Fathima Nizaruddin was born in Kerala. She is an alumnus of AJK Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia, and Goldsmiths, University of London. Fathima: „My own hometown Thiruvananthapuram is 90 kilometers away from the Kudankulam Atomic Power Project. Like many others, I was also appalled by the state violence against the non-violent anti-nuclear protestors at Kudankulam.“