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The Unveiling
The Unveiling
Personal 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 Pages
The Weight of Pages
Culture
Sharper Teeth
Sharper Teeth
Essay
The Churning of the Lesser Fluids
The Churning of the Lesser Fluids
Essay
The Trillionaire Gap: A Bipolar Ramble from South Calcutta
The Trillionaire Gap: A Bipolar Ramble from South Calcutta
Personal Essay
The AI Sermon and the Wet Knot
The AI Sermon and the Wet Knot
Technology
The Cup That Refused to Become Content
The Cup That Refused to Become Content
Personal Essay
Slow Poisoning Republic
Slow Poisoning Republic
Society
The Human Intake Pipe
The Human Intake Pipe
Science
The Ordinary Things
The Ordinary Things
Personal Essay
The AI Harmonium Players
The AI Harmonium Players
Technology
The Courage to Be Disliked in a Sweating Calcutta Room
The Courage to Be Disliked in a Sweating Calcutta Room
Psychology
The Rent Is a Clock
The Rent Is a Clock
Personal Essay
The Billing Hour Has Started to Smell
The Billing Hour Has Started to Smell
Technology
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
ASMR: The Softly Whispered Apocalypse
ASMR: The Softly Whispered Apocalypse
Satire
English Is Not a Subject. It Is a Passport.
English Is Not a Subject. It Is a Passport.
Education
The Unrecorded Error
The Unrecorded Error
Healthcare IT
The Hidden Bill for Asking AI Instead of Hiring an Expert
The Hidden Bill for Asking AI Instead of Hiring an Expert
Technology
Trapped by the Room, the Mirror, and the Feed
Trapped by the Room, the Mirror, and the Feed
Mental Health
The Morlocks in White Kurta
The Morlocks in White Kurta
Society
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
Hedonist Hollow Men on the Selfie Treadmill
Hedonist Hollow Men on the Selfie Treadmill
Society
Bogosity, Enshittification, and the Glittering Drain
Bogosity, Enshittification, and the Glittering Drain
Technology and Society
Writing Nothing From the Edge of Calcutta
Writing Nothing From the Edge of Calcutta
Personal Essay
The Coming White-Collar Mendicancy
The Coming White-Collar Mendicancy
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 Desperation Premium
The Desperation Premium
Technology and Society
What India Meant by Demonetization, and Where We Are
What India Meant by Demonetization, and Where We Are
Economy
The Coming Unemployment
The Coming Unemployment
AI
The AI Cloud Will Also Need a Pump, a Plug, and a Tanker
The AI Cloud Will Also Need a Pump, a Plug, and a Tanker
Technology
One More Bhaar Cha Before Night Falls
One More Bhaar Cha Before Night Falls
Calcutta
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
Pixels That Make Us Feel Present
Pixels That Make Us Feel Present
Society
AI, Meaningful Work, and the Trust Collapse
AI, Meaningful Work, and the Trust Collapse
Artificial Intelligence
Chronic Traumatic Nihilism From Calcutta
Chronic Traumatic Nihilism From Calcutta
Personal Essay
LinkedIn, Unemployment, and the National X-Ray
LinkedIn, Unemployment, and the National X-Ray
Society
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
Why I Write What I Write
Why I Write What I Write
Personal Essay
When Nothing Beats Something
When Nothing Beats Something
Technology
When the Office Learns to Beg
When the Office Learns to Beg
Society
Why Scrolling Beats Reading, Until It Ruins the Reader
Why Scrolling Beats Reading, Until It Ruins the Reader
Technology
The Negative Infinity Before the Singularity
The Negative Infinity Before the Singularity
Healthcare AI
The Mental Health System Will Meet the AI Wave at Its Weakest Joint
The Mental Health System Will Meet the AI Wave at Its Weakest Joint
Artificial Intelligence
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
Healthcare AI and the Wrong Objective
Healthcare AI and the Wrong Objective
Healthcare AI
Jogar, Jugaad, and the Greedy Improvisation of India
Jogar, Jugaad, and the Greedy Improvisation of India
India
Universal Basic Income in India After Work Stops Being a Promise
Universal Basic Income in India After Work Stops Being a Promise
political economy
The Middle Class on Tilted Stones
The Middle Class on Tilted Stones
society
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
India’s White-Collar Issue
India’s White-Collar Issue
india
Intro
Intro
career
The Pufferfish Economy
The Pufferfish Economy
society
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
Costume Ambition
Costume Ambition
society
The Aromatics of Stagnation
The Aromatics of Stagnation
Calcutta