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The Warmth
The Warmth
Short Fiction
The Geometry of Absence: On Solitude, Density, and the Mathematics of Belonging
The Geometry of Absence: On Solitude, Density, and the Mathematics of Belonging
Culture
Simpson's Paradox I See Around Me
Simpson's Paradox I See Around Me
Statistics
Why You Still Want to Read a Healthcare IT Blog in the Age of AI
Why You Still Want to Read a Healthcare IT Blog in the Age of AI
Healthcare-IT
The Chair and the Drain
The Chair and the Drain
Artificial Intelligence
Complexity in Calcutta
Complexity in Calcutta
Personal Essay
Confounding Factors and the Dashboard That Lied Politely
Confounding Factors and the Dashboard That Lied Politely
healthcare-it
VistA, MUMPS, and the Warehouse After Midnight
VistA, MUMPS, and the Warehouse After Midnight
Healthcare-IT
Kenneth Arrow in the Waiting Room
Kenneth Arrow in the Waiting Room
Economics
FHIR and the Clerk With the Clipboard
FHIR and the Clerk With the Clipboard
Healthcare-IT
Clinical AI Needs A Shadow Architecture First
Clinical AI Needs A Shadow Architecture First
Healthcare-IT
The Churning of the Lesser Fluids
The Churning of the Lesser Fluids
Essay
The Dwellers
The Dwellers
Short Fiction
The AI Sermon and the Wet Knot
The AI Sermon and the Wet Knot
Technology
Aimless With Mangoes
Aimless With Mangoes
Personal Essay
Shortchanged From Dollar To Paise
Shortchanged From Dollar To Paise
Personal Essay
No Ambition Left, Only Cold Tea
No Ambition Left, Only Cold Tea
Personal Essay
Jealous of the Stupid
Jealous of the Stupid
Essay
The Nationalization of Shame
The Nationalization of Shame
Personal Essay
The Robot Begins as a Loose Wire
The Robot Begins as a Loose Wire
Technology
Frog in the Robot Century
Frog in the Robot Century
Essay
RO Water, Abu Dhabi Rent, and a Calcutta Room
RO Water, Abu Dhabi Rent, and a Calcutta Room
Personal Essay
The Cup That Starts the Sun
The Cup That Starts the Sun
Personal Essay
The Rent Spider
The Rent Spider
Short Fiction
The Human Intake Pipe
The Human Intake Pipe
Science
The Wetland Under the Lights
The Wetland Under the Lights
Short Fiction
The Error Bar Around a Man
The Error Bar Around a Man
Personal Essay
Entropy in a Rented Room
Entropy in a Rented Room
Science Essay
The Signal-to-Noise Ratio of a Ruined Life
The Signal-to-Noise Ratio of a Ruined Life
Personal Essay
The AI Harmonium Players
The AI Harmonium Players
Technology
The Badly Lit Municipality of Myself
The Badly Lit Municipality of Myself
Personal Essay
Claude Fable 5, Mythos in a Muzzle, and the Poor Man’s Future
Claude Fable 5, Mythos in a Muzzle, and the Poor Man’s Future
AI
I Like Fish, But I Refuse to Worship Rot
I Like Fish, But I Refuse to Worship Rot
Society
Pod Mara Gechhe: A Calcutta Weather Report From the Lower End of the Soul
Pod Mara Gechhe: A Calcutta Weather Report From the Lower End of the Soul
Personal Essay
The Rice Cooker Kind of Solitude
The Rice Cooker Kind of Solitude
Personal Essay
After America, Before Nothing
After America, Before Nothing
Personal Essay
The Pond That Breathed
The Pond That Breathed
Short Fiction
The Unpaid Consultant and the Theology of Hope
The Unpaid Consultant and the Theology of Hope
Personal Essay
The Banyans Under Ballygunge
The Banyans Under Ballygunge
Short Fiction
The Unattractive Man’s Weather Report
The Unattractive Man’s Weather Report
Personal Essay
Phage at Beliaghata
Phage at Beliaghata
Short Fiction
The Man Who Looked Too Long
The Man Who Looked Too Long
Short Fiction
Do Not Sell Your Pressure Cooker for RTX Spark
Do Not Sell Your Pressure Cooker for RTX Spark
Technology
The Test Is Congress Where Congress Rules
The Test Is Congress Where Congress Rules
Politics
AI, Erdős, and the Great Dot Mischief
AI, Erdős, and the Great Dot Mischief
Science
Folded Arms and Other Small National Disasters
Folded Arms and Other Small National Disasters
Satire
The Bipolar Diet Is Not Lithium
The Bipolar Diet Is Not Lithium
Mental Health
The Rice Cooker and the Black Hole
The Rice Cooker and the Black Hole
Personal Essay
English Is Not a Subject. It Is a Passport.
