'Was Sizing Up Women At Reception': Sonia Gandhi Recalls Bill Clinton's Visit

The Monica Lewinsky scandal had subsided when Bill Clinton came to India in 2000 but "old habits die hard", says Sonia Gandhi in her memoir, recalling the then US president every now and then "surreptitiously sizing up the more striking women" at a reception.The Clinton anecdote is among the many interactions with world leaders, including Princess Diana and Nicolas Sarkozy, Gandhi has recounted in her just released book "Belonging: A Journey Of Love".She talks at length about a reception then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee hosted in Clinton's honour."President Bill Clinton was staying at the Sheraton hotel with his daughter, Chelsea, and his delegation in 2000 when I called on him with our foreign minister.