It was 35 years ago when Rahul Gandhi last saw his famous parents – Sonia and Rajiv Gandhi – together.
Since then, the Junior Gandhi, in a public post addressed to his mother, said he has seen her “never-ending courage and dignity”.
“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. 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.
He shared his mother’s upcoming memoir, titled “Belonging: A Journey of Love”, expressing pride that her life’s journey would finally be shared with the public.
“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.
“Today, on his birthday, I can see Papa smiling and looking down proudly at his beautiful Sonia,” he added, signing off the post with “Love Rahul”.
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. Only Priyanka and I really know what you have been through, and how difficult your life after Papa… pic.twitter.com/OYumcZ2hnC
—Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) August 20, 2026
Priyanka Gandhi said her mother is “brave, loyal, compassionate woman” and someone who is “tough as nails and great fun when she wants to be”.
On my father’s birthday today, I think he would have been especially proud of my mother for having written her story with so much heart and honesty.
For me, it’s one of the greatest love stories of our time. I feel privileged to have witnessed it and I am happy that through her…
— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) August 20, 2026
Earlier, publisher Alfred A Knopf announced on Tuesday that Sonia Gandhi’s memoir will be published on November 10.
The memoir chronicles Sonia Gandhi’s remarkable journey, from her childhood in post-war Italy and her romance that brought her to India to the devastating personal losses that profoundly shaped her life and her relationship with her adopted country.
✒️Cover Reveal✒️
Belonging is at heart one courageous woman’s story of finding the strength to remake her life and serve her country. On sale 11/10. https://t.co/DQ0tMWJQHu pic.twitter.com/Iz3snhWZG9
— Alfred A. Knopf (@AAKnopf) August 18, 2026
In the memoir, the 79-year-old Congress veteran, who holds the distinction of being Congress longest-serving president, revisits her childhood in Italy, her romance with former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi during their time at Cambridge, and the assassinations of her mother-in-law, Indira Gandhi, and husband Rajiv Gandhi.
The cover of the book features a graceful black-and-white photograph of Sonia Gandhi from her youth.
“Cover Reveal BELONGING is a riveting memoir by one of the world’s most prominent women leaders that tells a richly engaging story of love, family, and an endlessly fascinating country: India. The once famously reticent Sonia Gandhi opens up with warmth and candour to narrate her remarkable life, from her childhood in small-town Italy, to the romance that brings her to India, to the shattering losses that will reshape not only her own future but also that of her adopted home. Coming 11/10/26 Design by John Gall,” read a post on Alfred A. Knopf’s Instagram handle.
Born in Italy, Sonia Gandhi was a 19-year-old student in Cambridge, England, when she met Rajiv Gandhi in 1965. The couple married on February 25, 1968.
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