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The Man with the Greyscale Shadows
The Man with the Greyscale Shadows
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
The Unveiling
The Unveiling
Personal Essay
Do Not Let It Wake Facing the City
Do Not Let It Wake Facing the City
Short Fiction
Simpson's Paradox I See Around Me
Simpson's Paradox I See Around Me
Statistics
Bar English for Bengalis Who Have Escaped the Tea Stall
Bar English for Bengalis Who Have Escaped the Tea Stall
Culture
The Weight of Pages
The Weight of Pages
Culture
The Chair and the Drain
The Chair and the Drain
Artificial Intelligence
The Thermodynamics of Fishy Things
The Thermodynamics of Fishy Things
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
Taklu Babu Eats the River
Taklu Babu Eats the River
Short Fiction
The Dwellers
The Dwellers
Short Fiction
The Loadshedding Shape
The Loadshedding Shape
Short Fiction
The Seasonal Crop
The Seasonal Crop
Short Fiction
The Man Who Knew Everybody
The Man Who Knew Everybody
Short Fiction
The Bridge That Breathed Backwards
The Bridge That Breathed Backwards
Short Fiction
The Red Room of Beliaghata
The Red Room of Beliaghata
Short Fiction
The Week of Low Water
The Week of Low Water
Short Fiction
The Good Boy Hunger
The Good Boy Hunger
Short Fiction
The Public Mouth
The Public Mouth
Short Fiction
The Official Mouth
The Official Mouth
Short Fiction
The Rent Spider
The Rent Spider
Short Fiction
The Corridor That Forgot to Breathe
The Corridor That Forgot to Breathe
Short Fiction
The Wetland Under the Lights
The Wetland Under the Lights
Short Fiction
The Fish That Remembered
The Fish That Remembered
Short Fiction
Newton's First Law and the Bladder
Newton's First Law and the Bladder
Personal Science
The Fourth-Standard Saint
The Fourth-Standard Saint
Short Fiction
Entropy in a Rented Room
Entropy in a Rented Room
Science Essay
Label: Road
Label: Road
Short Fiction
The Ledger of Soft Parts
The Ledger of Soft Parts
Short Fiction
Faces for Ashtami
Faces for Ashtami
Short Fiction
The Third Stomach
The Third Stomach
Short Fiction
The Black Reservoir
The Black Reservoir
Short Fiction
Rain Before Rain
Rain Before Rain
Short Fiction
The Gut of God
The Gut of God
Short Fiction
The Heap That Remembered
The Heap That Remembered
Short Fiction
The Language Under Hatibagan
The Language Under Hatibagan
Short Fiction
The Men Who Became Water
The Men Who Became Water
Short Fiction
The Mothers of Tangra
The Mothers of Tangra
Short Fiction
The Voice Under the Loudspeaker
The Voice Under the Loudspeaker
Short Fiction
The Chant Beneath Chowringhee
The Chant Beneath Chowringhee
Short Fiction
Head Tax
Head Tax
Short Fiction
Phage at Beliaghata
Phage at Beliaghata
Short Fiction
The Man Who Looked Too Long
The Man Who Looked Too Long
Short Fiction
Body Rent
Body Rent
Short Fiction
Circle of Death
Circle of Death
Short Fiction
The River Climbed the Stairs
The River Climbed the Stairs
Short Fiction
The North-Facing Room
The North-Facing Room
Short Fiction
The Radius of Dust
The Radius of Dust
Short Fiction
Settled Water
Settled Water
Short Fiction
The Skull Under the Bridge
The Skull Under the Bridge
Short Fiction
The Sofa Bird
The Sofa Bird
Short Fiction
The Post That Took the Weather
The Post That Took the Weather
Short Fiction
The Second Rain
The Second Rain
Short Fiction
The Sword in the Frame
The Sword in the Frame
Short Fiction
The Belly Wall
The Belly Wall
Short Fiction
The Bride Price of Salt
The Bride Price of Salt
Short Fiction
The Ninth Tap
The Ninth Tap
Short Fiction
The Ten-Kilo Children
The Ten-Kilo Children
Short Fiction
The Blue Above Chandni
The Blue Above Chandni
Short Fiction
The Eye-Eater of Hazra
The Eye-Eater of Hazra
Short Fiction
The Free Prasad Hour
The Free Prasad Hour
Short Fiction
The Humming Under the Bandage
The Humming Under the Bandage
Short Fiction
The Polished Ghost of Banamali Lane
The Polished Ghost of Banamali Lane
Short Fiction
The Tamarind Orbit
The Tamarind Orbit
Short Fiction
The Breath That Came By Rain
The Breath That Came By Rain
Short Fiction
The Godman of Ballygunge
The Godman of Ballygunge
Short Fiction
English Is Not a Subject. It Is a Passport.
English Is Not a Subject. It Is a Passport.
