Sonia Gandhi's 2007 Speech Offers a Personal Glimpse
The Hindu reports on a 2007 speech in which Sonia Gandhi describes how she came to India to marry Rajiv Gandhi, then a pilot with no political ambitions. She had expected a private life with her husband and their two children. The speech offers a rare personal view of her life before politics.
Context
Context: Sonia Gandhi leads the Indian National Congress, and she entered politics after her husband Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in 1991. Her line that politics chose her is a recurring way she has described her public role.
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