Sonia Gandhi Debuts on Instagram With Memoir Preview

Sonia Gandhi has made her Instagram debut with a video presenting her forthcoming memoir, Belonging: A Journey of Love, describing it as a story of love, duty, loss and finding a place to belong. The video shows Gandhi receiving copies of the book and sharing sweets with her daughter, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. The memoir is scheduled for publication on November 10. HarperCollins India will publish it in India, while Alfred A. Knopf is handling its global publication, according to publisher announcements. Gandhi’s post offered a first look at the book and said she looked forward to sharing it with readers. The book traces Gandhi’s life from her childhood in Italy and her time in Cambridge, where she met Rajiv Gandhi, to her marriage and move to India. Its account includes her introduction to Indira Gandhi and her efforts to adapt to Indian life and culture. Publisher descriptions also say it addresses personal losses, including the deaths of Sanjay Gandhi, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. The Indian publication arrangement changed after Penguin Random House India, which had initially been expected to publish the book domestically, stepped away. The company said it had been keen to...