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The Weight of Pages
The Weight of Pages
Culture
VistA, MUMPS, and the Warehouse After Midnight
VistA, MUMPS, and the Warehouse After Midnight
Healthcare-IT
The Bengali Who Knows Too Much to Move
The Bengali Who Knows Too Much to Move
Personal Essay
Label: Road
Label: Road
Short Fiction
The Ledger of Soft Parts
The Ledger of Soft Parts
Short Fiction
The Badly Lit Municipality of Myself
The Badly Lit Municipality of Myself
Personal Essay
The Gut of God
The Gut of God
Short Fiction
The Radius of Dust
The Radius of Dust
Short Fiction
The Post That Took the Weather
The Post That Took the Weather
Short Fiction
The Second Rain
The Second Rain
Short Fiction
Human Rights, Oh What a Joke!
Human Rights, Oh What a Joke!
Society
The Corridor of Wind
The Corridor of Wind
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 Rain in Anirban’s Head
The Rain in Anirban’s Head
Short Fiction
The Fifth Window
The Fifth Window
Short Fiction
The Water Remembers
The Water Remembers
Short Fiction
The End of History, and Other Overconfident Announcements
The End of History, and Other Overconfident Announcements
Ideas
Rain, Power Cuts, and India Standing on Quicksand
Rain, Power Cuts, and India Standing on Quicksand
Personal Essay
Bengali Tintin In The Republic Of Garbage
Bengali Tintin In The Republic Of Garbage
Satire
Hi-Fi Sound Without the Perfume: Mono, Stereo, 5.1, Dolby, DTS, Atmos, and the Great Audio Bazaar
Hi-Fi Sound Without the Perfume: Mono, Stereo, 5.1, Dolby, DTS, Atmos, and the Great Audio Bazaar
Audio Technology
The Room, the Light, and the Brittle Mind
The Room, the Light, and the Brittle Mind
Personal
The First Door That Opens
The First Door That Opens
Science
Bogosity, Enshittification, and the Glittering Drain
Bogosity, Enshittification, and the Glittering Drain
Technology and Society
Drake's Equation, Alien Arithmetic, and the Sky Above Calcutta
Drake's Equation, Alien Arithmetic, and the Sky Above Calcutta
Science
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
The AI Business Model Makes a Broke Bengali Nervous
The AI Business Model Makes a Broke Bengali Nervous
Technology
Mood and Calcutta Calculus
Mood and Calcutta Calculus
Personal Essay
Bellwethers Before a Low
Bellwethers Before a Low
Personal Essay
Still Here, in the Corner Room
Still Here, in the Corner Room
Personal Essay
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 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
When Diabetes Started Asking About Its Ancestors
When Diabetes Started Asking About Its Ancestors
Healthcare Science
The Thin-Fat Bengali and the Treacherous Little Belly
The Thin-Fat Bengali and the Treacherous Little Belly
Health
The Magnet, the Bulb, and the Battery
The Magnet, the Bulb, and the Battery
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
Pixels That Make Us Feel Present
Pixels That Make Us Feel Present
Society
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
The Bright Smile of Overconfidence
The Bright Smile of Overconfidence
Society
Chronic Traumatic Nihilism From Calcutta
Chronic Traumatic Nihilism From Calcutta
Personal Essay
The Unhelpful Man in Calcutta
The Unhelpful Man in Calcutta
Personal Essay
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
When Nothing Beats Something
When Nothing Beats Something
Technology
English AI Songs
English AI Songs
AI Music Song
AI Music
AI Music
AI Music Song
India's Semiconductor Problem Is Not a Missing Slogan
India's Semiconductor Problem Is Not a Missing Slogan
Technology
The Returnee Who No Longer Fits
The Returnee Who No Longer Fits
work, migration, India
AI and Denial
AI and Denial
Artificial Intelligence
India's AI Moat
India's AI Moat
Healthcare-IT
Cicada, BA.3.2
Cicada, BA.3.2
Public Health
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
America and Calcutta
America and Calcutta
personal
Driving the Accord
Driving the Accord
personal
Schooling in Calcutta
Schooling in Calcutta
Personal