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Crab Diaries of a Bengali Kakistocrat

Crab Diaries of a Bengali Kakistocrat

Administratively Deleted

Administratively Deleted

The Unattractive Man’s Guide to Quantum Mechanics

The Unattractive Man’s Guide to Quantum Mechanics

A Trapezoid for My Mother

A Trapezoid for My Mother

Aimless With Mangoes

Aimless With Mangoes

The Bengali Who Knows Too Much to Move

The Bengali Who Knows Too Much to Move

Shortchanged From Dollar To Paise

Shortchanged From Dollar To Paise

Twaddle Tendency

Twaddle Tendency

The Cup That Refused to Become Content

The Cup That Refused to Become Content

No Ambition Left, Only Cold Tea

No Ambition Left, Only Cold Tea

Phase Transition at Fifty-One

Phase Transition at Fifty-One

The Compressor and the Small Black Hole

The Compressor and the Small Black Hole

The Good Boy Hunger

The Good Boy Hunger

The Nationalization of Shame

The Nationalization of Shame

Blind Angry Unhappiness

Blind Angry Unhappiness

The Brain Scrap Yard

The Brain Scrap Yard

Tea, Depression, and the Probability of a Blog

Tea, Depression, and the Probability of a Blog

The Cup That Starts the Sun

The Cup That Starts the Sun

Artisanal Darkness in a Kolkata Room

Artisanal Darkness in a Kolkata Room

I Do Not Hate the World. I Am Tired.

I Do Not Hate the World. I Am Tired.

