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Simpson's Paradox I See Around Me
Simpson's Paradox I See Around Me
Statistics
Bar English for Bengalis Who Have Escaped the Tea Stall
Bar English for Bengalis Who Have Escaped the Tea Stall
Culture
The Chair and the Drain
The Chair and the Drain
Artificial Intelligence
AI, Meaningful Work, and the Trust Collapse
AI, Meaningful Work, and the Trust Collapse
Artificial Intelligence
Crab Diaries of a Bengali Kakistocrat
Crab Diaries of a Bengali Kakistocrat
Personal Essay
The Churning of the Lesser Fluids
The Churning of the Lesser Fluids
Essay
Aimless With Mangoes
Aimless With Mangoes
Personal Essay
The Seasonal Crop
The Seasonal Crop
Short Fiction
The Man Who Knew Everybody
The Man Who Knew Everybody
Short Fiction
The Compressor and the Small Black Hole
The Compressor and the Small Black Hole
Personal Essay
The Nationalization of Shame
The Nationalization of Shame
Personal Essay
The Cup That Starts the Sun
The Cup That Starts the Sun
Personal Essay
Insect Forms of a Calcutta Life
Insect Forms of a Calcutta Life
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
The Corridor That Forgot to Breathe
The Corridor That Forgot to Breathe
Short Fiction
The Nethermost Layer of Dinner
The Nethermost Layer of Dinner
Personal Essay
The Wetland Under the Lights
The Wetland Under the Lights
Short Fiction
The Fourth-Standard Saint
The Fourth-Standard Saint
Short Fiction
Chyavana and the Refusal to Rot Quietly
Chyavana and the Refusal to Rot Quietly
Personal Essay
The Signal-to-Noise Ratio of a Ruined Life
The Signal-to-Noise Ratio of a Ruined Life
Personal Essay
The Black Reservoir
The Black Reservoir
Short Fiction
Greed Made Me Small
Greed Made Me Small
Personal Essay
The Heap That Remembered
The Heap That Remembered
Short Fiction
The Mothers of Tangra
The Mothers of Tangra
Short Fiction
The Pest Department in My Skull
The Pest Department in My Skull
Personal Essay
Phage at Beliaghata
Phage at Beliaghata
Short Fiction
Benford’s Law and the Ledger That Sweats
Benford’s Law and the Ledger That Sweats
Mathematics
The Ninth Tap
The Ninth Tap
Short Fiction
Human Rights, Oh What a Joke!
Human Rights, Oh What a Joke!
Society
The Corridor of Wind
The Corridor of Wind
Short Fiction
The Free Prasad Hour
The Free Prasad Hour
Short Fiction
The Humming Under the Bandage
The Humming Under the Bandage
Short Fiction
Truth, Adjustment, and the Cost of Coming Back
Truth, Adjustment, and the Cost of Coming Back
Social Commentary
The Fifth Window
The Fifth Window
Short Fiction
Faces in the Municipal Water
Faces in the Municipal Water
Short Fiction
Meanline
Meanline
Short Fiction
The Smoke Under Howrah
The Smoke Under Howrah
Short Fiction
The Vegetarian
The Vegetarian
Short Fiction
The Filth That Learned to Stand
The Filth That Learned to Stand
Short Fiction
The Water Remembers
The Water Remembers
Short Fiction
Cockroach Season
Cockroach Season
Short Fiction
Tau Scaling Law: The Chip Race Has Found a New Clock
Tau Scaling Law: The Chip Race Has Found a New Clock
Technology
The Unrecorded Error
The Unrecorded Error
Healthcare IT
Skepticism Is the Mosquito Net
Skepticism Is the Mosquito Net
Personal Essay
Will Darjeeling Stay Alive Like This?
Will Darjeeling Stay Alive Like This?
