"I'd Quake In My Seat": Sonia Gandhi On Mother-In-Law Indira Gandhi's Temper

Congress MP Sonia Gandhi has recalled former prime minister and mother-in-law Indira Gandhi's "explosions of temper," which made her "quake in her seat" - until she got to know her well.Gandhi, in her 544-page book, 'Belonging: A Journey of Love' - published by HarperCollins India and released today - mentioned her first year as a bride in the Gandhi family.

From a staffer who was made to stand in a corner to a party member facing the wall, Indira Gandhi's anger could "freeze them into numbness", she wrote."What I found most alarming was my mother-in-law's occasional explosions of temper.

They could freeze the staff into numbness.