With his mother Sonia Gandhi’s memoir set to hit the stands later this year, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday (August 20, 2026) said he is proud that it would be read by the millions who love her and he knows how hard it was for someone as private as her to tell the world her beautiful story.
Penguin Random House India, however, has not confirmed the date of release of the book in India. In his message posted on X, Mr. Since the day Papa left, I have watched you face everything life threw at you with never-ending courage and dignity. “I am happy, and so proud, that your story — ‘Belonging: A Journey of Love’ — will finally be read by the millions of people who love you.
Rahul Gandhi said, “Mama, I last saw you and Papa together more than 35 years ago.
“Belonging: A Journey of Love” will hit stands on November 10, publisher Alfred A Knopf, an American imprint of Penguin Random House, announced on Tuesday (August 18, 2026). “Only Priyanka and I really know what you have been through, and how difficult your life after Papa truly was,” Mr. Rahul Gandhi said. I know how hard it was for someone as private as you to tell the world your beautiful story,” he said. Rahul Gandhi said he can see “Papa smiling and looking down proudly at his beautiful Sonia”. The memoir begins in Cambridge, England, where in 1965, 19-year-old student Sonia Maino “falls in love at first sight with the handsome young man she’s destined to marry: Rajiv Gandhi”, according to the Alfred A Knopf website.
Today, on his birthday, Mr.
The book also mentions how Ms. Since the day Papa left, I have watched you face everything life threw at you with never-ending courage and dignity. Sonia Gandhi declined to become Prime Minister after the Congress-led alliance won the 2004 elections and instead chose Manmohan Singh to lead the government. Earlier reporting noted: “I last saw you and Papa together more than 35 years ago.
Earlier reporting noted: Since then, the Junior Gandhi, in a public post addressed to his mother, said he has seen her “never-ending courage and dignity”. Only Priyanka and I really know what you have been through, and how difficult your life after Papa truly was,” Rahul Gandhi said on his late father Rajiv Gandhi’s 82nd birth anniversary. Earlier reporting noted: “I am happy, and so proud, that your story – “Belonging: A Journey of Love” – will finally be read by the millions of people who love you. I know how hard it was for someone as private as you to tell the world your beautiful story,” he said in an emotional post.
