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The Ground We Dream On
The Ground We Dream On
Personal Essay
VistA, MUMPS, and the Warehouse After Midnight
VistA, MUMPS, and the Warehouse After Midnight
Healthcare-IT
Administratively Deleted
Administratively Deleted
Personal Essay
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
Cholai and the Chemistry of Forgetting
Cholai and the Chemistry of Forgetting
Essay
Hilsa and the Family Court of Appetite
Hilsa and the Family Court of Appetite
Culture
Phase Transition at Fifty-One
Phase Transition at Fifty-One
Personal Essay
Oxygen in a Box
Oxygen in a Box
Personal Essay
Blind Angry Unhappiness
Blind Angry Unhappiness
Personal 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
Tea, Depression, and the Probability of a Blog
Tea, Depression, and the Probability of a Blog
Personal Essay
Artisanal Darkness in a Kolkata Room
Artisanal Darkness in a Kolkata Room
Personal Essay
I Do Not Hate the World. I Am Tired.
I Do Not Hate the World. I Am Tired.
Personal Essay
The Moat Has Mosquitoes
The Moat Has Mosquitoes
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 Nethermost Layer of Dinner
The Nethermost Layer of Dinner
Personal Essay
Ram Bharose Is No Bharosa
Ram Bharose Is No Bharosa
Personal Essay
Highly Composite Mornings, Prime Afternoons
Highly Composite Mornings, Prime Afternoons
Personal Essay
The Ledger of Soft Parts
The Ledger of Soft Parts
Short Fiction
Why I Write on Small Things
Why I Write on Small Things
Personal Essay
The Courage to Be Disliked in a Sweating Calcutta Room
The Courage to Be Disliked in a Sweating Calcutta Room
Psychology
I Like Fish, But I Refuse to Worship Rot
I Like Fish, But I Refuse to Worship Rot
Society
I Could Have Been a Simple Fool
I Could Have Been a Simple Fool
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 Former Bright Boy Problem
The Former Bright Boy Problem
Personal Essay
The Great Calcutta Bathing, Shaving, Dressing for Civilization Problem
The Great Calcutta Bathing, Shaving, Dressing for Civilization Problem
Personal Essay
After America, Before Nothing
After America, Before Nothing
Personal Essay
Greed Made Me Small
Greed Made Me Small
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
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
Tea Skin and the Science of Suspicion
Tea Skin and the Science of Suspicion
Essay
The Gracefully Grotesque Collapse
The Gracefully Grotesque Collapse
Essay
The Tea Skin on My Mind
The Tea Skin on My Mind
Personal Essay
The North-Facing Room
The North-Facing Room
Short Fiction
The Test Is Congress Where Congress Rules
The Test Is Congress Where Congress Rules
Politics
AI, Erdős, and the Great Dot Mischief
AI, Erdős, and the Great Dot Mischief
Science
Folded Arms and Other Small National Disasters
Folded Arms and Other Small National Disasters
Satire
The Ninth Tap
The Ninth Tap
Short Fiction
The Bipolar Diet Is Not Lithium
The Bipolar Diet Is Not Lithium
Mental Health
The Godman of Ballygunge
The Godman of Ballygunge
Short Fiction
Three Heads for Migraine
Three Heads for Migraine
Short Fiction
Faces in the Municipal Water
Faces in the Municipal Water
Short Fiction
The Small Republic of No One
The Small Republic of No One
Personal
The June That Stayed
The June That Stayed
Short Fiction
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 Static in the Room
The Static in the Room
Personal Essay
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
Tau Scaling Law: The Chip Race Has Found a New Clock
Tau Scaling Law: The Chip Race Has Found a New Clock
Technology
The Unrecorded Error
The Unrecorded Error
Healthcare IT
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
Skepticism Is the Mosquito Net
Skepticism Is the Mosquito Net
Personal Essay
Rain, Power Cuts, and India Standing on Quicksand
Rain, Power Cuts, and India Standing on Quicksand
Personal Essay
Synthetic Jest and the Great Bengali Smile Factory
Synthetic Jest and the Great Bengali Smile Factory
Social Commentary
The Protein Man
The Protein Man
Short Fiction
The Trolley Problem Is Already Hiding in Healthcare
The Trolley Problem Is Already Hiding in Healthcare
Healthcare IT
The Dawn Is Still Open
The Dawn Is Still Open
Personal Essay
Square Peg, Round Hole, Bad Weather
Square Peg, Round Hole, Bad Weather
Mental Health
The Morlocks in White Kurta
The Morlocks in White Kurta
Society
China Rose Like A Factory, India Is Rising Like A Bazaar
China Rose Like A Factory, India Is Rising Like A Bazaar
Geopolitics
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 Cockroach Party and the Politics of Being Insulted
The Cockroach Party and the Politics of Being Insulted
Politics
India’s Noise Machine and the Small Man Under It
India’s Noise Machine and the Small Man Under It
Politics
Nostril Hairs and the Tainted Calcutta Summer
Nostril Hairs and the Tainted Calcutta Summer
Personal Essay
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
Writing Nothing From the Edge of Calcutta
