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Claude Fable 5, Mythos in a Muzzle, and the Poor Man's Future
Claude Fable 5, Mythos in a Muzzle, and the Poor Man's Future
AI
The Router Behind the Television
The Router Behind the Television
Cybersecurity
The Corridor of Wind
The Corridor of Wind
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
Silk Season
Silk Season
Short Fiction
The Rain in Anirban’s Head
The Rain in Anirban’s Head
Short Fiction
The Fifth Window
The Fifth Window
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 Protein Man
The Protein Man
Short Fiction
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
The Last Notification
The Last Notification
Short Fiction
Bogosity, Enshittification, and the Glittering Drain
Bogosity, Enshittification, and the Glittering Drain
Technology and Society
The Bridgerat of Cossipore
The Bridgerat of Cossipore
Short Fiction
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
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
The Dhoti, the Toothache, and the Great Bengali Flapping Problem
The Dhoti, the Toothache, and the Great Bengali Flapping Problem
Personal
The Coming Unemployment
The Coming Unemployment
AI
The Geography of Contentment
The Geography of Contentment
Life
How To Start Machine Learning Without Buying Magic Beans
How To Start Machine Learning Without Buying Magic Beans
AI Education
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
When Diabetes Started Asking About Its Ancestors
When Diabetes Started Asking About Its Ancestors
Healthcare Science
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
Existential Arithmetic at Bread Level
Existential Arithmetic at Bread Level
Personal
The Magnet, the Bulb, and the Battery
The Magnet, the Bulb, and the Battery
Personal
The Tea Stall as an Anti-AI Safety System
The Tea Stall as an Anti-AI Safety System
AI and Society
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
How Are You and Other Small Cruelties
How Are You and Other Small Cruelties
Personal Satire
The English Medium Urine Stain
The English Medium Urine Stain
Memoir
The Prognosis Is Clarity
The Prognosis Is Clarity
Philosophy
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
Facial Pleasure Receipts
Facial Pleasure Receipts
Culture
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
The Epistemic Iceberg Effect
The Epistemic Iceberg Effect
knowledge
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
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
Vector Databases and the Shape of Clinical Memory
Vector Databases and the Shape of Clinical Memory
healthcare-it
The Fish Bengalis Eat
The Fish Bengalis Eat
food
Intro
Intro
career
Trigonometric  Colonization
Trigonometric Colonization
history-of-science
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
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
This Blog's History
This Blog's History
Personal Reflections
An Architect's Education
An Architect's Education
Healthcare-IT
Schooling in Calcutta
Schooling in Calcutta
Personal