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The Warmth
The Warmth
Short Fiction
The One-Eyed Cyclops of Sinthee
The One-Eyed Cyclops of Sinthee
Short Fiction
The New Mantra
The New Mantra
Career
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
The Unveiling
The Unveiling
Personal Essay
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 Return of the Sweets
The Return of the Sweets
Short Fiction
The Chair and the Drain
The Chair and the Drain
Artificial Intelligence
The Ground We Dream On
The Ground We Dream On
Personal Essay
The Thermodynamics of Fishy Things
The Thermodynamics of Fishy Things
Artificial Intelligence
The Weight of Wet Heat
The Weight of Wet Heat
Personal Essay
AI, Meaningful Work, and the Trust Collapse
AI, Meaningful Work, and the Trust Collapse
Artificial Intelligence
The Pariah Porcupine
The Pariah Porcupine
Personal Essay
The Person Is Not a Machine
The Person Is Not a Machine
Personal Essay
Crab Diaries of a Bengali Kakistocrat
Crab Diaries of a Bengali Kakistocrat
Personal Essay
Taklu Babu Eats the River
Taklu Babu Eats the River
Short Fiction
The Churning of the Lesser Fluids
The Churning of the Lesser Fluids
Essay
The Dwellers
The Dwellers
Short Fiction
The Great Unemployment of the Soul
The Great Unemployment of the Soul
Personal Essay
The AI Sermon and the Wet Knot
The AI Sermon and the Wet Knot
Technology
The Horoscope That Fits Everybody
The Horoscope That Fits Everybody
Society
The Seasonal Crop
The Seasonal Crop
Short Fiction
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
The Week of Low Water
The Week of Low Water
Short Fiction
The Fog of Future Tense
The Fog of Future Tense
Personal Essay
No Ambition Left, Only Cold Tea
No Ambition Left, Only Cold Tea
Personal Essay
Oxygen in a Box
Oxygen in a Box
Personal Essay
The Robot Begins as a Loose Wire
The Robot Begins as a Loose Wire
Technology
Blind Angry Unhappiness
Blind Angry Unhappiness
Personal Essay
Frog in the Robot Century
Frog in the Robot Century
Essay
RO Water, Abu Dhabi Rent, and a Calcutta Room
RO Water, Abu Dhabi Rent, and a Calcutta Room
Personal Essay
Slow Poisoning Republic
Slow Poisoning Republic
Society
Insect Forms of a Calcutta Life
Insect Forms of a Calcutta Life
Personal Essay
The Many-Body Problem of Indian Life
The Many-Body Problem of Indian Life
Personal Essay
The Official Mouth
The Official Mouth
Short Fiction
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 Nethermost Layer of Dinner
The Nethermost Layer of Dinner
Personal Essay
The Wetland Under the Lights
The Wetland Under the Lights
Short Fiction
Newton’s First Law and the Bladder
Newton’s First Law and the Bladder
Personal Science
Entropy in a Rented Room
Entropy in a Rented Room
Science Essay
Highly Composite Mornings, Prime Afternoons
Highly Composite Mornings, Prime Afternoons
Personal Essay
Label: Road
Label: Road
Short Fiction
The Dopamine Economy
The Dopamine Economy
Mental Health
The Turing Test for Human Usefulness
The Turing Test for Human Usefulness
Personal 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 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 Great Calcutta Bathing, Shaving, Dressing for Civilization Problem
The Great Calcutta Bathing, Shaving, Dressing for Civilization Problem
Personal Essay
The Rent Is a Clock
The Rent Is a Clock
Personal Essay
The Third Stomach
The Third Stomach
Short Fiction
After America, Before Nothing
After America, Before Nothing
Personal Essay
Rain Before Rain
Rain Before Rain
Short Fiction
The Dry Drowning
The Dry Drowning
Short Fiction
The Heap That Remembered
The Heap That Remembered
Short Fiction
The Language Under Hatibagan
