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Tubifex in Trouble: A Billing Cliff
Tubifex in Trouble: A Billing Cliff
Essay
The Thermodynamics of Shame: A South Calcutta Canticle
The Thermodynamics of Shame: A South Calcutta Canticle
Essay
The Unveiling
The Unveiling
Personal Essay
The Ground We Dream On
The Ground We Dream On
Personal Essay
The Trillionaire Gap: A Bipolar Ramble from South Calcutta
The Trillionaire Gap: A Bipolar Ramble from South Calcutta
Personal Essay
The Great Unemployment of the Soul
The Great Unemployment of the Soul
Personal Essay
Rice Cooker Bookkeeping
Rice Cooker Bookkeeping
Personal Essay
The Unattractive Man’s Guide to Quantum Mechanics
The Unattractive Man’s Guide to Quantum Mechanics
Personal Essay
Aimless With Mangoes
Aimless With Mangoes
Personal Essay
Cholai and the Chemistry of Forgetting
Cholai and the Chemistry of Forgetting
Essay
Hilsa and the Family Court of Appetite
Hilsa and the Family Court of Appetite
Culture
Phase Transition at Fifty-One
Phase Transition at Fifty-One
Personal Essay
The Nationalization of Shame
The Nationalization of Shame
Personal Essay
Blind Angry Unhappiness
Blind Angry Unhappiness
Personal Essay
The Brain Scrap Yard
The Brain Scrap Yard
Personal Essay
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 Public Mouth
The Public Mouth
Short Fiction
Artisanal Darkness in a Kolkata Room
Artisanal Darkness in a Kolkata Room
Personal Essay
Symmetry in a Calcutta Room
Symmetry in a Calcutta Room
Mathematics
The Many-Body Problem of Indian Life
The Many-Body Problem of Indian Life
Personal Essay
Shiva and the Poison in the Throat
Shiva and the Poison in the Throat
Personal Essay
The Ordinary Things
The Ordinary Things
Personal Essay
Newton’s First Law and the Bladder
Newton’s First Law and the Bladder
Personal Science
The Error Bar Around a Man
The Error Bar Around a Man
Personal Essay
The Morning Verdict Is Not Law
The Morning Verdict Is Not Law
Mental Health
Chyavana and the Refusal to Rot Quietly
Chyavana and the Refusal to Rot Quietly
Personal Essay
Highly Composite Mornings, Prime Afternoons
Highly Composite Mornings, Prime Afternoons
Personal Essay
Label: Road
Label: Road
Short Fiction
The Ledger of Soft Parts
The Ledger of Soft Parts
Short Fiction
The Turing Test for Human Usefulness
The Turing Test for Human Usefulness
Personal Essay
The AI Harmonium Players
The AI Harmonium Players
Technology
The Damp Government Office Inside My Head
The Damp Government Office Inside My Head
Personal Essay
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 Former Bright Boy Problem
The Former Bright Boy Problem
Personal Essay
The Rent Is a Clock
The Rent Is a Clock
Personal Essay
The Rice Cooker Kind of Solitude
The Rice Cooker Kind of Solitude
Personal Essay
Vamana and the Three Steps of Bankruptcy
Vamana and the Three Steps of Bankruptcy
Personal Essay
After America, Before Nothing
After America, Before Nothing
Personal Essay
Greed Made Me Small
Greed Made Me Small
Personal Essay
The Man Who Became His Own Waiting Room
The Man Who Became His Own Waiting Room
Personal Essay
The Unpaid Consultant and the Theology of Hope
The Unpaid Consultant and the Theology of Hope
Personal Essay
The Unattractive Man’s Weather Report
The Unattractive Man’s Weather Report
Personal Essay
My Father, Samarendra Kumar Ghosh, and the Family That Came Home with a Few Clothes
My Father, Samarendra Kumar Ghosh, and the Family That Came Home with a Few Clothes
Personal Essay
The Pest Department in My Skull
The Pest Department in My Skull
Personal Essay
The Router Behind the Television
The Router Behind the Television
Cybersecurity
Human Rights, Oh What a Joke!
Human Rights, Oh What a Joke!
