Oral History of the Narmada Struggle
This website shares people’s (oral) histories of the mass resistance against the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP), a mega dam based project on the River Narmada in Western India. […]
Photo Credit: Rakesh Khanna
Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP)
The River Narmada is India’s longest west flowing river, flowing through the three western states of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat. […]
Narmada Struggle
Over the last half a century, the SSP has been the target of intense struggles by the affected people of the Narmada Valley, which began way back in 1961 when the foundation stone of the project was laid. […]
Discipline of Oral History
Oral history is defined by Cambridge Dictionary as, “information about a historical event or period that is told to you by people who experienced it.” […]
Oral Histories of the Narmada Struggle
With important contributions to the development discourse, the struggle in the Narmada valley has been considered as an important mass resistance in the history of independent India. […]
Methodology
Nandini Oza has been an activist of the Narmada Bachao Andolan for over twelve years, and then a resident of the Narmada valley maintaining close connections with the movement for another nine. […]
Chronicler and Archivist : Nandini Oza
This exercise of putting together a people’s oral history of the Narmada struggle has been planned and carried out by Nandini Oza. […]
Support Network / Acknowledgments
I am thankful to all those whose oral histories I have recorded not only for having shared with me honestly and transparently their lives, their work and the many intricacies of the Narmada Struggle, but also for having hosted me. […]
