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The New Mantra
The New Mantra
Career
Bar English for Bengalis Who Have Escaped the Tea Stall
Bar English for Bengalis Who Have Escaped the Tea Stall
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
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
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
VistA, MUMPS, and the Warehouse After Midnight
VistA, MUMPS, and the Warehouse After Midnight
Healthcare-IT
Kenneth Arrow in the Waiting Room
Kenneth Arrow in the Waiting Room
Economics
The Pariah Porcupine
The Pariah Porcupine
Personal Essay
Clinical AI Needs A Shadow Architecture First
Clinical AI Needs A Shadow Architecture First
Healthcare-IT
Crab Diaries of a Bengali Kakistocrat
Crab Diaries of a Bengali Kakistocrat
Personal Essay
Administratively Deleted
Administratively Deleted
Personal Essay
Aimless With Mangoes
Aimless With Mangoes
Personal Essay
The Horoscope That Fits Everybody
The Horoscope That Fits Everybody
Society
The Bengali Who Knows Too Much to Move
The Bengali Who Knows Too Much to Move
Personal Essay
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
Hilsa and the Family Court of Appetite
Hilsa and the Family Court of Appetite
Culture
The Cup That Refused to Become Content
The Cup That Refused to Become Content
Personal Essay
The Fog of Future Tense
The Fog of Future Tense
Personal Essay
Jealous of the Stupid
Jealous of the Stupid
Essay
The Good Boy Hunger
The Good Boy Hunger
Short Fiction
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
The Public Mouth
The Public 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 Ordinary Things
The Ordinary Things
Personal Essay
Newton's First Law and the Bladder
Newton's First Law and the Bladder
Personal Science
Ram Bharose Is No Bharosa
Ram Bharose Is No Bharosa
Personal Essay
The Fourth-Standard Saint
The Fourth-Standard Saint
Short Fiction
The Great Indian Fence-Sitter
The Great Indian Fence-Sitter
Society
The Morning Verdict Is Not Law
The Morning Verdict Is Not Law
Mental Health
Why I Write on Small Things
Why I Write on Small Things
Personal Essay
The Badly Lit Municipality of Myself
The Badly Lit Municipality of Myself
Personal Essay
The Courage to Be Disliked in a Sweating Calcutta Room
The Courage to Be Disliked in a Sweating Calcutta Room
Psychology
I Like Fish, But I Refuse to Worship Rot
I Like Fish, But I Refuse to Worship Rot
Society
The Local Disgrace Still Making Noise
The Local Disgrace Still Making Noise
Personal Essay
The Stone Under the Skin
The Stone Under the Skin
Mental Health
The Third Stomach
The Third Stomach
Short Fiction
Head Tax
Head Tax
Short Fiction
The Gracefully Grotesque Collapse
The Gracefully Grotesque Collapse
Essay
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 Skull Under the Bridge
The Skull Under the Bridge
Short Fiction
The Sofa Bird
The Sofa Bird
Short Fiction
The Sword in the Frame
The Sword in the Frame
Short Fiction
The Ninth Tap
The Ninth Tap
Short Fiction
The Corridor of Wind
The Corridor of Wind
Short Fiction
The Humming Under the Bandage
The Humming Under the Bandage
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
The Rain in Anirban’s Head
The Rain in Anirban’s Head
Short Fiction
Faces in the Municipal Water
Faces in the Municipal Water
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 Vegetarian
The Vegetarian
Short Fiction
Bad Logic at Three in the Morning
Bad Logic at Three in the Morning
Mental Health
The Animals That Did Not Know Smiling
The Animals That Did Not Know Smiling
Short Fiction
The Pressure in Sinthee
The Pressure in Sinthee
Short Fiction
The Small Usefulness of Suspecting You Are a Fool
The Small Usefulness of Suspecting You Are a Fool
Essay
The Water Remembers
The Water Remembers
Short Fiction
The Blister Labels
The Blister Labels
Short Fiction
Kaak Bhairav
Kaak Bhairav
Short Fiction
The Happy Water
The Happy Water
Short Fiction
The Unrecorded Error
The Unrecorded Error
Healthcare-IT
The Useful Box and the Bengali Problem of Too Many Choices
The Useful Box and the Bengali Problem of Too Many Choices
Systems Thinking
Wrong Shelf
Wrong Shelf
Short Fiction
The Concentric Angsts of a Bankrupt Bengali Man
The Concentric Angsts of a Bankrupt Bengali Man
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
The Antibiotic That Came Back With a Stick
The Antibiotic That Came Back With a Stick
Healthcare
The Protein Man
The Protein Man
Short Fiction
The Dark Matter Man of Kalighat
The Dark Matter Man of Kalighat
Short Fiction
The Dawn Is Still Open
The Dawn Is Still Open
Personal Essay
Square Peg, Round Hole, Bad Weather
Square Peg, Round Hole, Bad Weather
Mental Health
The Morlocks in White Kurta
The Morlocks in White Kurta
Society
The Last Notification
The Last Notification
Short Fiction
The Body Becomes a Small Oven
The Body Becomes a Small Oven
Public Health
Hedonist Hollow Men on the Selfie Treadmill
Hedonist Hollow Men on the Selfie Treadmill
Society
Poisson Distribution in Healthcare IT
Poisson Distribution in Healthcare IT
Healthcare-IT
Society With Open Drains and Polished Shoes
Society With Open Drains and Polished Shoes
Personal Essay
Nostril Hairs and the Tainted Calcutta Summer
Nostril Hairs and the Tainted Calcutta Summer
Personal Essay
The Pharmacy Bandh Is Not Only About Apps
The Pharmacy Bandh Is Not Only About Apps
Healthcare-IT
The Calcutta Summer of 2026
The Calcutta Summer of 2026
Climate
The Classification and Variety of Rotting People in Calcutta
The Classification and Variety of Rotting People in Calcutta
Calcutta
Falling Through the Crack
Falling Through the Crack
Personal Essay
Fellow Passengers and the Broken Record
Fellow Passengers and the Broken Record
Life
The Plague of Pseudoscience in India
The Plague of Pseudoscience in India
Science and Society
Reading Is Not Homework. It Is How the Mind Keeps Change.
