'The Lucky Ones' memoir explores anti-Muslim violence in India

In 2002, train carriages transporting Hindu activists were burned in the city of Godhra in the Indian state of Gujarat. The incident spurred a wave of violence against Muslims, who were blamed for the fire.

Zara Chowdhary was a teenager when the train burning occurred. She recounts that era of violence and fear and how it impacted her family in the memoir “The Lucky Ones.” COL Randall Cudworth LTC Eugene Chu Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen MSG Stan Hutchison MSgt Steve Sweeney MSgt Michael Bischoff SSgt Richard Kensinger SFC Jo Ann Klawitter 1SG (Join to see) SGT Charlie Lee CPL LaForest Gray SrA John Monette