Insect Forms of a Calcutta Life

Insect Forms of a Calcutta Life

The Many-Body Problem of Indian Life

The Many-Body Problem of Indian Life

The Moat Has Mosquitoes

The Moat Has Mosquitoes

The Rent Spider

The Rent Spider

Fractal Geometry of a Half-Lived Life

Fractal Geometry of a Half-Lived Life

Shiva and the Poison in the Throat

Shiva and the Poison in the Throat

The Nethermost Layer of Dinner

The Nethermost Layer of Dinner

The Ordinary Things

The Ordinary Things

Newton’s First Law and the Bladder

Newton’s First Law and the Bladder

Personal Science

The Error Bar Around a Man

The Error Bar Around a Man

The Laugh Track Has Left The Room

The Laugh Track Has Left The Room

The Morning Verdict Is Not Law

The Morning Verdict Is Not Law

Chyavana and the Refusal to Rot Quietly

Chyavana and the Refusal to Rot Quietly

Entropy in a Rented Room

Entropy in a Rented Room

Highly Composite Mornings, Prime Afternoons

Highly Composite Mornings, Prime Afternoons

The Dopamine Economy

The Dopamine Economy

The Signal-to-Noise Ratio of a Ruined Life

The Signal-to-Noise Ratio of a Ruined Life

The Turing Test for Human Usefulness

The Turing Test for Human Usefulness

Why I Write on Small Things

Why I Write on Small Things

The AI Harmonium Players

The AI Harmonium Players

Anger: The Last Working Appliance

Anger: The Last Working Appliance

The Damp Government Office Inside My Head

The Damp Government Office Inside My Head

The Local Disgrace Still Making Noise

The Local Disgrace Still Making Noise

Pod Mara Gechhe: A Calcutta Weather Report From the Lower End of the Soul

Pod Mara Gechhe: A Calcutta Weather Report From the Lower End of the Soul

The Scarab Under the Skin

The Scarab Under the Skin

The Great Calcutta Bathing, Shaving, Dressing for Civilization Problem

The Great Calcutta Bathing, Shaving, Dressing for Civilization Problem

The Rice Cooker Kind of Solitude

The Rice Cooker Kind of Solitude

Vamana and the Three Steps of Bankruptcy

Vamana and the Three Steps of Bankruptcy

After America, Before Nothing

After America, Before Nothing

Greed Made Me Small

Greed Made Me Small

The Man Who Became His Own Waiting Room

The Man Who Became His Own Waiting Room

The Unpaid Consultant and the Theology of Hope

The Unpaid Consultant and the Theology of Hope

The Unattractive Man’s Weather Report

The Unattractive Man’s Weather Report

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

The Pest Department in My Skull

The Pest Department in My Skull

The Gracefully Grotesque Collapse

The Gracefully Grotesque Collapse

The Tea Skin on My Mind

The Tea Skin on My Mind

Body Rent

Do Not Sell Your Pressure Cooker for RTX Spark

Do Not Sell Your Pressure Cooker for RTX Spark

The Radius of Dust

The Radius of Dust

The Post That Took the Weather

The Post That Took the Weather

The Bipolar Diet Is Not Lithium

The Bipolar Diet Is Not Lithium

The Corridor of Wind

The Corridor of Wind

The Rice Cooker and the Black Hole

The Rice Cooker and the Black Hole

When Variety Starts Wearing the Same Shirt

When Variety Starts Wearing the Same Shirt

A Cup of Cha Is Not a Small Thing

A Cup of Cha Is Not a Small Thing

The Friendless Blister

The Friendless Blister

The Rain in Anirban’s Head

The Rain in Anirban’s Head

Three Heads for Migraine

Three Heads for Migraine

Depression Arrives as Weather

Depression Arrives as Weather

Moon Without Skin

Moon Without Skin

The Average Weight of Sunday

The Average Weight of Sunday

The Small Republic of No One

The Small Republic of No One

I Am a Solipsist Nihilist, Unfortunately Before Breakfast

I Am a Solipsist Nihilist, Unfortunately Before Breakfast

Bad Logic at Three in the Morning

Bad Logic at Three in the Morning

The Static in the Room

The Static in the Room

The End of History, and Other Overconfident Announcements

The End of History, and Other Overconfident Announcements

The Happy Water

The Happy Water

Wrong Shelf

Bengali Normalcy and the Borrowed Warmth of Nests

Bengali Normalcy and the Borrowed Warmth of Nests

The Concentric Angsts of a Bankrupt Bengali Man

The Concentric Angsts of a Bankrupt Bengali Man

The Invisible Radius

The Invisible Radius

Loneliness Is Not a Generation

Loneliness Is Not a Generation

A Private Nuisance at Five-Thirty in Calcutta

A Private Nuisance at Five-Thirty in Calcutta

Skepticism Is the Mosquito Net

Skepticism Is the Mosquito Net

Hope Dies at Different Rates

Hope Dies at Different Rates

Rain, Power Cuts, and India Standing on Quicksand

Rain, Power Cuts, and India Standing on Quicksand

Trapped by the Room, the Mirror, and the Feed

Trapped by the Room, the Mirror, and the Feed

The Dawn Is Still Open

The Dawn Is Still Open

Square Peg, Round Hole, Bad Weather

Square Peg, Round Hole, Bad Weather

When Suffering Refuses to Leave the Room

When Suffering Refuses to Leave the Room

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

Milk Cha and the Small Engine of Attention

Milk Cha and the Small Engine of Attention

Society With Open Drains and Polished Shoes

Society With Open Drains and Polished Shoes

Applied Multivariate Statistical Modeling in Healthcare IT Part 2

Applied Multivariate Statistical Modeling in Healthcare IT Part 2

Nostril Hairs and the Tainted Calcutta Summer

Nostril Hairs and the Tainted Calcutta Summer

Writing Nothing From the Edge of Calcutta

Writing Nothing From the Edge of Calcutta

Waking Up Depressed in Calcutta

Waking Up Depressed in Calcutta

One Life, No Rehearsal, No Refund Counter

One Life, No Rehearsal, No Refund Counter

Nicotine, Biri, and the Great Bengali Bargain

Nicotine, Biri, and the Great Bengali Bargain

The Smorgasbord of Impotence

The Smorgasbord of Impotence

Happiness After Quicksand

Happiness After Quicksand

Mood Bellwethers Before a Low

Mood Bellwethers Before a Low

Still Here, In The Corner Room

Still Here, In The Corner Room

Predepression Tea

Predepression Tea

The Vegetable Girl Before Dawn

The Vegetable Girl Before Dawn

Maybe the Body Is Not Broken

Maybe the Body Is Not Broken

Falling Through the Southern Edge at 3 AM

Falling Through the Southern Edge at 3 AM

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

I Am Probably the Least Motivational Blogger in India

I Am Probably the Least Motivational Blogger in India

The Empty Room Inside Loneliness

The Empty Room Inside Loneliness

Dead Body in Stagnant Water

Dead Body in Stagnant Water

Existential Arithmetic at Bread Level

Existential Arithmetic at Bread Level

The Boy Inside the Broken House

The Boy Inside the Broken House

Bangalore and the Plumbing of Pretension

Bangalore and the Plumbing of Pretension

Applied Multivariate Statistical Modeling in Healthcare IT Part 1

Applied Multivariate Statistical Modeling in Healthcare IT Part 1

Chronic Traumatic Nihilism From Calcutta

Chronic Traumatic Nihilism From Calcutta

Nightmare Wrapped in Skin

Nightmare Wrapped in Skin

The English Medium Urine Stain

The English Medium Urine Stain

The Painful Tooth Fairy

The Painful Tooth Fairy

Political Promises and the Hard Floor of Reality

Political Promises and the Hard Floor of Reality

The Prognosis Is Clarity

The Prognosis Is Clarity

The Contender Who Would Not Compete

The Contender Who Would Not Compete

When the Office Learns to Beg

When the Office Learns to Beg

The Barebones Lifeboat: America, Calcutta, and the Price of Staying Afloat

The Barebones Lifeboat: America, Calcutta, and the Price of Staying Afloat

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

Natural Selection Is Not Just About Animals

Natural Selection Is Not Just About Animals

Systems Thinking

The Middle Class on Tilted Stones

The Middle Class on Tilted Stones

FHIR

Intro

Pohela Baisakh

The Questions You Ask

The Questions You Ask

Mindfulness?

Bassline, Backhoe, Breath

Bassline, Backhoe, Breath

Shouldering the Chips: A Bengali Odyssey Through Calcutta’s Public Transport

Shouldering the Chips: A Bengali Odyssey Through Calcutta’s Public Transport

The Bengali Baby

The Bengali Baby

Schooling in Calcutta

Schooling in Calcutta