The Red Sari: A Novel

By Javier Moro

A novel based on the life of Sonia Gandhi, the carefree Italian girl who married into India’s famous Nehru-Gandhi family and became a political leader.

In 1965 Sonia Maino, a nineteen-year-old Italian student, meets a young Indian man named Rajiv Gandhi. She is the daughter of a humble family near Turin; he comes from the most powerful lineage in India. It is the beginning of a love story that not even death can end. In the name of love, Maino leaves her past to blend in with her expansive new country, India, which worships twenty million gods, speaks eight hundred languages, and votes for five hundred political parties. Her courage, integrity, and devotion will turn her into a revered and beloved figure.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media
• Release date: Aug 26, 2014
• ISBN: 9781480444638

Reviews for The Red Sari

[caju_5 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

After reading this book I learned much more about India modern history than I could imagine. I had no idea how secular India democracy was, and how fragile is it, threathened by unscrupulous politicians. It was amazing to know that the Nehru-Gandhi family has been responsible for the unity of the country, and for the survival of the democracy, even though they did not want to carry that burden and accepted that tragic duty as a karma.

[simanchal · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

excellent book

[punit · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

reality of soniya gandhi.
how she is making fool to indian people