Education
Silk Season
Silk Season
Short Fiction
The Cow That Spoke Like NPR
The Cow That Spoke Like NPR
Short Fiction
The Rain in Anirban’s Head
The Rain in Anirban’s Head
Short Fiction
The Fifth Window
The Fifth Window
Short Fiction
Three Heads for Migraine
Three Heads for Migraine
Short Fiction
Knife Bite
Knife Bite
Short Fiction
Meanline
Meanline
Short Fiction
Milk Teeth of the City
Milk Teeth of the City
Short Fiction
Moon Without Skin
Moon Without Skin
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
The June That Stayed
The June That Stayed
Short Fiction
The Vegetarian
The Vegetarian
Short Fiction
Keshkhor
Keshkhor
Short Fiction
The Animals That Did Not Know Smiling
The Animals That Did Not Know Smiling
Short Fiction
The Filth That Learned to Stand
The Filth That Learned to Stand
Short Fiction
The Pressure in Sinthee
The Pressure in Sinthee
Short Fiction
The Blister Labels
The Blister Labels
Short Fiction
Cockroach Season
Cockroach Season
Short Fiction
Kaak Bhairav
Kaak Bhairav
Short Fiction
The Happy Water
The Happy Water
Short Fiction
Wrong Shelf
Wrong Shelf
Short Fiction
The Protein Man
The Protein Man
Short Fiction
The Dark Matter Man of Kalighat
The Dark Matter Man of Kalighat
Short Fiction
The Last Notification
The Last Notification
Short Fiction
The Room, the Light, and the Brittle Mind
The Room, the Light, and the Brittle Mind
Personal
Bogosity, Enshittification, and the Glittering Drain
Bogosity, Enshittification, and the Glittering Drain
Technology and Society
The Bridgerat of Cossipore
The Bridgerat of Cossipore
Short Fiction
The Calcutta Summer of 2026
The Calcutta Summer of 2026
Climate
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
Samir Ranjan Das and the Visual Mind
Samir Ranjan Das and the Visual Mind
Personal
The Dhoti, the Toothache, and the Great Bengali Flapping Problem
The Dhoti, the Toothache, and the Great Bengali Flapping Problem
Personal
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
Storm in a Bhar
Storm in a Bhar
Short Fiction
The Morning of the Cutouts
The Morning of the Cutouts
Short Fiction
The Bengali Hikikomori and the Shrinking Map of His Life
The Bengali Hikikomori and the Shrinking Map of His Life
Personal
The Empty Room Inside Loneliness
The Empty Room Inside Loneliness
Personal
Why I am Misunderstood as a Blogger
Why I am Misunderstood as a Blogger
Personal
Stagnant Water at Morning
Stagnant Water at Morning
Personal
Existential Arithmetic at Bread Level
Existential Arithmetic at Bread Level
Personal
The Thin-Fat Bengali and the Treacherous Little Belly
The Thin-Fat Bengali and the Treacherous Little Belly
Health
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
The Magnet, the Bulb, and the Battery
The Magnet, the Bulb, and the Battery
Personal
Fog Machines in the Temple: Mandukya, AI, and the Dangerous Answer to Who Am I?
Fog Machines in the Temple: Mandukya, AI, and the Dangerous Answer to Who Am I?
Philosophy and AI
Calcutta’s Sugar Problem Is Not Only Sugar
Calcutta’s Sugar Problem Is Not Only Sugar
Health & Society
The Barebones Lifeboat: America, Calcutta, and the Price of Staying Afloat
The Barebones Lifeboat: America, Calcutta, and the Price of Staying Afloat
Personal
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
Why Myths Multiply When Randomness Is Left Unexplained
Why Myths Multiply When Randomness Is Left Unexplained
Mental Models
The Epistemic Iceberg Effect
The Epistemic Iceberg Effect
knowledge
Mind Is What the Brain Does, Not a Ghost in the Attic
Mind Is What the Brain Does, Not a Ghost in the Attic
Neuroscience
Is Claude Mythos, a Myth?
Is Claude Mythos, a Myth?
AI Security
LPG debacle
LPG debacle
energy
Pests we love
Pests we love
natural history
Latent Space and the Hidden Map of Healthcare Data
Latent Space and the Hidden Map of Healthcare Data
Healthcare-IT
Tea
Tea
food-and-culture
Vector Databases and the Shape of Clinical Memory
Vector Databases and the Shape of Clinical Memory
healthcare-it
The Fish Bengalis Eat
The Fish Bengalis Eat
food
Intro
Intro
career
Pohela Baisakh
Pohela Baisakh
history
Trigonometric  Colonization
Trigonometric Colonization
history-of-science
HIE From First Principles, With The Patient Still In The Room
HIE From First Principles, With The Patient Still In The Room
healthcare-it
Homeopathy
Homeopathy
healthcare-systems
AQI 420 and the Great Indian Snot Mine
AQI 420 and the Great Indian Snot Mine
personal
Mary's Room, Red Mangoes, and the Poor Man's Philosophy of Color
Mary's Room, Red Mangoes, and the Poor Man's Philosophy of Color
personal
Bassline, Backhoe, Breath
Bassline, Backhoe, Breath
Personal
America and Calcutta
America and Calcutta
personal
Driving the Accord
Driving the Accord
personal
This Blog's History
This Blog's History
Personal Reflections
An Architect's Education
An Architect's Education
Healthcare-IT
Schooling in Calcutta
Schooling in Calcutta
Personal