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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
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 Return of the Sweets
The Return of the Sweets
Short Fiction
The Chair and the Drain
The Chair and the Drain
Artificial Intelligence
The Weight of Wet Heat
The Weight of Wet Heat
Personal Essay
Confounding Factors and the Dashboard That Lied Politely
Confounding Factors and the Dashboard That Lied Politely
healthcare-it
Kenneth Arrow in the Waiting Room
Kenneth Arrow in the Waiting Room
Economics
Clinical AI Needs A Shadow Architecture First
Clinical AI Needs A Shadow Architecture First
Healthcare-IT
The Curious Day When the Sun Pauses and Humanity Stretches
The Curious Day When the Sun Pauses and Humanity Stretches
Science and Society
The Seasonal Crop
The Seasonal Crop
Short Fiction
Faces for Ashtami
Faces for Ashtami
Short Fiction
The Gut of God
The Gut of God
Short Fiction
The Mothers of Tangra
The Mothers of Tangra
Short Fiction
The Chant Beneath Chowringhee
The Chant Beneath Chowringhee
Short Fiction
Phage at Beliaghata
Phage at Beliaghata
Short Fiction
Circle of Death
Circle of Death
Short Fiction
The Test Is Congress Where Congress Rules
The Test Is Congress Where Congress Rules
Politics
The Eye-Eater of Hazra
The Eye-Eater of Hazra
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
Faces in the Municipal Water
Faces in the Municipal Water
Short Fiction
The Average Weight of Sunday
The Average Weight of Sunday
Short Fiction
The Water Remembers
The Water Remembers
Short Fiction
The End of History, and Other Overconfident Announcements
The End of History, and Other Overconfident Announcements
Ideas
The Useful Box and the Bengali Problem of Too Many Choices
The Useful Box and the Bengali Problem of Too Many Choices
Systems Thinking
Synthetic Jest and the Great Bengali Smile Factory
Synthetic Jest and the Great Bengali Smile Factory
Social Commentary
The Antibiotic That Came Back With a Stick
The Antibiotic That Came Back With a Stick
Healthcare
The Body Becomes a Small Oven
The Body Becomes a Small Oven
Public Health
The Cockroach Party and the Politics of Being Insulted
The Cockroach Party and the Politics of Being Insulted
Politics
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 Plague of Pseudoscience in India
The Plague of Pseudoscience in India
Science and Society
The Desperation Premium
The Desperation Premium
Technology and Society
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
The Geography of Contentment
The Geography of Contentment
Life
The Zeitgeist of Calcutta Has Changed
The Zeitgeist of Calcutta Has Changed
Calcutta
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
The Second Mouth
The Second Mouth
Short Fiction
Maybe the Body Is Not Broken
Maybe the Body Is Not Broken
Calcutta
One More Bhaar Cha Before Night Falls
One More Bhaar Cha Before Night Falls
Calcutta
Election Puja And The Common Eye
Election Puja And The Common Eye
Politics
Woke: How a Tiny American Word Became a Full-Time Street Fight
Woke: How a Tiny American Word Became a Full-Time Street Fight
Culture
Why I am Misunderstood as a Blogger
Why I am Misunderstood as a Blogger
Personal
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
The Tea Stall as an Anti-AI Safety System
The Tea Stall as an Anti-AI Safety System
AI and Society
How Are You and Other Small Cruelties
How Are You and Other Small Cruelties
Personal Satire
The Prognosis Is Clarity
The Prognosis Is Clarity
Philosophy
Calcutta’s Sugar Problem Is Not Only Sugar
Calcutta’s Sugar Problem Is Not Only Sugar
Health & Society
Facial Pleasure Receipts
Facial Pleasure Receipts
Culture
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
Jogar, Jugaad, and the Greedy Improvisation of India
Jogar, Jugaad, and the Greedy Improvisation of India
India
Natural Selection Is Not Just About Animals
Natural Selection Is Not Just About Animals
Systems Thinking
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
The Ghost as Perception
The Ghost as Perception
Philosophy
Universal Basic Income in India After Work Stops Being a Promise
Universal Basic Income in India After Work Stops Being a Promise
Political Economy
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
India's White-Collar Issue
India's White-Collar Issue
India
Intro
Intro
career
Pohela Baisakh
Pohela Baisakh
history
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
America and Calcutta
America and Calcutta
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