English Is Not a Subject. It Is a Passport.
Education
The Rain in Anirban’s Head
The Rain in Anirban’s Head
Short Fiction
Three Heads for Migraine
Three Heads for Migraine
Short Fiction
Meanline
Meanline
Short Fiction
The Average Weight of Sunday
The Average Weight of Sunday
Short Fiction
The Small Republic of No One
The Small Republic of No One
Personal
The Smoke Under Howrah
The Smoke Under Howrah
Short Fiction
Keshkhor
Keshkhor
Short Fiction
Bad Logic at Three in the Morning
Bad Logic at Three in the Morning
Mental Health
The Blister Labels
The Blister Labels
Short Fiction
Cockroach Season
Cockroach Season
Short Fiction
Kaak Bhairav
Kaak Bhairav
Short Fiction
The Invisible Radius
The Invisible Radius
Personal Essay
The Hidden Bill for Asking AI Instead of Hiring an Expert
The Hidden Bill for Asking AI Instead of Hiring an Expert
Technology
Hope Dies at Different Rates
Hope Dies at Different Rates
Personal Essay
The Antibiotic That Came Back With a Stick
The Antibiotic That Came Back With a Stick
Healthcare
The Protein Man
The Protein Man
Short Fiction
The Trolley Problem Is In The Healthcare Queue
The Trolley Problem Is In The Healthcare Queue
Healthcare-IT
The Trolley Problem Is Already Hiding in Healthcare
The Trolley Problem Is Already Hiding in Healthcare
Healthcare IT
The AI Moat Is the Missing Salary
The AI Moat Is the Missing Salary
AI and Society
The Body Becomes a Small Oven
The Body Becomes a Small Oven
Public Health
Why Physics Keeps Sneaking Into Deep Learning
Why Physics Keeps Sneaking Into Deep Learning
Artificial Intelligence
India’s Noise Machine and the Small Man Under It
India’s Noise Machine and the Small Man Under It
Politics
Poisson Distribution: Counting Rare Trouble Before It Becomes a Queue, a Claim, or a Crisis
Poisson Distribution: Counting Rare Trouble Before It Becomes a Queue, a Claim, or a Crisis
Healthcare IT
Bogosity, Enshittification, and the Glittering Drain
Bogosity, Enshittification, and the Glittering Drain
Technology and Society
The Man Held by the Neck
The Man Held by the Neck
Politics
The Bridgerat of Cossipore
The Bridgerat of Cossipore
Short Fiction
The Coming White-Collar Mendicancy
The Coming White-Collar Mendicancy
Society
India Slept Through the AI Alarm, and the Market Has Started Packing Its Bags
India Slept Through the AI Alarm, and the Market Has Started Packing Its Bags
AI Economy
The AI Business Model Makes a Broke Bengali Nervous
The AI Business Model Makes a Broke Bengali Nervous
Technology
The Plague of Pseudoscience in India
The Plague of Pseudoscience in India
Science and Society
The Desperation Premium
The Desperation Premium
Technology and Society
The Thucydides Trap, Two Superpowers, and a Very Old Greek Headache
The Thucydides Trap, Two Superpowers, and a Very Old Greek Headache
Geopolitics
Obama, HITECH, and the Day the American Medical Chart Was Dragged Into Electricity
Obama, HITECH, and the Day the American Medical Chart Was Dragged Into Electricity
Healthcare IT
Samir Ranjan Das and the Visual Mind
Samir Ranjan Das and the Visual Mind
Personal
The AI Cloud Will Also Need a Pump, a Plug, and a Tanker
The AI Cloud Will Also Need a Pump, a Plug, and a Tanker
Technology
Clay Stoves, Hormuz, and the Price of Breath in Calcutta
Clay Stoves, Hormuz, and the Price of Breath in Calcutta
Calcutta Life
The Second Mouth
The Second Mouth
Short Fiction
If AI Ever Gets Depressed, We Are Probably in Trouble
If AI Ever Gets Depressed, We Are Probably in Trouble
Artificial Intelligence
CRISPR: The Tiny Bacterial Trick That May Change Human Destiny
CRISPR: The Tiny Bacterial Trick That May Change Human Destiny
Science
The Lake That Lit Up Genes: Maracaibo, Memory, and Huntington’s Disease
The Lake That Lit Up Genes: Maracaibo, Memory, and Huntington’s Disease
Science & Healthcare IT
Trying to Write About Healthcare IT While the Ceiling Paint Falls Into the Dal
Trying to Write About Healthcare IT While the Ceiling Paint Falls Into the Dal
Healthcare IT
When Diabetes Started Asking About Its Ancestors
