Adrija Roychowdhury leads the research section at Indianexpress.com. She writes long features on history, culture and politics. She uses a unique form of journalism to make academic research available and appealing to a wide audience. She has mastered skills of archival research, conducting interviews with historians and social scientists, oral history interviews and secondary research....Read More
Adrija Roychowdhury leads the research section at Indianexpress.com. She writes long features on history, culture and politics. She uses a unique form of journalism to make academic research available and appealing to a wide audience. She has mastered skills of archival research, conducting interviews with historians and social scientists, oral history interviews and secondary research.
During her free time she loves to read, especially historical fiction.
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The fact that two-third of the more than 34,000 Indian immigrants settled down in Suriname and gave...
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Taken together, the European cemeteries, tell a story of the aspirations, hardships, and the...
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Guns, says Elgood, have played a significant role in shaping India’s national identity, or for...
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In the 1930s, the British Raj actually stretched from Yemen all the way upto Thailand. It included...
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One of the youngest leaders of the Independence movement, Bose is highly regarded in Bengal for his...
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Apart from being a prolific poet in the 15th century, Rahim was also an astute statesman in the...
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The enthusiasm for Indian architectural elements in New Delhi was deemed all the more necessary...
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The plaintiffs of the case argue that their Jewish ancestors were forced to sell the rare...
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The records of the Archaeological Survey of India show that the government has been able to...
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Every year since 2016, The Indian Express has been marking the 26/11 terror attacks with stories of...
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Twenty-five years later, the landmark interview which aired on BBC’s Panorama programme, is under...
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