Society
The Polished Ghost of Banamali Lane
The Polished Ghost of Banamali Lane
Short Fiction
Truth, Adjustment, and the Cost of Coming Back
Truth, Adjustment, and the Cost of Coming Back
Social Commentary
When Variety Starts Wearing the Same Shirt
When Variety Starts Wearing the Same Shirt
Culture
A Cup of Cha Is Not a Small Thing
A Cup of Cha Is Not a Small Thing
Essay
ASMR: The Softly Whispered Apocalypse
ASMR: The Softly Whispered Apocalypse
Satire
Depression Arrives as Weather
Depression Arrives as Weather
Mental Health
The Small Republic of No One
The Small Republic of No One
Personal
The Smoke Under Howrah
The Smoke Under Howrah
Short Fiction
The K-Shaped Economy Is a Forked Road, and Most of Us Are on the Wrong Fork
The K-Shaped Economy Is a Forked Road, and Most of Us Are on the Wrong Fork
Economy
Bad Logic at Three in the Morning
Bad Logic at Three in the Morning
Mental Health
The Static in the Room
The Static in the Room
Personal Essay
The End of History, and Other Overconfident Announcements
The End of History, and Other Overconfident Announcements
Ideas
Hawkers Are Not Rubbish To Be Swept Before Breakfast
Hawkers Are Not Rubbish To Be Swept Before Breakfast
Social Commentary
Bengali Normalcy and the Borrowed Warmth of Nests
Bengali Normalcy and the Borrowed Warmth of Nests
Personal Essay
The Concentric Angsts of a Bankrupt Bengali Man
The Concentric Angsts of a Bankrupt Bengali Man
Personal Essay
Loneliness Is Not a Generation
Loneliness Is Not a Generation
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
Rain, Power Cuts, and India Standing on Quicksand
Rain, Power Cuts, and India Standing on Quicksand
Personal Essay
Trapped by the Room, the Mirror, and the Feed
Trapped by the Room, the Mirror, and the Feed
Mental Health
China Rose Like A Factory, India Is Rising Like A Bazaar
China Rose Like A Factory, India Is Rising Like A Bazaar
Geopolitics
The AI Moat Is the Missing Salary
The AI Moat Is the Missing Salary
AI and Society
The Room, the Light, and the Brittle Brain
The Room, the Light, and the Brittle Brain
Personal
Nostril Hairs and the Tainted Calcutta Summer
Nostril Hairs and the Tainted Calcutta Summer
Personal Essay
Writing Nothing From the Edge of Calcutta
Writing Nothing From the Edge of Calcutta
Personal Essay
Drake’s Equation, Alien Arithmetic, and the Bengali Who Refuses to Be Fooled by the Sky
Drake’s Equation, Alien Arithmetic, and the Bengali Who Refuses to Be Fooled by the Sky
Science
The Coming White-Collar Mendicancy
The Coming White-Collar Mendicancy
Society
The Classification and Variety of Rotting People in Calcutta
The Classification and Variety of Rotting People in Calcutta
Calcutta
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
Shallow Water, Loud Television
Shallow Water, Loud Television
Essay
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
Happiness After Quicksand
Happiness After Quicksand
Personal Essay
Mood Bellwethers Before a Low
Mood Bellwethers Before a Low
Personal Essay
Still Here, In The Corner Room
Still Here, In The Corner Room
Personal Essay
The Terrace Republic
The Terrace Republic
Personal Essay
Storm in a Bhar
Storm in a Bhar
Short Fiction
Falling Through the Southern Edge at 3 AM
Falling Through the Southern Edge at 3 AM
Personal Essay
If Asimov Never Put the Leash on the Robots
If Asimov Never Put the Leash on the Robots
Artificial Intelligence
The Bengali Hikikomori and the Shrinking Map of His Life
The Bengali Hikikomori and the Shrinking Map of His Life
Personal
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
Why India Produces So Many Different Species of Goons
Why India Produces So Many Different Species of Goons
Society
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
Dead Body in Stagnant Water
Dead Body in Stagnant Water
Personal
Existential Arithmetic at Bread Level
Existential Arithmetic at Bread Level
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
Applied Multivariate Statistical Modeling in Healthcare IT Part 1
Applied Multivariate Statistical Modeling in Healthcare IT Part 1
Healthcare IT
The Educated Horror of Having Nowhere to Go
The Educated Horror of Having Nowhere to Go
Society
The Barebones Lifeboat: America, Calcutta, and the Price of Staying Afloat
The Barebones Lifeboat: America, Calcutta, and the Price of Staying Afloat
Personal
India’s Semiconductor Problem Is Not a Missing Slogan
India’s Semiconductor Problem Is Not a Missing Slogan
Technology
The Returnee Who No Longer Fits
The Returnee Who No Longer Fits
work, migration, India
Intro
Intro
career
Costume Ambition
Costume Ambition
society
Mindfulness?
Mindfulness?
Calcutta
Bassline, Backhoe, Breath
Bassline, Backhoe, Breath
Personal
Shouldering the Chips: A Bengali Odyssey Through Calcutta’s Public Transport
Shouldering the Chips: A Bengali Odyssey Through Calcutta’s Public Transport
Calcutta
Can't Go Back to Childhood—Except as a Misremembering Ghost
Can't Go Back to Childhood—Except as a Misremembering Ghost
Memoir
The Bengali Baby
The Bengali Baby
Personal Essay
Fish Market Merit and the Small Republic of Honesty
Fish Market Merit and the Small Republic of Honesty
Personal Essay