When Diabetes Started Asking About Its Ancestors
Healthcare Science
The Chatbot Arrived Before the Seatbelt
The Chatbot Arrived Before the Seatbelt
AI Safety
Why I am Misunderstood as a Blogger
Why I am Misunderstood as a Blogger
Personal
Dead Body in Stagnant Water
Dead Body in Stagnant Water
Personal
The AI Layoff Trap: How Companies Can Fire Their Own Customers
The AI Layoff Trap: How Companies Can Fire Their Own Customers
AI Economics
Bengal Changed Color, Not Yet Character
Bengal Changed Color, Not Yet Character
Politics and Society
Pixels That Make Us Feel Present
Pixels That Make Us Feel Present
Society
Anthropic Is Coming for Wall Street
Anthropic Is Coming for Wall Street
Artificial Intelligence
A Calcutta Bengali’s Guide to the Various Schools of AI
A Calcutta Bengali’s Guide to the Various Schools of AI
Artificial Intelligence
Applied Multivariate Statistical Modeling in Healthcare IT Part 1
Applied Multivariate Statistical Modeling in Healthcare IT Part 1
Healthcare IT
Science Is Not a Solitary Organ
Science Is Not a Solitary Organ
Science
Self-Gaslit Minds in the Age of AI
Self-Gaslit Minds in the Age of AI
Technology
The Genie Is Out of the Bottle
The Genie Is Out of the Bottle
Artificial Intelligence
Failing Well Without Looking Successful
Failing Well Without Looking Successful
Society
Calcutta’s Sugar Problem Is Not Only Sugar
Calcutta’s Sugar Problem Is Not Only Sugar
Health & Society
When the Office Learns to Beg
When the Office Learns to Beg
Society
The Country That Built Rockets but Still Consults the Stars
The Country That Built Rockets but Still Consults the Stars
Society
When Structure Loses Its Map
When Structure Loses Its Map
Society
India’s Semiconductor Problem Is Not a Missing Slogan
India’s Semiconductor Problem Is Not a Missing Slogan
Technology
Kenneth Arrow, Medical Uncertainty, and the False Dream of Healthcare as a Normal Market
Kenneth Arrow, Medical Uncertainty, and the False Dream of Healthcare as a Normal Market
Healthcare IT
First Principles Thinking in Calcutta, Healthcare, and the Machinery of Reality
First Principles Thinking in Calcutta, Healthcare, and the Machinery of Reality
Useful Mental Models
Healthcare AI and the Wrong Objective
Healthcare AI and the Wrong Objective
Healthcare AI
The Shadow Architecture: Lessons from a Decade Bootstrapping Healthcare Data Systems
The Shadow Architecture: Lessons from a Decade Bootstrapping Healthcare Data Systems
Healthcare IT
HL7 vs FHIR, Explained Simply
HL7 vs FHIR, Explained Simply
Healthcare IT
How VA Healthcare Data Systems Work: From MUMPS to SQL
How VA Healthcare Data Systems Work: From MUMPS to SQL
Healthcare IT
Latent Space and the Hidden Map of Healthcare Data
Latent Space and the Hidden Map of Healthcare Data
Healthcare-IT
Latent Space in Healthcare Data, From the Beginning
Latent Space in Healthcare Data, From the Beginning
Healthcare IT
The Returnee Who No Longer Fits
The Returnee Who No Longer Fits
work, migration, India
AI and Denial
AI and Denial
Artificial Intelligence
Databases and Data Warehouses
Databases and Data Warehouses
healthcare-it
FHIR
FHIR
healthcare it
India’s AI Moat
India’s AI Moat
healthcare-it
Building VA Data Warehouses
Building VA Data Warehouses
healthcare-it
Vector Databases
Vector Databases
healthcare it
What the Ukraine and Iran Wars May Leave Behind in Civilian Technology
What the Ukraine and Iran Wars May Leave Behind in Civilian Technology
technology
Confounding Factors
Confounding Factors
healthcare-it
Dogs Detect Violations.
Dogs Detect Violations.
science
India’s White-Collar Issue
India’s White-Collar Issue
india
Intro
Intro
career
The Missing Scientists
The Missing Scientists
healthcare-it
Propofol, Nightmares
Propofol, Nightmares
healthcare
HIE From First Principles, With The Patient Still In The Room
HIE From First Principles, With The Patient Still In The Room
healthcare-it
Costume Ambition
Costume Ambition
society
The Questions You Ask
The Questions You Ask
healthcare it