Sonia Gandhi's 'Belonging' recounts adapting to India through food
In her new memoir Belonging: A Journey of Love, Sonia Gandhi shares how her first bite of tandoori chicken in Delhi "set her mouth on fire," marking the start of adapting to a new culture after marrying Rajiv Gandhi.
She laughs about wearing a sari pinned together at her engagement and mentions the special wedding sari woven from hand-spun pink cotton yarn crafted by India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, while he was imprisoned during the Indian independence movement.
Meals on traditional thalis and learning to love dishes like arhar dal became part of feeling at home.
Memoir traces Sonia Gandhi's political rise
The book traces Sonia's path from meeting Rajiv in 1965 to becoming one of India's longest-serving political figures.
Mixing personal stories with key moments in history, she gives readers an honest look at what it took to build a life (and identity) in India.