Debesh Banerjee Columns, Leading Columnist

Debesh Banerjee The Indian Express Group

Debesh Banerjee-

Knocked by Rocks

Sunday 22 May '11

Detained for undeclared jewellery worth multiple lakhs, Minissha Lamba is just another girl with stars in her eyes still waiting to make it big in Bollywood.

Knocked by Rocks

Friday 20 May '11

Detained for undeclared jewellery worth multiple lakhs, Minissha Lamba is just another girl with stars in her eyes still waiting to make it big in Bollywood.

IF the replica of Medici Horse, a 16th century sculpture by Italian artist Giovanni Francesco Susini, for Rs 17,700 isn''t exactly your idea for a souvenir, then the Metropolitan Museum of Art Store a...

Big B Sings Ekla cholo

Tuesday 17 May '11

As the country celebrates the 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, Amitabh Bachchan falls in step.

India At Cannes: Just Red Carpet Roll Call

Monday 16 May '11

At the ongoing 64th Cannes Film Festival in France, 20 films are in competition for the prestigious Palme d''Or award or the Golden Palm.

I thank India for giving us Gandhi: Iraqi shoethrower

Sunday 15 May '11

Dressed in a formal blue suit and a sky blue shirt, Muntadhar-Al-Zaidi sat poker-faced in the front row as he saw the story of the 2003 Iraq war unfold on stage on Saturday.

MATTERS OF THE HEART

Sunday 15 May '11

After love, comes heartbreak this is not a pessimist''s view of relationships but the sequence of works by Them Clones, a Delhi-based alternative-rock group.

India at Cannes: Just Red Carpet Roll Call

Saturday 14 May '11

At the ongoing 64th Cannes Film Festival in France, 20 films are in competition for the prestigious Palme d''Or award or the Golden Palm. Not one is from India.

And now, Archana

Wednesday 11 May '11

Archana Vijaya is to IPL Season 4, what Mandira Bedi was to World Cup 2003.

And now, Archana

Tuesday 10 May '11

IPL cricket has a glamourous interpreter this season.

And Now Archana

Monday 9 May '11

And now, Archana

Monday 9 May '11

Archana Vijaya is to IPL Season 4, what Mandira Bedi was to World Cup 2003. The noodle straps have been replaced with tube dresses, but the TV host knows exactly when to pout in front of the camera an...

Music files

Sunday 8 May '11

Akhilesh Jha, an IAS officer by day, moonlights as a chronicler of Indian classical music after sunset.

Sugar Danny

Sunday 8 May '11

Danny Boyle''s Slumdog Millionaire has become the default inspiration for filmmakers across the globe

The Empire Strikes Back

Thursday 5 May '11

Britain''s colonial stamp in shaping Indian history will always be significant, but the role of the Dutch in outlining India''s trading routes in the 17th century cannot be ignored either.

Silver is Affordable, not mangoes

Wednesday 4 May '11

As the price of the famous Alphonso mango hits the roof, city restaurants try to cope with the new challenge.

Sugar Danny

Tuesday 3 May '11

Slumdog Millionaire continues to inspire global Indian filmmakers as Trisha Ray''s award-winning film Sugar Baby proves.

Songs From Denmark

Friday 29 April '11

Besides Danish cookies, the bronze statue of 'The Little Mermaid'' at the Copenhagen harbour is possibly the only reference point for Indian tourists familiar with Denmark.

Songs From Denmark

Friday 29 April '11

Besides Danish cookies, the bronze statue of 'The Little Mermaid'' at the Copenhagen harbour is possibly the only reference point for Indian tourists familiar with Denmark.

Royal Makeover

Sunday 1 May '11

It rises out of the water like a jewellery box. A sheet of clear water below wraps itself around its walls in a comforting embrace.

Bengali by Nature

Tuesday 26 April '11

It marks the end of a 13-year long wait for Sri Lankan filmmaker Vimukthi Jayasundara.

From Kolkata to Cannes via Colombo

Tuesday 26 April '11

It marks the end of a 13-year long wait for Sri Lankan filmmaker Vimukthi Jayasundara. In 1998, he had his first tryst with Bengali cinema, when he watched Satyajit Ray''s black-and-white classic Jals...

No Country for.......Queens

Monday 25 April '11

A Bollywood film titled Queens! Destiny of Dance on transgenders turns the old caricature on its head.

Hundred voices

Sunday 24 April '11

It is 10 am on a Tuesday and constable Anupriya Mathur (name changed) has been sitting idle for the past ten minutes at her 'channel'', staring at her computer screen with her headset on.