The Red Saree (? ??? ????)

In the year 1965 Sonia Maino a 19-year-old Italian student met a young Indian boy Rajiv Gandhi while they were both studying in Cambridge. She was born into a modest family in suburban Turin where her father was a strict man who kept a close eye on his three daughters. With information sourced from close friends and colleagues this book examines how Sonia’s courage honesty and dedication have made her a leader in the eyes of one-sixth of humanity. From her idyllic childhood to her passionate love affair and from her days as a docile daughter-in-law to her current status of being the only indian politician to have refused prime ministership – The Red Sari tells the story of an extraordinary woman whose dreams of home hearth and anonymous living were struck down by the hands of fate.