Sonia is a very private person; yet, she is enigmatic. I wrote this book in 2003, when Sonia's political rating was low, but I knew she would turn around the Congress' political future. She is an ordinary person with extraordinary qualities.

It was through the private world of family that the public world of politics came alive for me: living in intimate proximity with people for whom larger questions of ideology and belief, as well as issues relating to politics and governance, were vivid daily realities.

I actually wrote it down when Jamie said that. I'm going to use it in my book someday ? if I ever write a book.

I'm the most private person.

I'm a fairly private person.

I'm a very private person.