At a glance: Ambika Soni, the fiery Congress general secretary
New Delhi: Any Indian might contemplate and limit himself to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi when it comes to Indian polity's relation with Italy. But to everyone's surprise, Italy harvested another newsworthy politician for India. Ambika Soni
Ambika soon became one of the closest associates of Indira's younger son, Sanjay Gandhi. While everyone else followed their fiery leader Sanjay during the period of emergency, Ambika managed to walk alongside and matched her guts with that of Sanjay's. The fearless Ambika did not give any second thoughts before opting for tough and grubby lanes of politics over her comfortable life of a homemaker.