Manisha Sobhrajani works with communities in some of the most remote and hostile environments across India, focusing on trauma, reconciliation, and the human cost of conflict and displacement. With a background in journalism and publishing, she brings rigorous research together with a deep commitment to lived realities, amplifying voices often excluded from mainstream narratives.
Through her fieldwork and writing, Manisha explores how histories of violence and ecological vulnerability shape communities, particularly women, and strives to advocate for the basic human right to live with dignity. Her work engages not only with survivors and grassroots groups but also with policymakers and scholars, bridging gaps between on-the-ground realities and broader discourses of justice and human rights.
Her books include The Land I Dream of: The Story of Kashmir’s Women (2014), Forest of Tides: The Untold Story of the Sunderbans (2018), and Shadows of Azadi: Women’s Lives in the Crucible of Kashmir (2025). Across these works, she combines investigative depth with empathetic storytelling, creating narratives that are at once personal, political and urgent.
In addition to her writing, Manisha has contributed to collaborative research projects, facilitated workshops on trauma and healing, and mentored younger writers and activists interested in questions of memory, justice and resilience. Her work continues to push for inclusive ways of understanding conflict, ecology and human rights in contemporary India.