{"id":14459,"date":"2026-08-20T09:19:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T09:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=14459"},"modified":"2026-08-20T09:19:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T09:19:21","slug":"papa-looking-down-proudly-rahul-priyankas-emotional-note-for-mama-sonia-gandhi-ahead-of-memoir-release-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=14459","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Papa looking down proudly&#8217;: Rahul, Priyanka&#8217;s emotional note for &#8216;Mama&#8217; Sonia Gandhi ahead of memoir release | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133372119,imgsize-1124963,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/sonia-rahul-and-priyanka.jpg\" alt=\"'Papa looking down proudly': Rahul, Priyanka's emotional note for 'Mama' Sonia Gandhi ahead of memoir release\" title=\"Sonia Gandhi's memoir is scheduled to be released on November 10.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Sonia Gandhi's memoir is scheduled to be released on November 10.\">Sonia Gandhi&#8217;s memoir is scheduled to be released on November 10.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi and Congress MP <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/priyanka-gandhi\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Priyanka Gandhi<\/a> Vadra on Thursday penned emotional notes for their mother <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/sonia-gandhi\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sonia Gandhi<\/a>, who is set to release her memoir &#8216;Belonging: A Journey of Love&#8217; in November.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>The messages came on the birth anniversary of their father, former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, with both Rahul and Priyanka reflecting the relationship of their parents and the personal losses Sonia Gandhi endured over the years.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>Rahul, addressing his mother as &#8216;Mama&#8217;, recalled the last time he saw his parents together more than 35 years ago and spoke about Sonia Gandhi\u2019s life after Rajiv Gandhi\u2019s assassination in 1991.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>&#8220;Mama, I last saw you and Papa together more than 35 years ago. Since the day Papa left, I have watched you face everything life threw at you with never-ending courage and dignity,&#8221; Rahul wrote on X.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>&#8220;Only Priyanka and I really know what you have been through, and how difficult your life after Papa truly was,&#8221; he added.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>Rahul said he was proud that Sonia Gandhi, who has largely kept her personal life away from public view, had decided to tell her story.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>&#8220;I am happy, and so proud, that your story &#8216;Belonging: A Journey of Love&#8217; \u2014 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,&#8221; he wrote.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>Referring to Rajiv Gandhi\u2019s birth anniversary, Rahul ended the note saying, &#8220;Today, on his birthday, I can see Papa smiling and looking down proudly at his beautiful Sonia.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also shared a personal message, describing her parents\u2019 relationship as &#8220;one of the greatest love stories of our time&#8221;.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/>&#8220;On my father\u2019s birthday today, I think he would have been especially proud of my mother for having written her story with so much heart and honesty,&#8221; she wrote.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"32\"\/>Priyanka said she felt privileged to have witnessed their relationship and hoped the memoir would allow readers to know Sonia Gandhi beyond her political persona.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"34\"\/>&#8220;For me, it\u2019s one of the greatest love stories of our time. I feel privileged to have witnessed it and I am happy that through her book, everyone will get to know my mother for what she truly is \u2014 a brave, loyal, compassionate woman, who is also tough as nails and great fun when she wants to be,&#8221; she said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"37\"\/>She described Sonia Gandhi as &#8220;a woman whose life has been a testament to her love for her husband and her country&#8221;, before signing off: &#8220;Love you, ma and so, so proud of you.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"39\"\/>Sonia Gandhi\u2019s memoir to release in November<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"41\"\/>Publisher Alfred A. Knopf announced earlier this week that Sonia Gandhi\u2019s memoir, &#8216;Belonging: A Journey of Love&#8217;, will be published on November 10.<\/p>\n<div class=\"LEzX4\">\n<div class=\"PmOGb\">\n<p class=\"PSf84\">Share your thoughts in the comments<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Insightful<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Agree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Disagree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Skeptical<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Concerning<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Promising<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Worth Reading<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Big Development<\/button><\/p>\n<p><textarea class=\"T9MbS\" rows=\"1\" placeholder=\"Add your Thoughts...\"\/><button type=\"button\" class=\"ZW6JD \" disabled=\"\">Post Comment<\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"swnca\">Be respectful \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatimes.com\/termsandcondition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"gkv0P\">TOI community guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"44\"\/>The memoir traces her journey from her childhood in post-war Italy and her romance with Rajiv Gandhi during their time in Cambridge to her life in India and the personal tragedies that subsequently reshaped her life.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"47\"\/>Sonia Gandhi, 79, who remains the Congress\u2019s longest-serving president, is also expected to revisit the assassinations of her mother-in-law and former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her husband Rajiv Gandhi.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"49\"\/>The book\u2019s cover features a black-and-white photograph of Sonia Gandhi from her youth.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"51\"\/>Describing the memoir, the publisher said it tells a story of &#8220;love, family, and an endlessly fascinating country: India&#8221;, adding that the &#8220;once famously reticent Sonia Gandhi opens up with warmth and candor&#8221; about her life.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"53\"\/>Born in Italy, Sonia Gandhi was a 19-year-old student in Cambridge when she met Rajiv Gandhi in 1965. The couple married on February 25, 1968.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"55\"\/>The memoir is scheduled to be released on November 10, 2026.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/papa-looking-down-proudly-rahul-gandhis-emotional-note-to-mama-sonia-gandhi-ahead-of-her-memoir-release\/articleshow\/133371398.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sonia Gandhi&#8217;s memoir is scheduled to be released on November 10. NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi and Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday penned emotional notes for their mother Sonia Gandhi, who is set to release her memoir &#8216;Belonging: A Journey of Love&#8217; in November.The messages came on the birth anniversary of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14460,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-31"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sonia-rahul-and-priyanka.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sonia-rahul-and-priyanka.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sonia-rahul-and-priyanka.jpg","large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sonia-rahul-and-priyanka.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sonia-rahul-and-priyanka.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sonia-rahul-and-priyanka.jpg","blogsy-small":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sonia-rahul-and-priyanka.jpg","blogsy-small-tall":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sonia-rahul-and-priyanka.jpg","blogsy-small-square":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sonia-rahul-and-priyanka.jpg","blogsy-small-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sonia-rahul-and-priyanka.jpg","blogsy-medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sonia-rahul-and-priyanka.jpg","blogsy-medium-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sonia-rahul-and-priyanka.jpg","blogsy-large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sonia-rahul-and-priyanka.jpg","blogsy-wide":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sonia-rahul-and-priyanka.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8709732a479614e7a8aa24d3eb1b239f30dc6d90c61464ed495001e7a469d856?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"Sonia Gandhi&#8217;s memoir is scheduled to be released on November 10. 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