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The Thermodynamics of Shame: A South Calcutta Canticle
The Thermodynamics of Shame: A South Calcutta Canticle
Essay
Bar English for Bengalis Who Have Escaped the Tea Stall
Bar English for Bengalis Who Have Escaped the Tea Stall
Culture
The Weight of Wet Heat
The Weight of Wet Heat
Personal Essay
Clinical AI Needs A Shadow Architecture First
Clinical AI Needs A Shadow Architecture First
Healthcare-IT
Sharper Teeth
Sharper Teeth
Essay
The Trillionaire Gap: A Bipolar Ramble from South Calcutta
The Trillionaire Gap: A Bipolar Ramble from South Calcutta
Personal Essay
Jealous of the Stupid
Jealous of the Stupid
Essay
Frog in the Robot Century
Frog in the Robot Century
Essay
Newton’s First Law and the Bladder
Newton’s First Law and the Bladder
Personal Science
The Billing Hour Has Started to Smell
The Billing Hour Has Started to Smell
Technology
Silk Season
Silk Season
Short Fiction
The Rain in Anirban’s Head
The Rain in Anirban’s Head
Short Fiction
Three Heads for Migraine
Three Heads for Migraine
Short Fiction
Milk Teeth of the City
Milk Teeth of the City
Short Fiction
The Blister Labels
The Blister Labels
Short Fiction
Tau Scaling Law: The Chip Race Has Found a New Clock
Tau Scaling Law: The Chip Race Has Found a New Clock
Technology
The Unrecorded Error
The Unrecorded Error
Healthcare IT
Wrong Shelf
Wrong Shelf
Short Fiction
Will Darjeeling Stay Alive Like This?
Will Darjeeling Stay Alive Like This?
Personal Essay
The Trolley Problem Is In The Healthcare Queue
The Trolley Problem Is In The Healthcare Queue
Healthcare-IT
Bengali Tintin In The Republic Of Garbage
Bengali Tintin In The Republic Of Garbage
Satire
China Rose Like A Factory, India Is Rising Like A Bazaar
China Rose Like A Factory, India Is Rising Like A Bazaar
Geopolitics
The Toolbox Theory of Thinking: Why Simple Models Help Us Survive a Complicated World
The Toolbox Theory of Thinking: Why Simple Models Help Us Survive a Complicated World
Thinking
The Pharmacy Bandh Is Not About Apps. It Is About Trust Being Sold by the Strip.
The Pharmacy Bandh Is Not About Apps. It Is About Trust Being Sold by the Strip.
Healthcare IT
Babu Culture and the Indian Art of Bending
Babu Culture and the Indian Art of Bending
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 Plague of Pseudoscience in India
The Plague of Pseudoscience in India
Science 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
Gold Karigars, Fertiliser Slogans, and the Knife Hidden Inside a Political Sentence
Gold Karigars, Fertiliser Slogans, and the Knife Hidden Inside a Political Sentence
Political Economy
Clay Stoves, Hormuz, and the Price of Breath in Calcutta
Clay Stoves, Hormuz, and the Price of Breath in Calcutta
Calcutta Life
SludgeGPT and the Mirage of Machine Understanding
SludgeGPT and the Mirage of Machine Understanding
Artificial Intelligence
Bangalore and the Plumbing of Pretension
Bangalore and the Plumbing of Pretension
Society
The Bright Smile of Overconfidence
The Bright Smile of Overconfidence
Society
Political Promises and the Hard Floor of Reality
Political Promises and the Hard Floor of Reality
Politics
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 Nothing Beats Something
When Nothing Beats Something
Technology
The Country That Built Rockets but Still Consults the Stars
The Country That Built Rockets but Still Consults the Stars
Society
India’s Semiconductor Problem Is Not a Missing Slogan
India’s Semiconductor Problem Is Not a Missing Slogan
Technology
Jogar, Jugaad, and the Greedy Improvisation of India
Jogar, Jugaad, and the Greedy Improvisation of India
India
Maa Sitala, Maa Manasa, and the Bad Public Health Architecture of Fear
Maa Sitala, Maa Manasa, and the Bad Public Health Architecture of Fear
Public Health
LPG debacle
LPG debacle
energy
Pests we love
Pests we love
natural history
India’s AI Moat
India’s AI Moat
healthcare-it
The Last Economy
The Last Economy
technology
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
The Fish Bengalis Eat
The Fish Bengalis Eat
food
The Pufferfish Economy
The Pufferfish Economy
society
Trigonometric  Colonization
Trigonometric Colonization
history-of-science
Homeopathy
Homeopathy
healthcare-systems
Hormuz, Day 52
Hormuz, Day 52
geopolitics
AQI 420 and the Great Indian Snot Mine
AQI 420 and the Great Indian Snot Mine
personal
America and Calcutta
America and Calcutta
personal