Reading Is Not Homework. It Is How the Mind Keeps Change.
Essay
Shallow Water, Loud Television
Shallow Water, Loud Television
Essay
The Desperation Premium
The Desperation Premium
Technology and Society
Obama, HITECH, and the Electronic Chart
Obama, HITECH, and the Electronic Chart
Healthcare-IT
Samir Ranjan Das and the Visual Mind
Samir Ranjan Das and the Visual Mind
Personal
What India Meant by Demonetization, and Where We Are
What India Meant by Demonetization, and Where We Are
Economy
Bellwethers Before a Low
Bellwethers Before a Low
Personal Essay
Still Here, in the Corner Room
Still Here, in the Corner Room
Personal Essay
The Geography of Contentment
The Geography of Contentment
Life
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
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
Clay Stoves, Hormuz, and the Price of Breath in Calcutta
Clay Stoves, Hormuz, and the Price of Breath in Calcutta
Calcutta Life
Tea Before the Weather Turns
Tea Before the Weather Turns
Personal Essay
The Second Mouth
The Second Mouth
Short Fiction
The Vegetable Seller Before Dawn
The Vegetable Seller 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
The Bengali Hikikomori and the Shrinking Map of His Life
The Bengali Hikikomori and the Shrinking Map of His Life
Personal
When Brains Are Bright but Systems Are Blind
When Brains Are Bright but Systems Are Blind
Artificial Intelligence
When Diabetes Started Asking About Its Ancestors
When Diabetes Started Asking About Its Ancestors
Healthcare Science
The Nightmare of Indian Healthcare for the Common Man
The Nightmare of Indian Healthcare for the Common Man
Healthcare
The Chatbot Arrived Before the Seatbelt
The Chatbot Arrived Before the Seatbelt
AI Safety
The Rotten Sack Theory of Indian Politics
The Rotten Sack Theory of Indian Politics
Politics
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
The Boy Inside the Broken House
The Boy Inside the Broken House
Personal
The Magnet, the Bulb, and the Battery
The Magnet, the Bulb, and the Battery
Personal
Coding After the Keyboard: How AI Agents Learned to Roam the Codebase
Coding After the Keyboard: How AI Agents Learned to Roam the Codebase
Artificial Intelligence
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
SludgeGPT and the Mirage of Machine Understanding
SludgeGPT and the Mirage of Machine Understanding
Artificial Intelligence
Anthropic Is Coming for Wall Street
Anthropic Is Coming for Wall Street
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
Applied Multivariate Statistical Modeling in Healthcare IT, Part 1
Applied Multivariate Statistical Modeling in Healthcare IT, Part 1
Healthcare-IT
Chronic Traumatic Nihilism From Calcutta
Chronic Traumatic Nihilism From Calcutta
Personal Essay
The Kolkata Commuter Waiting for a Bus
The Kolkata Commuter Waiting for a Bus
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
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
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 Educated Horror of Having Nowhere to Go
The Educated Horror of Having Nowhere to Go
Society
The City That Begs at the Window
The City That Begs at the Window
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
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
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
Mental Health Polypharmacy Needs Real Decision Support
Healthcare-IT
Natural Selection Is Not Just About Animals
Natural Selection Is Not Just About Animals
Systems Thinking
The Epistemic Iceberg Effect
The Epistemic Iceberg Effect
knowledge
The Shadow Architecture of Healthcare Data Work
The Shadow Architecture of Healthcare Data Work
Healthcare-IT
The Four Fundamental Subspaces of Linear Algebra
The Four Fundamental Subspaces of Linear Algebra
Mathematics
Universal Basic Income in India After Work Stops Being a Promise
Universal Basic Income in India After Work Stops Being a Promise
Political Economy
AI Health Insurance and Cruelty
AI Health Insurance and Cruelty
Healthcare AI
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
Databases and Data Warehouses From First Principles
Databases and Data Warehouses From First Principles
Healthcare-IT
The Last Economy
The Last Economy
Technology
The History of the Shape of Atoms
The History of the Shape of Atoms
Science
Vector Databases and the Shape of Clinical Memory
Vector Databases and the Shape of Clinical Memory
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
Homeopathy
Homeopathy
healthcare-systems
Hormuz, Day 52
Hormuz, Day 52
Geopolitics
Mindfulness?
Mindfulness?
Calcutta
AQI 420 and the Great Indian Snot Mine
AQI 420 and the Great Indian Snot Mine
personal
Bassline, Backhoe, Breath
Bassline, Backhoe, Breath
Personal
America and Calcutta
America and Calcutta
personal
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
An Architect's Education
An Architect's Education
Career
Schooling in Calcutta
Schooling in Calcutta
Personal
Welcome to SuvroGhosh.in
Welcome to SuvroGhosh.in
Personal Essay