O Sári Vermelho

Sonia Maino, uma estudante italiana de 19 anos, conhece em Cambridge um jovem indiano chamado Rajiv Ghandi. Ela é filha de uma família humilde de Turim; ele pertence à estirpe mais poderosa da Índia. É o início de uma história de amor que nem mesmo a morte será capaz de quebrar. Por amor, a italiana abandona seu mundo e seu passado para fundir-se com seu novo país, a Índia prodigiosa que adora 20 milhões de divindades, fala oitocentos idiomas e que vota em quinhentos partidos políticos. Sua coragem, honestidade e sua entrega acabarão transformando-a em uma deusa aos olhos de um sexto da humanidade In the year 1965, Sonia Maino, a 19-year-old Italian student met a young Indian boy, Rajiv Gandhi, while they were both studying in Cambridge. She was born into a modest family in suburban Turin, where her father was a strict man who kept a close eye on his three daughters. Much to his chagrin, his painfully-shy middle daughter, of whom he was especially protective, fell in love with a man belonging the most powerful family in India. This marked the beginning of a story unlike any other - of a carefree Italian girl who was compelled to take on the murky world of rajneeti. With information sourced from close friends and colleagues, this book examines how Sonias courage, honesty and dedication have made her a leader in the eyes of one-sixth of humanity. From her idyllic childhood to her passionate love affair and from her days as a docile daughter-in-law to her current status of being the only Indian politician to have refused prime ministership