The Red Sari: A Dramatised Biography of Sonia Gandhi Paperback – Big Book, 1 January 2015

Good product

A very humanitarian approach to a biography.Refreshing to see India and all that comes with it from a Spanish author's perspective.Disclaimer: Views here are apolitical & I am not the one to comment on whether the subject has factual/sensational value.Overall the treatment is good and we get to know the life of a lone widow at the helm of Indian affairs (but somehow never really at the helm too), in her childhood and younger days, where we get to meet a shy asthmatic lady, brought up in a catholic Italian family, more interested in languages & cultures, and far removed from any interest in science or politics, 2nd of the three sisters & dad's pet, unambitious and with all Italian family values that finds match in Indian family values she's married into, her striking an unparallelled rapport with another shy introverted sensitive man more interested in driving cars & flying airplanes than in science what he was made to pursue at Cambridge ("to make his grandfather happy") and his mother who was at that time, the Information & Broadcasting minister of India under Shastriji government, Indian PMs later, both. Very interesting tale of India affairs weaving in & out of the personal lives of a very private couple, their reluctance & final acceptance of what destiny had in store for them. Faring two gory assassinations and one tragic accidental death in closest family she's married into, fearing the shadow of tragic death hovering over her near ones all the time and unwillingly having to take the mantle of one of the largest Indian political party & rest of the tale we know, is current news, but good to see it all from the Spanish author's viewpoint. At least no 'personality assissanation attempts' in this book.Recommended read, especially for leaders, if at all to merely get a glimse into the inside story of all that goes into pushing on with that ever needed 'balancing act' between private & 'public' life, through intertwined lives of 2 ladies & a gentleman.The book is a fresh sensitive take, double refreshing after all that 'scathinhg stuff' we see written about the family, across media & net.

It's a family melodrama , I expected to get a better insight into the political side , but I get kyunki saas bhi bahu thi !

Simple narrative about simple humble ordinary girl brought in marriage to the Charming prince- son of The Strongest PM Indira Gandhi... Finally rising to become the fulcrum of Power in Congress- the ruling party of India for about quarter of a century

Boring and propoganda.Sonia spoke hindi in 80s! She cooked food and was perfect bahu, no intention of getting into politics. Whitewashing Indira's corruption, rajiv dint have political aspirations, rahul and priyanka were intelligent. Waste of money.

Very true and good book. It will be bad for Congressi who treat her as a mother or Mata.Book with good information on non political life of a politician.It is mirror of Dark side her life.

A very informative book not just about Sonia Gandhi, but about the entire Gandhi family. It has all the prominent incidents covered, from Emergency to 2004 elections. Though, the book portrays Sonia Gandhi and Rajiv as those who are not capable of doing anything wrong and on the contrary, Sanjay Gandhi and Maneka Gandhi are criticized on more than one occasion. Overall, it's a nice book.

Sonia Gandhi is one of the most powerful woman on this planet and this book on her depicts her charm, sense of feeling towards our nation and her amazingly adorable attitude.