Maneka na fanau i Delhi i se aiga Sikh. O lona tama o Lt. Col. Tarlochan Singh Anand ma lona tina o Amteshwar Anand. Na alu o ia i le Lawrence School ma mulimuli ane Lady Shri Ram College for Women. Mulimuli ane na ia aʻoaʻoina le gagana Siamani i le Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.Na muamua feiloaʻi Sanjay Gandhi i se pati cocktail na faia e le uso o le tama o Maneka, Major-General Kapur e faʻamanatu ai le faʻaipoipoga o lona ataliʻi o Veenu Kapur i le 1973. Na faʻaipoipo mulimuli ane Maneka ia Sanjay, le ataliʻi o le Palemia o Indira Gandhi i le tausaga mulimuli ane ia Setema 23, 1974. O le faʻalavelave faʻafuaseʻi na vaʻaia ai le tulaʻi mai o Sanjay i faiga faʻapolokiki ma Maneka na vaʻaia faʻatasi ma ia toetoe o taimi uma lava na fesoasoani ai o ia i ana tausimaʻiga.
O le aʻoga a Lawrence ma mulimuli ane o le Kolisi a Tamaʻitaʻi o Lady Shri Ram