“It is her Mann Ki Baat.”

Taking a cue from the title of his own radio broadcast, this is how Prime Minister Narendra Modi described the central theme of the autobiography of his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni in his foreword for the book’s Indian edition, which will be launched soon.

Modi also wrote that it has been a “great” honour for him to have written the foreword and that he was doing so with “respect, admiration and friendship” for Meloni whom he considers a “patriot and outstanding contemporary leader”.

In the foreword for I am Giorgia — My Roots, My Principles (Rupa Publications), Modi recalled how in the past 11 years he has interacted with many world leaders, each with a different life journey and how their journeys transcend personal stories and speak to something lar

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