The Language Under Hatibagan
Short Fiction
The Mothers of Tangra
The Mothers of Tangra
Short Fiction
The Pond That Breathed
The Pond That Breathed
Short Fiction
My Father, Samarendra Kumar Ghosh, and the Family That Came Home with a Few Clothes
My Father, Samarendra Kumar Ghosh, and the Family That Came Home with a Few Clothes
Personal Essay
Head Tax
Head Tax
Short Fiction
Phage at Beliaghata
Phage at Beliaghata
Short Fiction
The Gracefully Grotesque Collapse
The Gracefully Grotesque Collapse
Essay
The Man Who Looked Too Long
The Man Who Looked Too Long
Short Fiction
Body Rent
Body Rent
Short Fiction
Do Not Sell Your Pressure Cooker for RTX Spark
Do Not Sell Your Pressure Cooker for RTX Spark
Technology
The River Climbed the Stairs
The River Climbed the Stairs
Short Fiction
The North-Facing Room
The North-Facing Room
Short Fiction
The Radius of Dust
The Radius of Dust
Short Fiction
The Second Rain
The Second Rain
Short Fiction
The Test Is Congress Where Congress Rules
The Test Is Congress Where Congress Rules
Politics
Benford’s Law and the Ledger That Sweats
Benford’s Law and the Ledger That Sweats
Mathematics
The Belly Wall
The Belly Wall
Short Fiction
The Ninth Tap
The Ninth Tap
Short Fiction
The Blue Above Chandni
The Blue Above Chandni
Short Fiction
The Corridor of Wind
The Corridor of Wind
Short Fiction
The Humming Under the Bandage
The Humming Under the Bandage
Short Fiction
The Tamarind Orbit
The Tamarind Orbit
Short Fiction
The Breath That Came By Rain
The Breath That Came By Rain
Short Fiction
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
Knife Bite
Knife Bite
Short Fiction
Moon Without Skin
Moon Without Skin
Short Fiction
The Average Weight of Sunday
The Average Weight of Sunday
Short Fiction
The June That Stayed
The June That Stayed
Short Fiction
The Vegetarian
The Vegetarian
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
Bad Logic at Three in the Morning
Bad Logic at Three in the Morning
Mental Health
The Animals That Did Not Know Smiling
The Animals That Did Not Know Smiling
Short Fiction
The Small Usefulness of Suspecting You Are a Fool
The Small Usefulness of Suspecting You Are a Fool
Essay
The Water Remembers
The Water Remembers
Short Fiction
Wrong Shelf
Wrong Shelf
Short Fiction
The Invisible Radius
The Invisible Radius
Personal Essay
Will Darjeeling Stay Alive Like This?
Will Darjeeling Stay Alive Like This?
Personal Essay
Poison Often Wears a Clean Shirt
Poison Often Wears a Clean Shirt
Personal Essay
Rain, Power Cuts, and India Standing on Quicksand
Rain, Power Cuts, and India Standing on Quicksand
Personal Essay
The Dark Matter Man of Kalighat
The Dark Matter Man of Kalighat
Short Fiction
The Dawn Is Still Open
The Dawn Is Still Open
Personal Essay
Wet-Bulb, Dry-Bulb, and Feels Like: Why Kolkata Heat Is Not Just Heat
Wet-Bulb, Dry-Bulb, and Feels Like: Why Kolkata Heat Is Not Just Heat
Science
MYCIN: The 1970s Medical AI That Knew How to Explain Itself
MYCIN: The 1970s Medical AI That Knew How to Explain Itself
Healthcare IT
Hedonist Hollow Men on the Selfie Treadmill
Hedonist Hollow Men on the Selfie Treadmill
Society
Bogosity, Enshittification, and the Glittering Drain
Bogosity, Enshittification, and the Glittering Drain
Technology and Society
Applied Multivariate Statistical Modeling in Healthcare IT Part 2
Applied Multivariate Statistical Modeling in Healthcare IT Part 2
Healthcare IT
Nostril Hairs and the Tainted Calcutta Summer
Nostril Hairs and the Tainted Calcutta Summer
Personal Essay
The Pharmacy Bandh Is Not About Apps. It Is About Trust Being Sold by the Strip.
The Pharmacy Bandh Is Not About Apps. It Is About Trust Being Sold by the Strip.
