In every age, there have been persons who have left their everlasting mark to become the pages of recorded history. If we talk of our country in the present times, we cannot help mentioning the name of the lady who became a household name by a strange quirk of fate. She had "greatness thrust upon" her owing to the fortuitous combination of circumstances. She is one and only Ms. Sonia Gandhi, an Italian-born President of the Congress Party, the main constituent of the ruling United Progressive Alliance.