Personal Essay
Poison Often Wears a Clean Shirt
Poison Often Wears a Clean Shirt
Personal Essay
Rain, Power Cuts, and India Standing on Quicksand
Rain, Power Cuts, and India Standing on Quicksand
Personal Essay
The Protein Man
The Protein Man
Short Fiction
The Morlocks in White Kurta
The Morlocks in White Kurta
Society
Wet-Bulb, Dry-Bulb, and Feels Like: Why Kolkata Heat Is Not Just Heat
Wet-Bulb, Dry-Bulb, and Feels Like: Why Kolkata Heat Is Not Just Heat
Science
The Vitruvian Man: A Naked Man, Two Shapes, and Our Old Hunger for Order
The Vitruvian Man: A Naked Man, Two Shapes, and Our Old Hunger for Order
Art History
China Rose Like A Factory, India Is Rising Like A Bazaar
China Rose Like A Factory, India Is Rising Like A Bazaar
Geopolitics
Society With Open Drains and Polished Shoes
Society With Open Drains and Polished Shoes
Personal Essay
The Man Held by the Neck
The Man Held by the Neck
Politics
The Bridgerat of Cossipore
The Bridgerat of Cossipore
Short Fiction
Drake’s Equation, Alien Arithmetic, and the Bengali Who Refuses to Be Fooled by the Sky
Drake’s Equation, Alien Arithmetic, and the Bengali Who Refuses to Be Fooled by the Sky
Science
Ebola From First Principles: The Small Thread That Can Frighten a Planet
Ebola From First Principles: The Small Thread That Can Frighten a Planet
Public Health
The Coming White-Collar Mendicancy
The Coming White-Collar Mendicancy
Society
Babu Culture and the Indian Art of Bending
Babu Culture and the Indian Art of Bending
Society
Falling Through the Crack
Falling Through the Crack
Personal Essay
The Fat Animal in the Mirror
The Fat Animal in the Mirror
Essay
The Visible Work of Imaginary Things
The Visible Work of Imaginary Things
Personal Essay
The Zeitgeist of Calcutta Has Changed
The Zeitgeist of Calcutta Has Changed
Calcutta
If Asimov Never Put the Leash on the Robots
If Asimov Never Put the Leash on the Robots
Artificial Intelligence
I Am Probably the Least Motivational Blogger in India
I Am Probably the Least Motivational Blogger in India
Society
CRISPR: The Tiny Bacterial Trick That May Change Human Destiny
CRISPR: The Tiny Bacterial Trick That May Change Human Destiny
Science
Why India Produces So Many Different Species of Goons
Why India Produces So Many Different Species of Goons
Society
Bengal Changed Color, Not Yet Character
Bengal Changed Color, Not Yet Character
Politics and Society
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
AI, Meaningful Work, and the Trust Collapse
AI, Meaningful Work, and the Trust Collapse
Artificial Intelligence
A Calcutta Bengali’s Guide to the Various Schools of AI
A Calcutta Bengali’s Guide to the Various Schools of AI
Artificial Intelligence
The Kolkata Bat Waiting for a Bus
The Kolkata Bat Waiting for a Bus
Personal Essay
LinkedIn, Unemployment, and the National X-Ray
LinkedIn, Unemployment, and the National X-Ray
Society
The Genie Is Out of the Bottle
The Genie Is Out of the Bottle
Artificial Intelligence
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
Politics Is a Machine for Spoiling Ordinary People
Politics Is a Machine for Spoiling Ordinary People
Politics
Mental Health Polypharmacy Needs Real Decision Support, Not Another Checkbox
Mental Health Polypharmacy Needs Real Decision Support, Not Another Checkbox
Healthcare IT
The Epistemic Iceberg Effect
The Epistemic Iceberg Effect
knowledge
The Four Fundamental Subspaces of Linear Algebra
The Four Fundamental Subspaces of Linear Algebra
mathematics
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
How VA Healthcare Data Systems Work: From MUMPS to SQL
How VA Healthcare Data Systems Work: From MUMPS to SQL
Healthcare IT
AI Health Insurance and Cruelty
AI Health Insurance and Cruelty
healthcare ai
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
AI and Denial
AI and Denial
Artificial Intelligence
FHIR
FHIR
healthcare it
The Last Economy
The Last Economy
technology
The History of the Shape of Atoms
The History of the Shape of Atoms
science
The Bengali Baby
The Bengali Baby
Personal Essay