Healthcare IT
Writing Nothing From the Edge of Calcutta
Writing Nothing From the Edge of Calcutta
Personal Essay
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
The Plague of Pseudoscience in India
The Plague of Pseudoscience in India
Science and Society
Shallow Water, Loud Television
Shallow Water, Loud Television
Essay
The Thucydides Trap, Two Superpowers, and a Very Old Greek Headache
The Thucydides Trap, Two Superpowers, and a Very Old Greek Headache
Geopolitics
Samir Ranjan Das and the Visual Mind
Samir Ranjan Das and the Visual Mind
Personal
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
Bipolar Mood and Calcutta Calculus
Bipolar Mood and Calcutta Calculus
Personal Essay
Happiness After Quicksand
Happiness After Quicksand
Personal Essay
Still Here, In The Corner Room
Still Here, In The Corner Room
Personal Essay
The AI Cloud Will Also Need a Pump, a Plug, and a Tanker
The AI Cloud Will Also Need a Pump, a Plug, and a Tanker
Technology
Storm in a Bhar
Storm in a Bhar
Short Fiction
The Morning of the Cutouts
The Morning of the Cutouts
Short Fiction
One More Bhaar Cha Before Night Falls
One More Bhaar Cha Before Night Falls
Calcutta
Woke: How a Tiny American Word Became a Full-Time Street Fight
Woke: How a Tiny American Word Became a Full-Time Street Fight
Culture
If AI Ever Gets Depressed, We Are Probably in Trouble
If AI Ever Gets Depressed, We Are Probably in Trouble
Artificial Intelligence
If Asimov Never Put the Leash on the Robots
If Asimov Never Put the Leash on the Robots
Artificial Intelligence
I Am Probably the Least Motivational Blogger in India
I Am Probably the Least Motivational Blogger in India
Society
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
Trying to Write About Healthcare IT While the Ceiling Paint Falls Into the Dal
Trying to Write About Healthcare IT While the Ceiling Paint Falls Into the Dal
Healthcare IT
Why 2026 Is Still the 21st Century
Why 2026 Is Still the 21st Century
Personal Essay
When Diabetes Started Asking About Its Ancestors
When Diabetes Started Asking About Its Ancestors
Healthcare Science
The Nightmare of Indian Healthcare for the Common Man
The Nightmare of Indian Healthcare for the Common Man
Healthcare
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
Bangalore and the Plumbing of Pretension
Bangalore and the Plumbing of Pretension
Society
Calcutta Smog and the Coming Winter
Calcutta Smog and the Coming Winter
Satire
The Bright Smile of Overconfidence
The Bright Smile of Overconfidence
Society
The Kolkata Bat Waiting for a Bus
The Kolkata Bat Waiting for a Bus
Personal Essay
LinkedIn, Unemployment, and the National X-Ray
LinkedIn, Unemployment, and the National X-Ray
Society
The English Medium Urine Stain
The English Medium Urine Stain
Memoir
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 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
The Barebones Lifeboat: America, Calcutta, and the Price of Staying Afloat
The Barebones Lifeboat: America, Calcutta, and the Price of Staying Afloat
Personal
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 Mental Health System Will Meet the AI Wave at Its Weakest Joint
The Mental Health System Will Meet the AI Wave at Its Weakest Joint
Artificial Intelligence
Kenneth Arrow, Medical Uncertainty, and the False Dream of Healthcare as a Normal Market
Kenneth Arrow, Medical Uncertainty, and the False Dream of Healthcare as a Normal Market
Healthcare IT
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
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 Four Fundamental Subspaces of Linear Algebra
The Four Fundamental Subspaces of Linear Algebra
mathematics
HL7 vs FHIR, Explained Simply
HL7 vs FHIR, Explained Simply
Healthcare IT
The Ghost as Perception
The Ghost as Perception
philosophy
LPG debacle
LPG debacle
energy
The Middle Class on Tilted Stones
The Middle Class on Tilted Stones
society
The Invasive Human Weed Species
The Invasive Human Weed Species
society
Pests we love
Pests we love
natural history
Vector Databases
Vector Databases
healthcare it
Trigonometric Colonization
Trigonometric Colonization
history-of-science
The Questions You Ask
The Questions You Ask
healthcare it
Can't Go Back to Childhood—Except as a Misremembering Ghost
Can't Go Back to Childhood—Except as a Misremembering Ghost
Memoir
A Meaningless Number on an Average Star
A Meaningless Number on an Average Star
Personal Essay
This Blog's History
This Blog's History
Personal Reflections