Adrija Roychowdhury is the Lead of the Research Section at Indianexpress.com. She specializes in crafting long features that delve into history, culture, and politics, utilizing a unique approach to journalism that makes academic research accessible and engaging for a broader audience. Adrija's work has been featured in Jansatta and The Indian Express, highlighting her focus on civil rights, diversity and inclusion, and cultural movements across various regions, including North America and Latin America.
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By: Adrija Roychowdhury
Rohit De and Ornit Shani’s new book, Assembling India's Constitution: A New Democratic History, traces the demands put forward by Dalit organisations, upper-caste groups, and individual petitioners — each articulating their fears, ambitions, and visions of justice for the new republic as the Constitution took shape.
By: Adrija Roychowdhury
Amit Shah described Nehru's elevation at the cost of Patel in 1946 as ‘vote chori'. Here's what happened in those tumultuous days in the run up to the 1946 Congress election
By: Adrija Roychowdhury
Fashion journalist Shefalee Vasudev on the politics of the saree, PM Narendra Modi’s “best-dressed” image, and why denial itself has become a powerful sartorial statement.
By: Adrija Roychowdhury
On the anniversary of Goa’s Liberation Day, revisiting the 1787 Pinto rebellion — an early challenge to Portuguese rule, long before 1961.
By: Adrija Roychowdhury
Author Abhishek Chaudhary on how Atal Bihari Vajpayee legitimised the Hindu Right — and normalised its claim to power
By: Adrija Roychowdhury
In this interview, Madhavan K Palat, editor of The Nehru Archive, reveals a remarkably transparent leader, even in his most controversial moments.
By: Adrija Roychowdhury
Indira Gandhi's brief visit to Venezuela reveals how India once sought common cause with Latin America's post-colonial nations.
By: Adrija Roychowdhury
Much of what is known about the events at Turkman Gate during the Emergency comes from memoirs, inquiry records, journalistic investigations and later oral histories. We recall
By: Adrija Roychowdhury
Historian Jean Arzoumanov’s discovery of an 18th-century Jain text in Persian reveals a forgotten era where Hindu scholars used the ‘Islamic’ lingua franca to help British officers survey India’s faiths.
On the streets of the German capital is a familiar gig: Indians, astride electric bikes, delivering food as they race against the clock. With Germany emerging as a favoured destination for young Indians, The Indian Express on the journey they make – a life far away from home, with a career pitstop as a fahrer (driver) or kurier (courier)
