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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
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
Confounding Factors and the Dashboard That Lied Politely
Confounding Factors and the Dashboard That Lied Politely
healthcare-it
The Curious Day When the Sun Pauses and Humanity Stretches
The Curious Day When the Sun Pauses and Humanity Stretches
Science and Society
Hilsa and the Family Court of Appetite
Hilsa and the Family Court of Appetite
Culture
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
Faces in the Municipal Water
Faces in the Municipal Water
Short Fiction
The Average Weight of Sunday
The Average Weight of Sunday
Short Fiction
The End of History, and Other Overconfident Announcements
The End of History, and Other Overconfident Announcements
Ideas
The Useful Box and the Bengali Problem of Too Many Choices
The Useful Box and the Bengali Problem of Too Many Choices
Systems Thinking
Synthetic Jest and the Great Bengali Smile Factory
Synthetic Jest and the Great Bengali Smile Factory
Social Commentary
The Body Becomes a Small Oven
The Body Becomes a Small Oven
Public Health
Bogosity, Enshittification, and the Glittering Drain
Bogosity, Enshittification, and the Glittering Drain
Technology and Society
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 Geography of Contentment
The Geography of Contentment
Life
The Zeitgeist of Calcutta Has Changed
The Zeitgeist of Calcutta Has Changed
Calcutta
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
Maybe the Body Is Not Broken
Maybe the Body Is Not Broken
Calcutta
One More Bhaar Cha Before Night Falls
One More Bhaar Cha Before Night Falls
Calcutta
Election Puja And The Common Eye
Election Puja And The Common Eye
Politics
Why I am Misunderstood as a Blogger
Why I am Misunderstood as a Blogger
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
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
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
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
Why Myths Multiply When Randomness Is Left Unexplained
Why Myths Multiply When Randomness Is Left Unexplained
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
The Returnee Who No Longer Fits
The Returnee Who No Longer Fits
work, migration, India
Tea
Tea
food-and-culture
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
India's White-Collar Issue
India's White-Collar Issue
India
Intro
Intro
career
Pohela Baisakh
Pohela Baisakh
history
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
Bassline, Backhoe, Breath
Bassline, Backhoe, Breath
Personal
America and Calcutta
America and Calcutta
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