Governments and parliaments
BJP accuses Sonia Gandhi of ‘camouflaging Congress sins’ in memoir
In this story
The headline in each newspaper
- THE HINDU: Sonia Gandhi should have named her memoir ‘Whitewashing’, not ‘Belonging’: BJP’s C.R. Kesavan
- THE INDIAN EXPRESS: What made Sonia Gandhi’s memoir a publisher’s challenge
Compare the papers
The accounts differ
No fact in this story is reported by two newspapers. Below, what each one says, attributed to its newspaper.
Where accounts differ
- The Hindu says the memoir has sparked debate over Pranab Mukherjee’s prime ministerial ambitions; The Indian Express says Telangana is missing from the memoir, as a BRS leader asked.12
- The Indian Express reports, citing a BRS leader, the absence of Telangana from the memoir; Dawn reports the BJP’s accusation that Sonia Gandhi is ‘camouflaging Congress sins’.23
Background
- 2014Gandhi first said she intended to write a memoir in 2014 and worked on it over the following decade, according to Wikipedia.W
- According to Wikipedia, Penguin Random House India’s deal fell through after, according to Gandhi, it asked her to edit critical passages on the BJP, the RSS and Narendra Modi; Penguin denied this.W
AIMade at 04:21 from 3 headlines from 2 countries; the background, from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Each number links to the source. Rules
The headlines, side by side
- The Hindu · India · 09:50Sonia Gandhi should have named her memoir ‘Whitewashing’, not ‘Belonging’: BJP’s C.R. KesavanRead at the newspaper ↗
- The Indian Express · India · 13:20What made Sonia Gandhi’s memoir a publisher’s challengeRead at the newspaper ↗
- Dawn · Pakistan · 04:20BJP accuses Sonia Gandhi of ‘camouflaging Congress sins’ in memoirRead at the newspaper ↗
Words in common
- memoir
- sonia
- gandhi
- bjp
