a trip down memory lane, recall Diwali with Rajiv Gandhi
2. Tue, 10 November 2026

   5 reports
   • Times of India06:38
     'I'd quake in my seat': Sonia recalls Indira's temper, early days as bride in memoir

     Sonia Gandhi’s memoir, Belonging: A Journey of Love, offers an intimate account of Indira Gandhi’s temper, recalling how staff were made to stand in corners, a senior Congress leader ordered to face a wall and others ignored for days. Sonia also describes Rajiv’s reassurance during her mother-in-law’s outbursts, Indira’s domestic routines, love for sarees and photographs, and how grandchildren gradually softened her temperament.

   • The Guardian World07:30
     Grenades, grief and a deepening political divide: five takeaways from Sonia Gandhi’s new memoir

     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? Sign up here Few love stories have been as closely entwined with a nation’s history as that of Sonia and Rajiv Gandhi. 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...

   • Times of India08:43
     'No real contact': Sonia's memoir recalls face-to-face meetings with PM Modi

     Sonia Gandhi reveals in her memoir that she has had minimal contact with PM Narendra Modi. Their encounters are restricted to formal greetings at political gatherings, often avoiding eye contact. Gandhi contrasts her vision of an inclusive India with Modi's more exclusionary ideology shaped by the RSS. She also revisits the violence of the 2002 Gujarat riots during Modi's tenure as chief minister.

   • DW Top Stories11:46
     India: Sonia Gandhi's memoir 'Belonging: A Journey of Love' released

     The book goes through the Italian-born matriarch's journey with one of India's most politically influential families. It has already garnered political controversy, with the ruling BJP accusing her of "whitewashing."

     1 reprint

     • dw.com10 Nov, 12:15their copy
   • indiatimes.com12:15
     Anti-Sikh riots remain tragic and shameful chapter in country's history: Sonia Gandhi

     Sonia Gandhi reflects on her memories of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots following Indira Gandhi's assassination. Rajiv Gandhi made national appeals for peace amidst the violence and chaos that ensued. Several commissions were established in hopes of delivering justice to the victims of the riots. Despite the government's efforts, justice has been slow and unsatisfactory for those affected.