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.
May 06, 2018 09:04 IST
As Karnataka approaches its Legislative Assembly elections, indianexpress.com travels through the...
Mon, May 07, 2018
May 04, 2018 11:58 IST
Jinnah’s portrait at AMU is a reminder of the multi-dimensional nature of Indian history. The...
Fri, May 04, 2018
Apr 26, 2018 17:04 IST
Preceding the Kathua incident, the community has been the target of a large number of atrocities,...
Thu, Apr 26, 2018
Apr 20, 2018 14:10 IST
Lately, the Sikh prohibition of the pictorial depiction of their Gurus has come into focus with the...
Fri, Apr 20, 2018
Apr 16, 2018 05:05 IST
Co-authored by 92 leading scientists, it offers new insights into makeup of the Indian population....
Mon, Apr 16, 2018
Apr 13, 2018 18:45 IST
While the incident and what followed, has revealed much about the communal divide that exists in...
Fri, Apr 13, 2018
Apr 09, 2018 19:45 IST
At present, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu are at loggerheads with each other over the sharing of...
Mon, Apr 09, 2018
Apr 08, 2018 18:22 IST
For the Bishnoi, bringing justice to the chinkaras and blackbucks allegedly killed by Khan and his...
Sun, Apr 08, 2018
Apr 04, 2018 17:07 IST
On Wednesday, as the 2018 Commonwealth Games is inaugurated at Gold Coast, Australia, we reflect...
Wed, Apr 04, 2018
Mar 29, 2018 19:20 IST
Indeed, a mythological tale floats around the lands inhabited by the Idu Mishmi tribe that claims...
Thu, Mar 29, 2018
Mar 26, 2018 15:20 IST
In the next three years when Sheikh Mujibur Rahman held the prime ministerial post in Bangladesh,...
Mon, Mar 26, 2018
Mar 14, 2018 16:13 IST
The one moment in history that redeemed Churchill of all his flaws was the Second World War....
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Mar 12, 2018 18:22 IST
It can hardly be denied that both the freedom struggle and the political landscape of free India...
Mon, Mar 12, 2018
Mar 06, 2018 18:18 IST
It was Lenin who personally received the founder of the CPI, MN Roy, in Moscow where he was invited...
Thu, Jun 04, 2020
Mar 01, 2018 18:44 IST
Holi over the years: To the European observer, the festival was essentially tied up with Hinduism,...
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Feb 26, 2018 18:20 IST
Ironically, it is the presence of a large number of native languages in Arunachal Pradesh that is...
Tue, Feb 27, 2018
Feb 23, 2018 12:32 IST
The emergence and development of the Khalistan movement in Canada and the militant groups it gave...
Fri, Feb 23, 2018
Feb 21, 2018 16:07 IST
In the interview, Ganesh Devy spoke about the dying and dead languages of India, how some languages...
Sun, May 03, 2020
Feb 19, 2018 18:13 IST
Though the Mahamastakabhisheka ceremony is widely known to be a mark of Jain religiosity, it is...
Mon, Feb 19, 2018
Feb 14, 2018 16:20 IST
Laid to rest: The controversy over Subhas Chandra Bose’s death: Author of new book on Netaji says...
Wed, Feb 14, 2018
Feb 14, 2018 09:39 IST
The poets were male, but both the speaker and the subject were female. It reflected a world...
Tue, Feb 13, 2024
Feb 08, 2018 11:11 IST
Data can be sexist, missing women & girls entirely, or undervaluing their...
Thu, Feb 08, 2018
Feb 07, 2018 15:37 IST
The film starring Kangana Ranaut began shooting last year and it had come under attack from a...
Thu, Jan 24, 2019
Feb 05, 2018 19:42 IST
The current crisis faced by president Abdulla Yameen needs to be located in context of the short...
Mon, Feb 05, 2018
Feb 02, 2018 17:43 IST
Khalji is the valiant hero in the chronicles written by the poet Amir Khusrao, the ruthless...
Sat, Feb 03, 2018