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What to read to master the art of conversation

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“MAN IS BY nature a social animal,” wrote Aristotle.
lifestyle
Published on Aug 22, 2026 10:00 am IST
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End southern discomfort

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The south must also remember that migrants from the north power its economy by doing menial jobs. They often bear the brunt of cynical nativist politics for no fault of their own. (HT Archive)
editorials
Updated on Aug 21, 2026 10:21 pm IST

However you measure it, China’s job market is weak

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Visitors walk past booths at an exhibition hall during the 2026 World Robot Conference, in Beijing, China August 21, 2026. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
world news
Published on Aug 21, 2026 08:12 pm IST

Soft power: Sanjoy Narayan on the return of The Durutti Column

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Renascent, released in July, is the band’s first collection of new material since 2010. Nearly 50 years old, they remain pop’s glorious outlier, a cult that kept its faith without ever needing to race for the charts. (@TheDuruttiColumnOfficial / Instagram)
art culture
Updated on Aug 21, 2026 07:42 pm IST

The Controversial Academic Who Ignited the Jason Arday Furor

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Nathan Cofnas in Paris in 2025.
world news
Published on Aug 21, 2026 07:30 pm IST

Kazakhstan prepares to vote in a cosmetic election

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FILE PHOTO: A drone view of the city ahead of Kazakhstan's upcoming snap parliamentary election in Almaty, Kazakhstan, August 17, 2026
world news
Published on Aug 21, 2026 07:10 pm IST

Gospel of Goscinny: K Narayanan on why he keeps returning to the Asterix comics

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The comics are still being turned out. Asterix in Lusitania (2025) sold 1.65 million copies that year in France alone. (Asterix-Obelix-Idefix / Hachette Livre / Fabcaro - Conrad)
art culture
Updated on Aug 21, 2026 06:58 pm IST

Is America Still Capable of Enforcing the World Order?

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A Taiwanese Patriot missile system deployed in a local park in Taipei in August.
world news
Published on Aug 22, 2026 12:10 am IST

The little Gaul that could: How Asterix creator Rene Goscinny changed comics

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A panel from Asterix in Lusitania (2025). (Asterix-Obelix-Idefix / Hachette Livre / Fabcaro - Conrad)
art culture
Updated on Aug 21, 2026 06:50 pm IST

‘Ghost Job’ Ads Are Getting So Bad That Lawmakers Want to Ban Them

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These so-called ghost jobs are a longtime source of frustration and anguish for people slogging through an increasingly anonymous and impersonal job-search process.
us news
Published on Aug 21, 2026 05:25 pm IST

Indian elephants are being squeezed out of their habitats

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Rhinos and forest department's elephants graze in the Manas national park, west of Guwahati, India, Tuesday, June 3, 2026.
environment
Published on Aug 21, 2026 05:03 pm IST

Toy story: Assam’s folk tales brought to life as playthings for children

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Gowdang Rani draws from stories of a Bodo / Bhutanese queen who fights to protect her people’s land. (Njiwm Boro)
art culture
Updated on Aug 21, 2026 10:10 pm IST

Squad goals: See how a busy transfers season has changed the football landscape

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Spain’s Rodri, star of the World Cup, is now in charge of Barcelona’s star-studded midfield and attack; Marc Cucurella will bolster the defence of Real Madrid. (Getty Images)
art culture
Updated on Aug 21, 2026 05:37 pm IST

Will China ever learn to love chocolate?

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Chocolate has never hit the spot, with the average Chinese eating just 100g a year—a mere hundredth of what a French person guzzles.
world news
Published on Aug 21, 2026 04:18 pm IST

Why everybody hates Palantir

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Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir Technologies, attends the annual Allen and Co. Sun Valley Media and Technology Conference at the Sun Valley Resort in Sun Valley, Idaho, U.S., July 7, 2026. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
world news
Published on Aug 21, 2026 11:55 pm IST

Trump Talks to Michael Cohen, His Fixer-Turned-Enemy

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Michael Cohen and Donald Trump during a 2016 campaign stop.
world news
Updated on Aug 21, 2026 03:39 pm IST

Meat: An excerpt from new book by alternative-proteins activist Bruce Friedrich

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art culture
Updated on Aug 21, 2026 04:03 pm IST

Politicians Who Once Championed Data Centers Are Now Bashing Them

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai in November, the day Google announced plans to invest $40 billion in new Texas data centers through 2027.
world news
Published on Aug 21, 2026 03:32 pm IST

The Brains Who Powered China’s Surprising AI Leap

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Computer geeks Tang Jie and Yang Zhilin were mere teacher and pupil more than a decade ago
world news
Updated on Aug 21, 2026 11:55 pm IST

A deep dive into offbeat Northeast

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Voices of the Land, which dropped on JioHotstar around the peak of this year’s annihilating Assam floods, is a six-episode series showing some of the world’s oldest living indigenous cultures
india news
Updated on Aug 21, 2026 03:31 pm IST

Better call soy: A Wknd interview with alternative-meat activist Bruce Friedrich

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This isn’t about vegetarianism, Friedrich clarifies. Plant-based and lab-made meats could alter the landscapes of hunger, climate, antimicrobial resistance. ‘We’re not going to solve the external costs of meat production without alternative meats,’ he says.
art culture
Updated on Aug 21, 2026 03:54 pm IST

Don’t mistake chatbot intelligence for consciousness

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We must not mistake intelligence for consciousness, however. A brilliant superintelligence could be experientially empty.
world news
Published on Aug 21, 2026 02:43 pm IST

Rock-solid evidence for the origins of birds

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Lots of dinosaurs had stones, known as gastroliths, in their stomachs.
science
Published on Aug 20, 2026 09:09 pm IST

A bolder India on China border

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New Delhi has unequivocally asserted that the state of border affairs has ramifications for the overall India-China relationship, and the two sides should avoid misunderstanding and miscalculation. (@DrSJaishankar X/PTI)
editorials
Updated on Aug 20, 2026 08:35 pm IST

What Gor did not say in Kashmir

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Rather than calling J&K an integral part of India, the US ambassador chose to designate the region as “an important part”. This taxonomical distinction ought to be sobering for both sides. (PTI)
editorials
Published on Aug 20, 2026 08:38 pm IST

The Hidden Debt That Apple Owes to the CIA

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Apple co-founder Steve Jobs with a NeXT computer in 1988.
world news
Published on Aug 20, 2026 07:37 pm IST

The war on data centres is a bit fake

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Data centres are a nightmare of political economy.
world news
Published on Aug 20, 2026 07:08 pm IST

Spirit Flight Attendants Fight Google’s Data Bid for AI

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A labor union representing thousands of former Spirit flight attendants asked the court to decline the transaction
world news
Published on Aug 20, 2026 05:35 pm IST

Review: The Meat Market by Mashiul Alam

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A snapshot of Dhaka, Bangladesh. (Shutterstock)
books
Updated on Aug 20, 2026 05:36 pm IST

How to study Antarctic ice without blowing it up

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Antarctica’s ice sheet is the largest reservoir of freshwater on Earth, but it is shrinking.
world news
Published on Aug 20, 2026 05:09 pm IST
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