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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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Medium, Not RareSubscriber Only
April 05, 2015 01:00 IST
In Kolkata, the best beef is to be found at nondescript food joints. Many of those lining up are Hindus.
Sun, Apr 05, 2015
Ek Ladki Bheegi Bhaagi SiSubscriber Only
March 22, 2015 04:00 IST
In a Ramsay brothers’ offering, shower=sex=death.
Sun, Mar 22, 2015
Bangladeshi bloggers talk about harassment and constant threats meted out to themSubscriber Only
March 22, 2015 01:00 IST
Bloggers and activists say no one who dares to express their thoughts, let alone raise their voice in Bangladesh is safe.
Sun, Mar 22, 2015
Suzette Jordan, Kolkata face of hope for rape survivors, dies of encephalitisSubscriber Only
March 14, 2015 03:53 IST
The woman in her mid-30s was raped in a moving car in Park Street area on February 6, 2012.
Fri, Dec 25, 2015
Saibal Mitra’s Byomkesh Bakshi is a distinguished “social scientist” played by Dhritiman ChatterjeeSubscriber Only
February 20, 2015 00:00 IST
Before Dibakar's Byomkesh Bakshi hits theatres, brace yourself for a contemporary version of it.
Fri, Feb 20, 2015
Living on the Brink: What will happen to the residents of the sinking Ghoramara island in the SunderbansSubscriber Only
February 15, 2015 01:00 IST
Residents of the sinking Ghoramara island in the Sunderbans have been moving inland for the last decade or so, but how long can they do so?
Sun, Feb 15, 2015
Beat Street: Can Kolkata’s Sudder Street shake off its seedy reputation?Subscriber Only
January 18, 2015 01:00 IST
Over the years, Sudder Street has grown as a backpacker’s haven, a reliable fleamarket for hip clothes and accessories, a neighbourhood full of cheap, good restaurants, and as the bhadrolok will tell you, a den of decadence.
Sun, Jan 18, 2015
Turn the Beat Around: After a bang, India’s Got Talent finalists back to their slum lifeSubscriber Only
January 04, 2015 01:00 IST
A band of boys from a slum in Kolkata made it to a reality show, and the promise of a new life was theirs for the taking. Four years on, does that dream survive a reality check?
Sun, Jan 04, 2015
Meet the team behind the first Indian-language version of Haruki Murakami’s Kafka on the ShoreSubscriber Only
January 04, 2015 01:00 IST
After his return from Japan, Mukherjee began started translating Japanese fiction just for lark.
Sun, Jan 04, 2015
‘One has to be creative to be critical’Subscriber Only
December 06, 2014 02:25 IST
Derek Attridge, professor of English at the University of York talks of the need to champion original voices in literature, discovering JM Coetzee.
Sat, Dec 06, 2014
Defying Conventions: The UEA literary activism symposiumSubscriber Only
December 04, 2014 10:48 IST
The UEA literary activism symposium in Kolkata champions the cause of new literature.
Thu, Dec 04, 2014
Taiwanese filmmaker Tsai Ming-liang on making movies about being alone and the luxury of hearing yourselfSubscriber Only
November 25, 2014 19:12 IST
“I was happy to see so many people turn up for the screenings. I was also happy to see so many people of the older generation there,” says Ming-liang.
Tue, Nov 25, 2014
Casting a SpellSubscriber Only
November 01, 2014 02:45 IST
The story is about three estranged friends, who also happen to be filmmakers, being approached by a younger filmmaker to meet a producer, who has agreed to finance the portmanteau film.
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‘Chatushkone’ director Srijit Mukherji: I have gained enough confidence as a directorSubscriber Only
October 31, 2014 00:24 IST
After five straight hits at the box office, director Srijit Mukherji is aiming for a double hat-trick with his latest, Chatushkone
Fri, Oct 31, 2014
To Market, To Market: Mapping the landscape of a Goan flower marketSubscriber Only
October 26, 2014 01:00 IST
What drew India’s first graphic novelist, Orijit Sen, to the bustling Mapusa market in north Goa?
Sun, Oct 26, 2014
If the shoe fits: Who will give a 12-toed athlete a pair of trainers?Subscriber Only
October 19, 2014 12:29 IST
Barman was born with six toes in each foot but has not allowed her condition to stop her from going for gold.
Sun, Oct 19, 2014
The e-afterlifeSubscriber Only
September 21, 2014 00:36 IST
At this village in South 24 Parganas district, life revolves around discarded monitors and tangled wires for almost everyone, men, women or children.
Sun, Sep 21, 2014
Park Street rape victim ‘denied’ entry into restaurantSubscriber Only
September 16, 2014 11:53 IST
Manager says he denied her entry due to troublesome behaviour, while victim claims he is making stories.
Tue, Sep 16, 2014Denied entry into restaurant, says Park Street rape victimSubscriber Only
September 16, 2014 01:51 IST
She had also posted an update on a social networking site on Sunday, accusing the restaurant manager of denying her entry.
Tue, Sep 16, 2014
I don’t know what it means to be an ideal Satyajit Ray heroine: Madhabi MukherjeeSubscriber Only
August 31, 2014 01:00 IST
Actor Madhabi Mukherjee on working with Satyajit Ray and her iconic role in Charulata.
Sun, Aug 31, 2014
The rebel has left the building:The legacy of Nabarun BhattacharyaSubscriber Only
August 10, 2014 01:00 IST
Bhattacharya, who won the Sahitya Akademi award in 1997 for Herbert, occupies an uneasy place in the pantheon of Bengali greats.
Sun, Aug 10, 2014
The Lost Kingdom: How Murshidabad is finding its way back on the tourist mapSubscriber Only
August 03, 2014 01:00 IST
The history of the area is more colourful and cosmopolitan than is commonly perceived.
Sun, Aug 03, 2014
Bumbling bhadralok to roaring politicianSubscriber Only
July 02, 2014 02:44 IST
The actor acquired that image 34 years ago with his breakthrough role in Tarun Mazumdar’s Dadar Kirti.
Wed, Jul 02, 2014
Why Bengal’s jute industry is hanging by a threadSubscriber Only
June 29, 2014 01:00 IST
A look at how the jute industry in Bengal, which once paved the way for industrialisation in the state, has slowly disintegrated into chaos.
Sun, Jun 29, 2014
How Northeastern cuisine is becoming popular across IndiaSubscriber Only
June 22, 2014 01:00 IST
Whether it’s the pork and chicken and the myriad edible fungi, or the sticky rice and the various herbs, they are all unspoilt.
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