{
  "id": 4229123,
  "title": "Penguin drops Sonia Gandhi memoir; Congress alleges publisher caved to the Centre",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/penguin-drops-sonia-gandhi-memoir-congress-alleges-publisher-caved-to",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-29T16:00:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/videos/penguin-drops-sonia-gandhi-memoir-congress-alleges-publisher-caved-to-the-centre/article71405576.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Sonia Gandhi’s memoir Belonging has been dropped by Penguin India just two months before its scheduled release. While the publisher says it remained willing to publish the book, Congress has alleged that it caved to pressure from the BJP over sections on Narendra Modi, the RSS and India-China relations.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times",
        "title": "Exclusive: Penguin India sought cuts to Modi, RSS, China portions in Sonia Gandhi's memoir",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/exclusive-penguin-india-sought-cuts-to-modi-rss-china-portions-in",
        "published": "2026-08-28T10:39:38.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "Sonia Gandhi's memoir row deepens, Congress alleges government pressure",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/sonia-gandhis-memoir-row-deepens-congress-alleges-government-pressure",
        "published": "2026-08-28T20:51:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "‘Memoir Or Fiction?’: BJP Targets Sonia Gandhi’s Book As Congress Alleges Government Pressure",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/memoir-or-fiction-bjp-targets-sonia-gandhis-book-as-congress-alleges-4218963",
        "published": "2026-08-29T15:02:52.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}