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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
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
The Return of the Sweets
The Return of the Sweets
Short Fiction
The Thermodynamics of Fishy Things
The Thermodynamics of Fishy Things
Artificial Intelligence
The Weight of Wet Heat
The Weight of Wet Heat
Personal Essay
Complexity in Calcutta
Complexity in Calcutta
Personal Essay
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 Person Is Not a Machine
The Person Is Not a Machine
Personal Essay
FHIR and the Clerk With the Clipboard
FHIR and the Clerk With the Clipboard
Healthcare-IT
Clinical AI Needs A Shadow Architecture First
Clinical AI Needs A Shadow Architecture First
Healthcare-IT
The Loadshedding Shape
The Loadshedding Shape
Short Fiction
The Man Who Knew Everybody
The Man Who Knew Everybody
Short Fiction
The Official Mouth
The Official Mouth
Short Fiction
Newton's First Law and the Bladder
Newton's First Law and the Bladder
Personal Science
Rain Before Rain
Rain Before Rain
Short Fiction
The Dry Drowning
The Dry Drowning
Short Fiction
The Heap That Remembered
The Heap That Remembered
Short Fiction
The Language Under Hatibagan
The Language Under Hatibagan
Short Fiction
The Mothers of Tangra
The Mothers of Tangra
Short Fiction
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 North-Facing Room
The North-Facing Room
Short Fiction
Benford's Law and the Ledger That Sweats
Benford's Law and the Ledger That Sweats
Mathematics
The Eye-Eater of Hazra
The Eye-Eater of Hazra
Short Fiction
The Free Prasad Hour
The Free Prasad Hour
Short Fiction
The Humming Under the Bandage
The Humming Under the Bandage
Short Fiction
The Temperature of Attention
The Temperature of Attention
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
The Cow That Spoke Like NPR
The Cow That Spoke Like NPR
Short Fiction
The Rain in Anirban’s Head
The Rain in Anirban’s Head
Short Fiction
Milk Teeth of the City
Milk Teeth of the City
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 June That Stayed
The June That Stayed
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
Keshkhor
Keshkhor
Short Fiction
The Water Remembers
The Water Remembers
Short Fiction
The Trolley Problem Is In The Healthcare Queue
The Trolley Problem Is In The Healthcare Queue
Healthcare-IT
The Last Notification
The Last Notification
Short Fiction
The Bridgerat of Cossipore
The Bridgerat of Cossipore
Short Fiction
Fellow Passengers and the Broken Record
Fellow Passengers and the Broken Record
Life
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
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
How To Start Machine Learning Without Buying Magic Beans
How To Start Machine Learning Without Buying Magic Beans
AI Education
The Second Mouth
The Second Mouth
Short Fiction
Storm in a Bhar
Storm in a Bhar
Short Fiction
The Morning of the Cutouts
The Morning of the Cutouts
Short Fiction
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
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
Why I am Misunderstood as a Blogger
Why I am Misunderstood as a Blogger
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
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
Calcutta’s Sugar Problem Is Not Only Sugar
Calcutta’s Sugar Problem Is Not Only Sugar
Health & Society
The Barebones Lifeboat: America, Calcutta, and the Price of Staying Afloat
The Barebones Lifeboat: America, Calcutta, and the Price of Staying Afloat
Personal
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
The Ghost as Perception
The Ghost as Perception
Philosophy
Latent Space and the Hidden Map of Healthcare Data
Latent Space and the Hidden Map of Healthcare Data
Healthcare-IT
Vector Databases and the Shape of Clinical Memory
Vector Databases and the Shape of Clinical Memory
healthcare-it
Intro
Intro
career
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
AQI 420 and the Great Indian Snot Mine
AQI 420 and the Great Indian Snot Mine
personal
Mary's Room, Red Mangoes, and the Poor Man's Philosophy of Color
Mary's Room, Red Mangoes, and the Poor Man's Philosophy of Color
personal
Bassline, Backhoe, Breath
Bassline, Backhoe, Breath
Personal
America and Calcutta
America and Calcutta
personal