{"id":83425,"date":"2017-05-14T08:21:16","date_gmt":"2017-05-14T02:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/?p=83425"},"modified":"2017-05-14T08:21:16","modified_gmt":"2017-05-14T02:51:16","slug":"indira-mentor-says-sonia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/indira-mentor-says-sonia\/","title":{"rendered":"Indira was my mentor says Sonia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Congress President Sonia Gandhi described late Prime Minister and her mother-in-law Indira Gandhi as her &#8220;friend and mentor&#8221;, saying the late leader&#8217;s nationalism was all-inclusive and rooted in the philosophy of compassion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In her speech at the launch of a book &#8216;India&#8217;s Indira&#8217; in New Delhi, Sonia Gandhi said the then Prime Minister had no time for &#8220;snobbishness, ostentation, or pomposity, and was quick to detect hypocrisy and insincerity&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-83426 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/5-2.jpg\" alt=\"Indira was my mentor says Sonia \" width=\"698\" height=\"490\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sonia Gandhi&#8217;s speech was read by her son and Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi.The Congress President said she had good fortune of living with Indira Gandhi for 16 years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The brand of patriotism that I witnessed in Indira Gandhi was a noble and generous one that she imbibed from the notables of the freedom movement &#8211;from her beloved father (Jawaharlal Nehru) above all, and from Gandhi ji &#8212; her dear Bapu.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-83427 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/thequint2F2017-012F3ab53d9c-e4b3-489b-9123-bd49117d1ee42FSonia-gandhi-with-indira-gandhi.jpg\" alt=\"Indira was my mentor says Sonia \" width=\"705\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/thequint2F2017-012F3ab53d9c-e4b3-489b-9123-bd49117d1ee42FSonia-gandhi-with-indira-gandhi.jpg 976w, https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/thequint2F2017-012F3ab53d9c-e4b3-489b-9123-bd49117d1ee42FSonia-gandhi-with-indira-gandhi-768x547.jpg 768w, https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/thequint2F2017-012F3ab53d9c-e4b3-489b-9123-bd49117d1ee42FSonia-gandhi-with-indira-gandhi-240x172.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;It was an all-inclusive, all-embracing nationalism rooted in a philosophy of compassion. This made her a proud Indian but also a citizen of the world,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sonia Gandhi, who was born in Italy and married Indira Gandhi&#8217;s older son Rajiv Gandhi, said the late leader was a &#8220;remarkable person&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congress President Sonia Gandhi described late Prime Minister and her mother-in-law Indira Gandhi as her &#8220;friend and mentor&#8221;, saying the late leader&#8217;s nationalism was all-inclusive and rooted in the philosophy of compassion. 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