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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
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
Confounding Factors and the Dashboard That Lied Politely
Confounding Factors and the Dashboard That Lied Politely
healthcare-it
The Person Is Not a Machine
The Person Is Not a Machine
Personal Essay
The Horoscope That Fits Everybody
The Horoscope That Fits Everybody
Society
Shortchanged From Dollar To Paise
Shortchanged From Dollar To Paise
Personal Essay
The Cup That Refused to Become Content
The Cup That Refused to Become Content
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
Tea, Depression, and the Probability of a Blog
Tea, Depression, and the Probability of a Blog
Personal Essay
Fractal Geometry of a Half-Lived Life
Fractal Geometry of a Half-Lived Life
Personal Essay
The Recidivism of Fraud
The Recidivism of Fraud
Essay
Shiva and the Poison in the Throat
Shiva and the Poison in the Throat
Personal Essay
The Human Intake Pipe
The Human Intake Pipe
Science
The Ordinary Things
The Ordinary Things
Personal Essay
Label: Road
Label: Road
Short Fiction
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
I Like Fish, But I Refuse to Worship Rot
I Like Fish, But I Refuse to Worship Rot
Society
The Former Bright Boy Problem
The Former Bright Boy Problem
Personal Essay
The Rent Is a Clock
The Rent Is a Clock
Personal Essay
After America, Before Nothing
After America, Before Nothing
Personal Essay
The Dry Drowning
The Dry Drowning
Short Fiction
The Unpaid Consultant and the Theology of Hope
The Unpaid Consultant and the Theology of Hope
Personal Essay
Do Not Sell Your Pressure Cooker for RTX Spark
Do Not Sell Your Pressure Cooker for RTX Spark
Technology
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 Tamarind Orbit
The Tamarind Orbit
Short Fiction
When Variety Starts Wearing the Same Shirt
When Variety Starts Wearing the Same Shirt
Culture
English Is Not a Subject. It Is a Passport.
English Is Not a Subject. It Is a Passport.
Education
Faces in the Municipal Water
Faces in the Municipal Water
Short Fiction
Knife Bite
Knife Bite
Short Fiction
Milk Teeth of the City
Milk Teeth of the City
Short Fiction
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
The Blister Labels
The Blister Labels
Short Fiction
The Happy Water
The Happy Water
Short Fiction
The Protein Man
The Protein Man
Short Fiction
The Dawn Is Still Open
The Dawn Is Still Open
Personal Essay
When Suffering Refuses to Leave the Room
When Suffering Refuses to Leave the Room
Mental Health
Hi-Fi Sound Without the Perfume: Mono, Stereo, 5.1, Dolby, DTS, Atmos, and the Great Audio Bazaar
Hi-Fi Sound Without the Perfume: Mono, Stereo, 5.1, Dolby, DTS, Atmos, and the Great Audio Bazaar
Audio Technology
The AI Moat Is the Missing Salary
The AI Moat Is the Missing Salary
AI and Society
The Cockroach Party and the Politics of Being Insulted
The Cockroach Party and the Politics of Being Insulted
Politics
Nostril Hairs and the Tainted Calcutta Summer
Nostril Hairs and the Tainted Calcutta Summer
Personal Essay
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
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
The Plague of Pseudoscience in India
The Plague of Pseudoscience in India
Science and Society
Samir Ranjan Das and the Visual Mind
Samir Ranjan Das and the Visual Mind
Personal
The Coming Unemployment
The Coming Unemployment
AI
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
The Vegetable Girl Before Dawn
The Vegetable Girl Before Dawn
Personal Essay
One More Bhaar Cha Before Night Falls
One More Bhaar Cha Before Night Falls
Calcutta
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
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
Why India Produces So Many Different Species of Goons
Why India Produces So Many Different Species of Goons
Society
The Rotten Sack Theory of Indian Politics
The Rotten Sack Theory of Indian Politics
Politics
Bengal Changed Color, Not Yet Character
Bengal Changed Color, Not Yet Character
Politics and Society
SludgeGPT and the Mirage of Machine Understanding
SludgeGPT and the Mirage of Machine Understanding
Artificial Intelligence
Depression as Mathematics: States, Switches, Attractors, and the Treacherous Algebra of Mood
Depression as Mathematics: States, Switches, Attractors, and the Treacherous Algebra of Mood
Mental Health Systems
Bangalore and the Plumbing of Pretension
