Maneka waxay ku dhalatay Delhi qoys Sikh ah. Aabaheed wuxuu ahaa sarkaal ka tirsan ciidanka Hindiya Lt. Col. Tarlochan Singh Anand hooyadeedna waxay ahayd Amteshwar Anand. Waxay tagtay Lawrence School ka dibna Lady Shri Ram College for Women. Kadib waxay Jarmalka ka baratay Jaamacadda Jawaharlal Nehru, New Delhi. Waxay markii ugu horreysay kula kulantay Sanjay Gandhi xaflad cocktail ah oo uu soo qabanqaabiyay adeerkii Maneka Major-General Kapur si loogu dabaaldego arooska soo socda ee wiilkiisa Veenu Kapur sanadkii 1973. Maneka ugu dambeyntii waxay guursatay Sanjay, oo ah wiilka Ra'iisul wasaaraha Indira Gandhi hal sano ka dib 23kii Sebtember 1974. Xaaladda degdegga ah waxay aragtay Sanjay oo siyaasadda u soo galay, Maneka waxaa la arkay isaga oo ku dhowaad markasta oo ay ku caawineyso sidii ay ugu caawineysay ololeyaasha. Waxaa la sheegay in intii lagu jiray xaaladda degdegga ah, Sanjay Gandhi uu si buuxda u xakameeyay dowladdiisa
Dugsiga Lawrence iyo ka dib Lady Shri Ram College for Women