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The Unveiling
The Unveiling
Personal Essay
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
Why You Still Want to Read a Healthcare IT Blog in the Age of AI
Why You Still Want to Read a Healthcare IT Blog in the Age of AI
Healthcare-IT
The Ground We Dream On
The Ground We Dream On
Personal Essay
The Person Is Not a Machine
The Person Is Not a Machine
Personal Essay
The Curious Day When the Sun Pauses and Humanity Stretches
The Curious Day When the Sun Pauses and Humanity Stretches
Science and Society
The Official Mouth
The Official Mouth
Short Fiction
The Wetland Under the Lights
The Wetland Under the Lights
Short Fiction
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 Black Reservoir
The Black Reservoir
Short Fiction
The Gut of God
The Gut of God
Short Fiction
The Heap That Remembered
The Heap That Remembered
Short Fiction
The Banyans Under Ballygunge
The Banyans Under Ballygunge
Short Fiction
The Chant Beneath Chowringhee
The Chant Beneath Chowringhee
Short Fiction
Body Rent
Body Rent
Short Fiction
Circle of Death
Circle of Death
Short Fiction
The Post That Took the Weather
The Post That Took the Weather
Short Fiction
The Router Behind the Television
The Router Behind the Television
Cybersecurity
The Ten-Kilo Children
The Ten-Kilo Children
Short Fiction
The Blue Above Chandni
The Blue Above Chandni
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
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 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 Filth That Learned to Stand
The Filth That Learned to Stand
Short Fiction
The Pressure in Sinthee
The Pressure in Sinthee
Short Fiction
The Water Remembers
The Water Remembers
Short Fiction
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
Kaak Bhairav
Kaak Bhairav
Short Fiction
The Happy Water
The Happy Water
Short Fiction
Wrong Shelf
Wrong Shelf
Short Fiction
Synthetic Jest and the Great Bengali Smile Factory
Synthetic Jest and the Great Bengali Smile Factory
Social Commentary
The Antibiotic That Came Back With a Stick
The Antibiotic That Came Back With a Stick
Healthcare
The Protein Man
The Protein Man
Short Fiction
The Dark Matter Man of Kalighat
The Dark Matter Man of Kalighat
Short Fiction
The Last Notification
The Last Notification
Short Fiction
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
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
Clay Stoves, Hormuz, and the Price of Breath in Calcutta
Clay Stoves, Hormuz, and the Price of Breath in Calcutta
Calcutta Life
The Second Mouth
The Second Mouth
Short Fiction
Storm in a Bhar
Storm in a Bhar
Short Fiction
The Nightmare of Indian Healthcare for the Common Man
The Nightmare of Indian Healthcare for the Common Man
Healthcare
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Hormuz, Day 52
Hormuz, Day 52
Geopolitics
AQI 420 and the Great Indian Snot Mine
AQI 420 and the Great Indian Snot Mine
personal
Bassline, Backhoe, Breath
Bassline, Backhoe, Breath
Personal
This Blog's History
This Blog's History
Personal Reflections
An Architect's Education
An Architect's Education
Healthcare-IT