Bangalore and the Plumbing of Pretension
Society
Chronic Traumatic Nihilism From Calcutta
Chronic Traumatic Nihilism From Calcutta
Personal Essay
The Unhelpful Man in Calcutta
The Unhelpful Man in Calcutta
Personal Essay
LinkedIn, Unemployment, and the National X-Ray
LinkedIn, Unemployment, and the National X-Ray
Society
Self-Gaslit Minds in the Age of AI
Self-Gaslit Minds in the Age of AI
Technology
AI Agents Will Not Democratize Power Neatly
AI Agents Will Not Democratize Power Neatly
Artificial Intelligence
The English Medium Urine Stain
The English Medium Urine Stain
Memoir
The Painful Tooth Fairy
The Painful Tooth Fairy
Personal Essay
Political Promises and the Hard Floor of Reality
Political Promises and the Hard Floor of Reality
Politics
The Contender Who Would Not Compete
The Contender Who Would Not Compete
Personal Essay
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
The Range Limit of Kinship
The Range Limit of Kinship
Society
The Educated Horror of Having Nowhere to Go
The Educated Horror of Having Nowhere to Go
Society
When Nothing Beats Something
When Nothing Beats Something
Technology
The City That Begs at the Window
The City That Begs at the Window
Society
When the Office Learns to Beg
When the Office Learns to Beg
Society
The Barebones Lifeboat: America, Calcutta, and the Price of Staying Afloat
The Barebones Lifeboat: America, Calcutta, and the Price of Staying Afloat
Personal
The Country That Built Rockets but Still Consults the Stars
The Country That Built Rockets but Still Consults the Stars
Society
Politics Is a Machine for Spoiling Ordinary People
Politics Is a Machine for Spoiling Ordinary People
Politics
When Structure Loses Its Map
When Structure Loses Its Map
Society
Facial Pleasure Receipts
Facial Pleasure Receipts
Culture
India’s Semiconductor Problem Is Not a Missing Slogan
India’s Semiconductor Problem Is Not a Missing Slogan
Technology
The Negative Infinity Before the Singularity
The Negative Infinity Before the Singularity
Healthcare AI
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
Jogar, Jugaad, and the Greedy Improvisation of India
Jogar, Jugaad, and the Greedy Improvisation of India
India
Mental Health Polypharmacy Needs Real Decision Support, Not Another Checkbox
Mental Health Polypharmacy Needs Real Decision Support, Not Another Checkbox
Healthcare IT
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
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
The Epistemic Iceberg Effect
The Epistemic Iceberg Effect
knowledge
The Shadow Architecture: Lessons from a Decade Bootstrapping Healthcare Data Systems
The Shadow Architecture: Lessons from a Decade Bootstrapping Healthcare Data Systems
Healthcare IT
The Four Fundamental Subspaces of Linear Algebra
The Four Fundamental Subspaces of Linear Algebra
mathematics
HL7 vs FHIR, Explained Simply
HL7 vs FHIR, Explained Simply
Healthcare IT
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
The Middle Class on Tilted Stones
The Middle Class on Tilted Stones
society
The Invasive Human Weed Species
The Invasive Human Weed Species
society
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
Tea
Tea
food-and-culture
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
The History of the Shape of Atoms
The History of the Shape of Atoms
science
Building VA Data Warehouses
Building VA Data Warehouses
healthcare-it
The Fish Bengalis Eat
The Fish Bengalis Eat
food
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
The Pufferfish Economy
The Pufferfish Economy
society
Cicada, BA.3.2
Cicada, BA.3.2
public-health
Trigonometric  Colonization
Trigonometric Colonization
history-of-science
HIE from First Principles
HIE from First Principles
healthcare it
HIE From First Principles, With The Patient Still In The Room
HIE From First Principles, With The Patient Still In The Room
healthcare-it
Hormuz, Day 52
Hormuz, Day 52
geopolitics
Costume Ambition
Costume Ambition
society
The Questions You Ask
The Questions You Ask
healthcare it
AQI 420 and the Great Indian Snot Mine
AQI 420 and the Great Indian Snot Mine
personal
Driving the Accord
Driving the Accord
personal
Shouldering the Chips: A Bengali Odyssey Through Calcutta’s Public Transport
Shouldering the Chips: A Bengali Odyssey Through Calcutta’s Public Transport
Calcutta
Fish Market Merit and the Small Republic of Honesty
Fish Market Merit and the Small Republic of Honesty
Personal Essay