Nandini Oza's Work Profile


Nandini Oza is an author of books titled, The Struggle for Narmada-Oral Histories of Adivasi leaders of Narmada Bachao Andolan Keshavbhau and Kevalsingh Vasave; Ladha Narmadecha and Whither Justice- stories of women in prison. After having done her Masters in Social Work, Nandini has worked as a social and political activist in Non Government Organisations and people’s movements like the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA).  Between 2002-04, she worked as a lecturer in the Government College in Badwani, Madhya Pradesh teaching post graduate course in social work. Since 2004, she has been managing Zindabad trust, an organisation that supports financially environmental and social work across the country. However since 2004, her primary interest and focus has been on reading and writing. Her writings are focused on social and political analysis and commentary as well as on contemporary history. She remains a student of social and political change and her writing draws considerably from this as well as her earlier work as an activist. She writes both, fiction and non-fiction, believes that social media is an important medium in today’s times and uses it meaningfully.

Websites: Nandini maintains websites in Hindi and English titled, "Oral History Narmada", This websites share the people's histories of the mass resistance against the Sardar Sarovar Project, a mega dam based project on the River Narmada in Western India. The SSP has displaced 250000 people and has impacted an equal number of people due to the project infrastructure. 


















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