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The Fish of Babughat
The Fish of Babughat
Short Fiction
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
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
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
The Loadshedding Shape
The Loadshedding Shape
Short Fiction
Twaddle Tendency
Twaddle Tendency
Essay
Hilsa and the Family Court of Appetite
Hilsa and the Family Court of Appetite
Culture
Jealous of the Stupid
Jealous of the Stupid
Essay
Frog in the Robot Century
Frog in the Robot Century
Essay
Artisanal Darkness in a Kolkata Room
Artisanal Darkness in a Kolkata Room
Personal Essay
The Recidivism of Fraud
The Recidivism of Fraud
Essay
Entropy in a Rented Room
Entropy in a Rented Room
Science Essay
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 Heap That Remembered
The Heap That Remembered
Short Fiction
The Gracefully Grotesque Collapse
The Gracefully Grotesque Collapse
Essay
The North-Facing Room
The North-Facing Room
Short Fiction
The Corridor of Wind
The Corridor of Wind
Short Fiction
The Polished Ghost of Banamali Lane
The Polished Ghost of Banamali Lane
Short Fiction
The Tamarind Orbit
The Tamarind Orbit
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
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
A Cup of Cha Is Not a Small Thing
A Cup of Cha Is Not a Small Thing
Essay
English Is Not a Subject. It Is a Passport.
English Is Not a Subject. It Is a Passport.
Education
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
Three Heads for Migraine
Three Heads for Migraine
Short Fiction
Faces in the Municipal Water
Faces in the Municipal Water
Short Fiction
Meanline
Meanline
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 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 Animals That Did Not Know Smiling
The Animals That Did Not Know Smiling
Short Fiction
The Filth That Learned to Stand
The Filth That Learned to Stand
Short Fiction
The Small Usefulness of Suspecting You Are a Fool
The Small Usefulness of Suspecting You Are a Fool
Essay
The Blister Labels
The Blister Labels
Short Fiction
The End of History, and Other Overconfident Announcements
The End of History, and Other Overconfident Announcements
Ideas
Hawkers Are Not Rubbish To Be Swept Before Breakfast
Hawkers Are Not Rubbish To Be Swept Before Breakfast
Social Commentary
The Happy Water
The Happy Water
Short Fiction
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 Protein Man
The Protein Man
Short Fiction
The Dark Matter Man of Kalighat
The Dark Matter Man of Kalighat
Short Fiction
Square Peg, Round Hole, Bad Weather
Square Peg, Round Hole, Bad Weather
Mental Health
Bengali Tintin In The Republic Of Garbage
Bengali Tintin In The Republic Of Garbage
Satire
The Last Notification
The Last Notification
Short Fiction
The AI Moat Is the Missing Salary
The AI Moat Is the Missing Salary
AI and Society
The Body Becomes a Small Oven
The Body Becomes a Small Oven
Public Health
The Room, the Light, and the Brittle Mind
The Room, the Light, and the Brittle Mind
Personal
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
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 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
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
Shallow Water, Loud Television
Shallow Water, Loud Television
Essay
Tea with George Orwell
Tea with George Orwell
Essay
The Dhoti, the Toothache, and the Great Bengali Flapping Problem
The Dhoti, the Toothache, and the Great Bengali Flapping Problem
Personal
What India Meant by Demonetization, and Where We Are
What India Meant by Demonetization, and Where We Are
Economy
The Coming Unemployment
The Coming Unemployment
AI
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
Clay Stoves, Hormuz, and the Price of Breath in Calcutta
Clay Stoves, Hormuz, and the Price of Breath in Calcutta
Calcutta 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
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
The Bengali Hikikomori and the Shrinking Map of His Life
The Bengali Hikikomori and the Shrinking Map of His Life
Personal
Trying to Write About Healthcare IT in a Country of Missing Systems
Trying to Write About Healthcare IT in a Country of Missing Systems
Healthcare-IT
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
Stagnant Water at Morning
Stagnant Water at Morning
Personal
Existential Arithmetic at Bread Level
Existential Arithmetic at Bread Level
Personal
The Boy Inside the Broken House
The Boy Inside the Broken House
Personal
The Thin-Fat Bengali and the Treacherous Little Belly
The Thin-Fat Bengali and the Treacherous Little Belly
Health
The AI Layoff Trap: How Companies Can Fire Their Own Customers
The AI Layoff Trap: How Companies Can Fire Their Own Customers
AI Economics
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
Calcutta Smog and the Coming Winter
Calcutta Smog and the Coming Winter
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
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
Maa Sitala, Maa Manasa, and the Bad Public Health Architecture of Fear
Maa Sitala, Maa Manasa, and the Bad Public Health Architecture of Fear
Public Health
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
Universal Basic Income in India After Work Stops Being a Promise
Universal Basic Income in India After Work Stops Being a Promise
Political Economy
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
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
Mindfulness?
Mindfulness?
Calcutta
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
Driving the Accord
Driving the Accord
personal
Shouldering the Chips: A Bengali Odyssey Through Calcutta's Public Transport
Shouldering the Chips: A Bengali Odyssey Through Calcutta's Public Transport
Calcutta
Can't Go Back to Childhood-Except as a Misremembering Ghost
Can't Go Back to Childhood-Except as a Misremembering Ghost
Memoir
An Architect's Education
An Architect's Education
Healthcare-IT
Schooling in Calcutta
Schooling in Calcutta
Personal