Thirty Umrigar is the author of Honor, a story about a journalist. Smita travels the world as a journalist. Her apartment is is New York. Smita was born in India but moved to the United States with her brother and her parents. When she was young and living in India, her family was targeted because of their Muslim faith. For that reason she never wanted to cover stories in India. When her friend, a fellow journalist named Shannon calls her and asks for her help, she does go to India. Smita thought her friend wanted her physical help because of an injury. When she arrived she learned Shannon wanted her professional help in covering a story. Reluctantly Smita agrees to cover the story. The story involves a trial. Meena, a Hindu, is suing her brothers for killing her husband and nearly killing her as well. As Smita covers the story she processes her own story. I thought this was a great story about faith, discrimination, and how honor can mean one thing to one person and a completely different thing to another person.
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