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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 Weight of Pages
The Weight of Pages
Culture
AI, Meaningful Work, and the Trust Collapse
AI, Meaningful Work, and the Trust Collapse
Artificial Intelligence
The Horoscope That Fits Everybody
The Horoscope That Fits Everybody
Society
The Bengali Who Knows Too Much to Move
The Bengali Who Knows Too Much to Move
Personal Essay
The Man Who Knew Everybody
The Man Who Knew Everybody
Short Fiction
Shortchanged From Dollar To Paise
Shortchanged From Dollar To Paise
Personal Essay
Hilsa and the Family Court of Appetite
Hilsa and the Family Court of Appetite
Culture
The Cup That Refused to Become Content
The Cup That Refused to Become Content
Personal Essay
No Ambition Left, Only Cold Tea
No Ambition Left, Only Cold Tea
Personal Essay
The Compressor and the Small Black Hole
The Compressor and the Small Black Hole
Personal Essay
Oxygen in a Box
Oxygen in a Box
Personal Essay
The Nationalization of Shame
The Nationalization of Shame
Personal Essay
Tea, Depression, and the Probability of a Blog
Tea, Depression, and the Probability of a Blog
Personal Essay
Fractal Geometry of a Half-Lived Life
Fractal Geometry of a Half-Lived Life
Personal Essay
Shiva and the Poison in the Throat
Shiva and the Poison in the Throat
Personal Essay
The Corridor That Forgot to Breathe
The Corridor That Forgot to Breathe
Short Fiction
The Human Intake Pipe
The Human Intake Pipe
Science
The Ordinary Things
The Ordinary Things
Personal Essay
Newton’s First Law and the Bladder
Newton’s First Law and the Bladder
Personal Science
The Laugh Track Has Left The Room
The Laugh Track Has Left The Room
Personal Essay
Entropy in a Rented Room
Entropy in a Rented Room
Science Essay
The Turing Test for Human Usefulness
The Turing Test for Human Usefulness
Personal Essay
Anger: The Last Working Appliance
Anger: The Last Working Appliance
Personal Essay
The Badly Lit Municipality of Myself
The Badly Lit Municipality of Myself
Personal Essay
The Courage to Be Disliked in a Sweating Calcutta Room
The Courage to Be Disliked in a Sweating Calcutta Room
Psychology
The Damp Government Office Inside My Head
The Damp Government Office Inside My Head
Personal Essay
The Local Disgrace Still Making Noise
The Local Disgrace Still Making Noise
Personal Essay
The Scarab Under the Skin
The Scarab Under the Skin
Mental Health
The Great Calcutta Bathing, Shaving, Dressing for Civilization Problem
The Great Calcutta Bathing, Shaving, Dressing for Civilization Problem
Personal Essay
The Rice Cooker Kind of Solitude
The Rice Cooker Kind of Solitude
Personal Essay
The Black Reservoir
The Black Reservoir
Short Fiction
Greed Made Me Small
Greed Made Me Small
Personal Essay
The Man Who Became His Own Waiting Room
The Man Who Became His Own Waiting Room
Personal Essay
The Mothers of Tangra
The Mothers of Tangra
Short Fiction
Bar English for Bengalis Who Have Escaped the Tea Stall
Bar English for Bengalis Who Have Escaped the Tea Stall
Culture
Do Not Sell Your Pressure Cooker for RTX Spark
Do Not Sell Your Pressure Cooker for RTX Spark
Technology
The Post That Took the Weather
The Post That Took the Weather
Short Fiction
The Test Is Congress Where Congress Rules
The Test Is Congress Where Congress Rules
Politics
The Bipolar Diet Is Not Lithium
The Bipolar Diet Is Not Lithium
Mental Health
The Free Prasad Hour
The Free Prasad Hour
Short Fiction
The Humming Under the Bandage
The Humming Under the Bandage
Short Fiction
The Tamarind Orbit
The Tamarind Orbit
Short Fiction
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
The Rain in Anirban’s Head
The Rain in Anirban’s Head
Short Fiction
Depression Arrives as Weather
Depression Arrives as Weather
Mental Health
The Smoke Under Howrah
The Smoke Under Howrah
Short Fiction
Bad Logic at Three in the Morning
Bad Logic at Three in the Morning
Mental Health
Kaak Bhairav
Kaak Bhairav
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 Invisible Radius
The Invisible Radius
Personal Essay
Loneliness Is Not a Generation
Loneliness Is Not a Generation
Personal Essay
A Private Nuisance at Five-Thirty in Calcutta
A Private Nuisance at Five-Thirty in Calcutta
Personal Essay
Will Darjeeling Stay Alive Like This?
Will Darjeeling Stay Alive Like This?
