Reimagining the 2002 Gujarat Riots

Published: March 25, 2014, 1:39 a.m.

b'On February 22nd, 2002 a train carrying 58 Hindu pilgrims returning from Ayodhya was attacked by a group of Muslims, resulting in the death of all of its passengers. What followed was a series of violent, retaliatory attacks against Muslims in the state and the death of over 1,000 people.\\n\\nIn this piece, Stanford students Claire Colberg 14\\u2019 and Ravi Patel 13\\u2019 travel to Anand, India, to understand how these riots have affected Gujarat\\u2019s youth. Despite deep-rooted challenges, their conversations with both Hindu and Muslim students reveal the future vision of communal unity shared by Gujarat\\u2019s youth.\\n\\nProducers: Claire Colberg and Ravi Patel\\n\\nFeaturing: The students of D.Z. Patel High School, D.N High School, the Hanifa School, and the Chaortar Institute of Technology - Changa.\\n\\nSpecial Thanks: Andrew Todhunter, Kiran Patel, and all the students who shared their stories with us in Gujarat.\\n\\nImage courtesy of Claire Colberg\\n\\nFor more information about the Braden Grant for Oral Narrative: http://web.stanford.edu/group/storytelling/cgi-bin/joomla/index.php/grants.html'