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Complexity in Calcutta
Complexity in Calcutta
Personal Essay
Kenneth Arrow in the Waiting Room
Kenneth Arrow in the Waiting Room
Economics
FHIR and the Clerk With the Clipboard
FHIR and the Clerk With the Clipboard
Healthcare-IT
The Loadshedding Shape
The Loadshedding Shape
Short Fiction
Ram Bharose Is No Bharosa
Ram Bharose Is No Bharosa
Personal Essay
The Ledger of Soft Parts
The Ledger of Soft Parts
Short Fiction
The Mothers of Tangra
The Mothers of Tangra
Short Fiction
The Chant Beneath Chowringhee
The Chant Beneath Chowringhee
Short Fiction
The Post That Took the Weather
The Post That Took the Weather
Short Fiction
The Second Rain
The Second Rain
Short Fiction
The Humming Under the Bandage
The Humming Under the Bandage
Short Fiction
The Tamarind Orbit
The Tamarind Orbit
Short Fiction
English Is Not a Subject. It Is a Passport.
English Is Not a Subject. It Is a Passport.
Education
The Small Republic of No One
The Small Republic of No One
Personal
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
The Pressure in Sinthee
The Pressure in Sinthee
Short Fiction
The Happy Water
The Happy Water
Short Fiction
The Unrecorded Error
The Unrecorded Error
Healthcare-IT
Skepticism Is the Mosquito Net
Skepticism Is the Mosquito Net
Personal Essay
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 Low Market Value of Reality
The Low Market Value of Reality
Personal Essay
Drake's Equation, Alien Arithmetic, and the Sky Above Calcutta
Drake's Equation, Alien Arithmetic, and the Sky Above Calcutta
Science
Falling Through the Crack
Falling Through the Crack
Personal Essay
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
Samir Ranjan Das and the Visual Mind
Samir Ranjan Das and the Visual Mind
Personal
The Smorgasbord of Powerlessness
The Smorgasbord of Powerlessness
Personal Essay
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
The Vegetable Seller Before Dawn
The Vegetable Seller Before Dawn
Personal Essay
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
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
Bangalore and the Plumbing of Pretension
Bangalore and the Plumbing of Pretension
Society
The Bright Smile of Overconfidence
The Bright Smile of Overconfidence
Society
The English Medium Urine Stain
The English Medium Urine Stain
Memoir
The Prognosis Is Clarity
The Prognosis Is Clarity
Philosophy
Failing Well Without Looking Successful
Failing Well Without Looking Successful
Society
The Barebones Lifeboat: America, Calcutta, and the Price of Staying Afloat
The Barebones Lifeboat: America, Calcutta, and the Price of Staying Afloat
Personal
Why Myths Multiply When Randomness Is Left Unexplained
Why Myths Multiply When Randomness Is Left Unexplained
Mental Models
Tea
Tea
food-and-culture
Hormuz, Day 52
Hormuz, Day 52
Geopolitics
America and Calcutta
America and Calcutta
personal
Can't Go Back to Childhood-Except as a Misremembering Ghost
Can't Go Back to Childhood-Except as a Misremembering Ghost
Memoir