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Barcode30000003049743
Circ StatusAvailable
LibraryAliquippa
TitleThe lucky ones : a memoir / Zara Chowdhary.
AuthorChowdhary, Zara, 1986- author.
Call No92 Chowdhary
CollectionBiography
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92 Chowdhary AvailableAliquippaBiography   300000030497432024

Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9780593727430
International Standard Book Number 9780593727447
Dewey Decimal Classification Number 305.48/6970954
Personal Name Chowdhary, Zara, 1986- author.
Title Statement The lucky ones : a memoir / Zara Chowdhary.
Edition Statement First edition.
Imprint New York : Crown, 2024.
Physical Description 1 online resource
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes bibliographical references.
Summary, Etc. "A moving memoir by a survivor of anti-Muslim violence in contemporary India that delicately weaves political and family histories in a tribute to India's vibrant multiethnic society and the resilience of its women and minorities, especially in the face of growing religious extremism. In 2002, Zara Chowdhary was sixteen years old and living with her family in Ahmedabad, one of India's fastest-growing metropolises, when a gruesome anti-Muslim pogrom upended her world. Instead of taking her school exams, she is put under a three-month lockdown with thousands of others, fearing for their community and their lives. The chief minister in the state at the time Narendra Modi, accused of fomenting anti-Muslim violence, would become prime minister of India and lead a government committed to eroding the rights of India's 220 million Muslims. In The Lucky Ones, Chowdhary weaves the past and the present of her multigenerational Muslim family, juxtaposing the horrific violence of rising fascistic forces on the streets with the more mundane violence of patriarchal Indian joint families at the dinner table. Through the stories of sisters, daughters, and mothers raising each other, Chowdhary shows how women hold this world together with their ability to forgive, find laughter, and offer grace even as the world they know, and their place in it, is falling apart. With lyrical clarity and intimacy, The Lucky Ones is a poetic remembrance of how a country's promise of a multi-ethnic secular democracy can so easily dissolve and descend into extremism. Chowdhary's story is a protest against the erasure of India's Muslims, a testimony of a lost girlhood, and a testament to her family and country's entwined lives"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject-Personal Name Chowdhary, Zara, 1986-
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term College teachers United States Biography.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Massacre survivors India Biography.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Sex discrimination against women India.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Muslim women India Biography.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Muslims Violence against India.