About the Book

The Lucky Ones is a powerful survivor’s memoir by Zara Chowdhary, recounting her personal experience of the 2002 Gujarat pogrom. At sixteen, on the verge of taking her board exams, Zara and her family find themselves trapped in a three-month siege as violence engulfs Ahmedabad. Blending family history, forgotten myths, and the lingering wounds of a divided city, this memoir offers an intimate, unflinching look at one of modern India’s most devastating communal tragedies. It is both a warning to democracies that fail their vulnerable citizens and a celebration of resilience, heritage, and a young woman’s defiant claim to her identity.

Key Features

• A deeply affecting memoir of surviving the 2002 Gujarat pogrom.
• Interweaves multigenerational family history with India’s complex socio-political past.
• Features symphonic interludes highlighting the everyday lives of Muslim families in old Ahmedabad.
• Explores themes of belonging, resilience, memory, and the struggle for identity.
• An ode to India’s Islamic heritage and the strength of a young woman reclaiming her narrative.
• Hardcover edition, 324 pages, published by Context (Westland Books) in September 2024.
• Includes complete product specifications: ISBN-10, ISBN-13, dimensions, weight, reading age, and manufacturing details.

Product Details

Author: Zara Chowdhary

Publisher: Context (Westland Books), 16 September 2024

Format: Hardcover, 324 pages

ISBN-10: 9360455261   |   ISBN-13: 978-9360455262

Reading Age: 18 years and up

Item Weight: 404 g

Dimensions: 14.5 × 2.2 × 22.4 cm

Country of Origin: India

Packer: Westland Books, Nasadiya Technologies Pvt Ltd