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Premankur Biswas
Premankur Biswas is editor, east and news videos of indianexpress.com. He also oversees IeBangla.com. He has been associated with the Express Group since 2006 in various capacities but now primarily focuses on news videos and writes on queer culture for the Indian Express. He has a keen interest in visual storytelling and queer narratives. Premankur has a Bachelor's Degree in English Literature from St Xavier's College (Calcutta University) and a Master's Degree in Cultural Studies from English and Foreign Language University (formerly CIEFL), Hyderabad. He writes regularly on LGBTQIA+ issues for Indian Express and also writes on Bangla films and culture. His focus is on writing about queer experiences in smaller cities and towns of India, a country where same sex relationships are still stigmatised by the society. Premankur Biswas has 1.8 K followers on X, formerly Twitter.
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Apart from their celebrated reputation as ambassadors of Bengali cinema,there is one more thing that directors Rituparno Ghosh and Buddhadeb Dasgupta share the heartbreaking ordeal of seeing their completed films lie in cans.
Thu, Aug 06, 2009
Bittersweet LoveSubscriber Only
August 01, 2009 03:53 IST
There is a serendipitous combination between music and the moving image that make moments unforgettable,Imtiaz Ali seems to have an inherent understanding of that connection.
Sat, Aug 01, 2009
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July 30, 2009 11:13 IST
In Love Aaj Kal,Pritam has just delivered another hit album for Imtiaz Ali. While his fans jive away to music.
Thu, Jul 30, 2009
Starting AfreshSubscriber Only
July 30, 2009 02:50 IST
In Love Aaj Kal,Pritam has just delivered another hit album for Imtiaz Ali. While his fans jive away to his spiffy rework of the Hemant Kumar classic Tan dole (Nagin),he himself is trying to convince the Kolkata media that he is not all about Punjabi funk.
Thu, Jul 30, 2009
Veiled ConflictsSubscriber Only
July 27, 2009 05:24 IST
The first hour of Suman Ghoshs Dwando sweeps past in a flurry of Fabindia curtains,designer stoles and tissue sarees.
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July 25, 2009 04:43 IST
Its quite endearing how these Hollywood family dramas take it upon themselves to educate us. The Night at the Museum series for instance,imparts lessons on courage...
Sat, Jul 25, 2009
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July 24, 2009 03:31 IST
Like most noteworthy Bollywood success stories of recent times,this too began in Delhi.
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July 18, 2009 02:50 IST
Its astonishing how JK Rowlings limber voice manages to move effortlessly between Rons adolescent sarcasm and Harrys growing solemnity in David Yates interpretation of Harry Potter...
Sat, Jul 18, 2009The Plot DilutesSubscriber Only
July 17, 2009 04:03 IST
For some Potterphiles (a Harry Potter fanatic) the party was over for them exactly two years ago when the last installment of the series,Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,was published.
Fri, Jul 17, 2009
The big PictureSubscriber Only
July 15, 2009 05:20 IST
You need to meet Sahana Goswami to realize that the celebrity culture of Bollywood is not what it used to be.
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July 11, 2009 03:24 IST
Megan Fox is not a person but a state of mind. She ministers heterosexual male fantasies like a reigning deity and makes drooling adolescents out of the best of men.
Sat, Jul 11, 2009Out in the OpenSubscriber Only
July 10, 2009 03:50 IST
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Fri, Jul 10, 2009Displacement TheorySubscriber Only
July 08, 2009 04:17 IST
In literature,Bengali immigrants and their offsprings continue the path of assimilation that the likes of Jhumpa Lahiri describe in their works,the Interpreter of Maladies being one of them.
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June 27, 2009 04:29 IST
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Sat, Jun 27, 2009
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June 26, 2009 04:12 IST
Some cities are lucky enough to be saved by the sea,unfortunately the vastness of an ocean evades Kolkata . Instead its lifeline is a river ...
Fri, Jun 26, 2009
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Thu, Jun 25, 2009
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Sun, Jun 21, 2009
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Sat, Jun 20, 2009
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June 19, 2009 03:52 IST
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Fri, Jun 19, 2009
Southern ComfortSubscriber Only
June 16, 2009 04:09 IST
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Tue, Jun 16, 2009
RaynamaSubscriber Only
June 12, 2009 04:31 IST
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Fri, Jun 12, 2009
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Tue, Jun 09, 2009
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