Personal Essay
Hope Dies at Different Rates
Hope Dies at Different Rates
Personal Essay
Poison Often Wears a Clean Shirt
Poison Often Wears a Clean Shirt
Personal Essay
Synthetic Jest and the Great Bengali Smile Factory
Synthetic Jest and the Great Bengali Smile Factory
Social Commentary
Trapped by the Room, the Mirror, and the Feed
Trapped by the Room, the Mirror, and the Feed
Mental Health
The Morlocks in White Kurta
The Morlocks in White Kurta
Society
When the Mind Refuses to Stay in One Place
When the Mind Refuses to Stay in One Place
Mental Health
The Body Becomes a Small Oven
The Body Becomes a Small Oven
Public Health
The Toolbox Theory of Thinking: Why Simple Models Help Us Survive a Complicated World
The Toolbox Theory of Thinking: Why Simple Models Help Us Survive a Complicated World
Thinking
The Room, the Light, and the Brittle Brain
The Room, the Light, and the Brittle Brain
Personal
The Cockroach Party and the Politics of Being Insulted
The Cockroach Party and the Politics of Being Insulted
Politics
Hedonist Hollow Men on the Selfie Treadmill
Hedonist Hollow Men on the Selfie Treadmill
Society
The First Door That Opens
The First Door That Opens
Science
The Low Market Value of Reality
The Low Market Value of Reality
Personal Essay
The Man Held by the Neck
The Man Held by the Neck
Politics
Waking Up Depressed in Calcutta
Waking Up Depressed in Calcutta
Personal Essay
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
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
Still Here, In The Corner Room
Still Here, In The Corner Room
Personal Essay
The Terrace Republic
The Terrace Republic
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
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
The Machine That Cannot Take a Shit
The Machine That Cannot Take a Shit
Artificial Intelligence
If AI Ever Gets Depressed, We Are Probably in Trouble
If AI Ever Gets Depressed, We Are Probably in Trouble
Artificial Intelligence
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 2026 Is Still the 21st Century
Why 2026 Is Still the 21st Century
Personal Essay
The Chatbot Arrived Before the Seatbelt
The Chatbot Arrived Before the Seatbelt
AI Safety
The Rotten Sack Theory of Indian Politics
The Rotten Sack Theory of Indian Politics
Politics
Why I am Misunderstood as a Blogger
Why I am Misunderstood as a Blogger
Personal
Dead Body in Stagnant Water
Dead Body in Stagnant Water
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
Bengal Changed Color, Not Yet Character
Bengal Changed Color, Not Yet Character
Politics and Society
The Tea Stall as an Anti-AI Safety System
The Tea Stall as an Anti-AI Safety System
AI and Society
AI, Meaningful Work, and the Trust Collapse
AI, Meaningful Work, and the Trust Collapse
Artificial Intelligence
Anthropic Is Coming for Wall Street
Anthropic Is Coming for Wall Street
Artificial Intelligence
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
Nightmare Wrapped in Skin
Nightmare Wrapped in Skin
Personal Essay
Self-Gaslit Minds in the Age of AI
Self-Gaslit Minds in the Age of AI
Technology
The Painful Tooth Fairy
The Painful Tooth Fairy
Personal Essay
Political Promises and the Hard Floor of Reality
Political Promises and the Hard Floor of Reality
Politics
The Prognosis Is Clarity
The Prognosis Is Clarity
Philosophy
The Contender Who Would Not Compete
The Contender Who Would Not Compete
Personal Essay
Why I Write What I Write
Why I Write What I Write
Personal Essay
The Genie Is Out of the Bottle
The Genie Is Out of the Bottle
Artificial Intelligence
Failing Well Without Looking Successful
Failing Well Without Looking Successful
Society
The Range Limit of Kinship
The Range Limit of Kinship
Society
The City That Begs at the Window
The City That Begs at the Window
Society
Politics Is a Machine for Spoiling Ordinary People
Politics Is a Machine for Spoiling Ordinary People
Politics
Why Scrolling Beats Reading, Until It Ruins the Reader
Why Scrolling Beats Reading, Until It Ruins the Reader
Technology
The Negative Infinity Before the Singularity
The Negative Infinity Before the Singularity
Healthcare AI
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
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
AI and Denial
AI and Denial
Artificial Intelligence
Vector Databases
Vector Databases
healthcare it
The Missing Scientists
The Missing Scientists
healthcare-it
Propofol, Nightmares
Propofol, Nightmares
healthcare
The Pufferfish Economy
The Pufferfish Economy
society
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
Can't Go Back to Childhood—Except as a Misremembering Ghost
Can't Go Back to Childhood—Except as a Misremembering Ghost
Memoir
This Blog's History
This Blog's History
Personal Reflections
Schooling in Calcutta
Schooling in Calcutta
Personal