Anoushka Jain

Historian and Author

Anoushka Jain is a historian, author, and founder of Enroute Indian History, a women-focused heritage initiative that brings together history, architecture, culture, and storytelling through curated walks, workshops, and immersive experiences.

She is the author of the bestselling non-fiction book Badass Begums and Tales from Tribal Land. Her work explores overlooked histories, with a particular focus on women, communities, cultural memory, and the layered histories of the Indian subcontinent. 

Anoushka’s writing and historical research have been featured extensively across leading publications, including The Hindu, The Indian Express, The Print, Scroll.in, Hindustan Times, The Times of India, Vogue India, and Platform Magazine, among others.

As a speaker and public historian, she has been invited to lecture at prominent institutions including colleges of the University of Delhi, Christ University, Amity University, and O. P. Jindal Global University. Her talks explore subjects ranging from women’s histories and Mughal culture to Delhi’s architectural heritage and the ways in which history survives through places, people, and memory.

Through her writing, research, and public history work, Anoushka seeks to make the past accessible, engaging, and relevant to contemporary audiences, bringing forgotten stories and overlooked voices back into the cultural conversation.