Who is Aviva Baig? Meet the fiancée of Priyanka Gandhi’s son Raihan Vadra who contributed to Sonia Gandhi's memoir

Sonia Gandhi's recently launched memoir, Belonging: A Journey of Love has a special connection with the younger generation of the family. Here's how her grandson Raihan Vadra and his fiancee Aviva Baig contributed to the book.

Sonia Gandhi’s recently launched memoir, Belonging: A Journey of Love, is now out and hitting headlines for varied reasons. Featuring several unknown details about the Gandhis, her relationship and marriage to the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, personal struggles and more, the book highlights her addition to the Gandhi family and eventual political entry in India.

Raihan Vadra and Aviva Baig's special contribution to Sonia Gandhi book

Amid mixed reactions, Sonia Gandhi's book has a special contribution from Aviva Baig, who is the fiancée of Gandhi's grandson Raihan Vadra. Aviva Baig and Raihan Vadra made their contributions towards the photographs in the book.

Sonia Gandhi's memoir features a black-and-white photograph of herself at 20 on the front cover. The image was captured by Rajiv Gandhi in Turin, Italy, in 1966.

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Aviva Baig is a Delhi-based photographer and creative professional. She is the co-founder of Atelier 11, a photography studio and production company.

Baig and Raihan Vadra contributed photographs to Sonia Gandhi’s memoir, *Belonging: A Journey of Love*. Baig also co-shot the recent portrait of Sonia Gandhi featured on the back cover.

Aviva Baig is engaged to Raihan Vadra, the son of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Robert Vadra. The couple dated for several years before announcing their engagement.

Details about Aviva Baig and Raihan Vadra’s upcoming wedding have not been made public.

The back cover, meanwhile, features a more recent portrait of Sonia Gandhi. The picture was clicked in Delhi in 2026 by her grandson, Raihan Vadra and his fiancée, Aviva Baig.

The Congress Party chairperson's latest picture offers a contrast to the younger version of her on the cover.

Taken almost 60 years apart, the two portraits bring together different chapters of Sonia Gandhi's life.

Who is Aviva Baig

Aviva Baig hails from Delhi. She is a photographer and creative professional. Baig is the co-founder of Atelier 11, a photography studio and production company.

Aviva Baig got engaged to Raihan Vadra last year in December. The two dated for several years before making it official. Details about their upcoming wedding remains unknown.

About Priyanka Gandhi's son Raihan Vadra

Meanwhile, Raihan Vadra is the son of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and businessman Robert Vadra.

Raihan Vadra is a visual artist and photographer whose interest lies in wildlife, street and commercial subjects.

He helmed Sonia Gandhi's cover shoot for Harper's Bazaar India.

Controversy around Raihan Vadra's Delhi exhibition

Recently, Raihan Vadra made news over his photography. He held a solo exhibition titled No Idea Is Final, at Delhi's Bikaner House in October 2026, days after student protests.

The exhibition was said to feature over 100 photographs, including some covering student and youth protests in Delhi. However, hours before the opening of the exhibition, Vadra said that he was asked to remove or replace over 70 images. He claimed that the venue had objected to the political nature of his photographs.

However, Bikaner House responded by saying that those removed photographs were inconsistent as per exhibition policy.

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