'A particular issue': Penguin India on impasse over Sonia Gandhi memoir

NEW DELHI: Penguin Random House India on Monday said publication of Sonia Gandhi’s memoir in India had stalled after the publisher and the author’s representatives reached an “impasse over a particular issue.” The publisher also firmly denied that any external pressure had influenced the decision.Penguin India said the disagreement emerged during its normal editorial review of Belonging: A Journey of Love, which it had been keen to publish.The clarification came amid a growing political controversy over the memoir’s India publication, after Alfred A Knopf, the US-based imprint of Penguin Random House, announced that the book would be released worldwide on November 10. While Congress leaders have raised questions about possible governmental pressure and freedom of expression, Penguin India said the disagreement was strictly part of the editorial process.“On some, they agreed to changes and on others, we accepted the author’s position.