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Reckoning and Realisations Anamika Khanna: I started okay because all of us were treating it like this much-needed forced break that we had been promising ourselves forever. But soon enough, this loc...

Bangladeshi actress Rafiath Rashid Mithila’s musical roots go back to her childhood. Trained in Nazrul Geeti, she grew up in a musical environment and later went on to write a number of lyrics f...

Send us your list of 10 favourite albums at tellttonline@abpdigital.in with a line or two about each. We will publish the first 10 entries. Don’t forget to tell us a bit about yourselv...

It seems you all really wanted to do this? SM: At some stage you have to do something you really want to do without caring whether there is some strong hook which will sell a million records, you kno...

Dylan betrays this spark within while describing Robert Johnson, the American blues guitarist whose recordings of the ’30s have influenced generations of musicians. “Robert was one of the ...

Leaving aside tragedies and toxicity, wistful “If only Covid-19 had not happened” stories continue to roll out. For instance, if the un-ordered import from China had not hit the world, Ju...

At some point, his dida joined in the conversation and added in Bengali: “He has always made art and I can’t think of a time when he didn’t, which is just like his grandfather too. He is a story...

Portraits, street life, landscapes… Manobina’s camera (the Brownie was followed by a Rolleiflex, an Asahi Pentax and a Nikon) caught beauty in various forms in natural light, without the help of m...

The wedding season is upon us, so we decided to put together some ideas for brides, grooms and even bridesmaids.  For this bridal lookbook curated by designer Ritu Kumar, Tollywood actor Koe...

Christie’s will be holding its first 2019 auction of South Asian Modern and Contemporary Art on March 20 in New York, followed by a sale in London in June. It is hoping to break some previously esta...