Writing Nothing From the Edge of Calcutta
Personal Essay
Drake’s Equation, Alien Arithmetic, and the Bengali Who Refuses to Be Fooled by the Sky
Drake’s Equation, Alien Arithmetic, and the Bengali Who Refuses to Be Fooled by the Sky
Science
The Coming White-Collar Mendicancy
The Coming White-Collar Mendicancy
Society
Babu Culture and the Indian Art of Bending
Babu Culture and the Indian Art of Bending
Society
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
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
Nicotine, Biri, and the Great Bengali Bargain
Nicotine, Biri, and the Great Bengali Bargain
Public Health
The Plague of Pseudoscience in India
The Plague of Pseudoscience in India
Science and Society
Shallow Water, Loud Television
Shallow Water, Loud Television
Essay
Samir Ranjan Das and the Visual Mind
Samir Ranjan Das and the Visual Mind
Personal
Tea with George Orwell
Tea with George Orwell
Essay
Bipolar Mood and Calcutta Calculus
Bipolar Mood and Calcutta Calculus
Personal Essay
The Geography of Contentment
The Geography of Contentment
Life
The Terrace Republic
The Terrace Republic
Personal Essay
The Visible Work of Imaginary Things
The Visible Work of Imaginary Things
Personal Essay
The Zeitgeist of Calcutta Has Changed
The Zeitgeist of Calcutta Has Changed
Calcutta
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
If Lies Had Noses Again
If Lies Had Noses Again
Satire
Predepression Tea
Predepression Tea
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
Falling Through the Southern Edge at 3 AM
Falling Through the Southern Edge at 3 AM
Personal Essay
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
When Diabetes Started Asking About Its Ancestors
When Diabetes Started Asking About Its Ancestors
Healthcare Science
Why India Produces So Many Different Species of Goons
Why India Produces So Many Different Species of Goons
Society
The Rotten Sack Theory of Indian Politics
The Rotten Sack Theory of Indian Politics
Politics
Existential Arithmetic at Bread Level
Existential Arithmetic at Bread Level
Personal
Bengal Changed Color, Not Yet Character
Bengal Changed Color, Not Yet Character
Politics and Society
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
The Tea Stall as an Anti-AI Safety System
The Tea Stall as an Anti-AI Safety System
AI and Society
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
Applied Multivariate Statistical Modeling in Healthcare IT Part 1
Applied Multivariate Statistical Modeling in Healthcare IT Part 1
Healthcare IT
The Bright Smile of Overconfidence
The Bright Smile of Overconfidence
Society
Chronic Traumatic Nihilism From Calcutta
Chronic Traumatic Nihilism From Calcutta
Personal Essay
Nightmare Wrapped in Skin
Nightmare Wrapped in Skin
Personal Essay
Science Is Not a Solitary Organ
Science Is Not a Solitary Organ
Science
The Unhelpful Man in Calcutta
The Unhelpful Man in Calcutta
Personal Essay
LinkedIn, Unemployment, and the National X-Ray
LinkedIn, Unemployment, and the National X-Ray
Society
AI Agents Will Not Democratize Power Neatly
AI Agents Will Not Democratize Power Neatly
Artificial Intelligence
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
Failing Well Without Looking Successful
Failing Well Without Looking Successful
Society
The Range Limit of Kinship
The Range Limit of Kinship
Society
Calcutta’s Sugar Problem Is Not Only Sugar
Calcutta’s Sugar Problem Is Not Only Sugar
Health & Society
The Educated Horror of Having Nowhere to Go
The Educated Horror of Having Nowhere to Go
Society
When Nothing Beats Something
When Nothing Beats Something
Technology
The City That Begs at the Window
The City That Begs at the Window
Society
When the Office Learns to Beg
When the Office Learns to Beg
Society
The Barebones Lifeboat: America, Calcutta, and the Price of Staying Afloat
The Barebones Lifeboat: America, Calcutta, and the Price of Staying Afloat
Personal
The Country That Built Rockets but Still Consults the Stars
The Country That Built Rockets but Still Consults the Stars
Society
When Structure Loses Its Map
When Structure Loses Its Map
Society
Facial Pleasure Receipts
Facial Pleasure Receipts
Culture
India’s Semiconductor Problem Is Not a Missing Slogan
India’s Semiconductor Problem Is Not a Missing Slogan
Technology
The Negative Infinity Before the Singularity
The Negative Infinity Before the Singularity
Healthcare AI
Jogar, Jugaad, and the Greedy Improvisation of India
Jogar, Jugaad, and the Greedy Improvisation of India
India
The Four Fundamental Subspaces of Linear Algebra
The Four Fundamental Subspaces of Linear Algebra
mathematics
The Ghost as Perception
The Ghost as Perception
philosophy
Universal Basic Income in India After Work Stops Being a Promise
Universal Basic Income in India After Work Stops Being a Promise
political economy
The Middle Class on Tilted Stones
The Middle Class on Tilted Stones
society
The Invasive Human Weed Species
The Invasive Human Weed Species
society
The Returnee Who No Longer Fits
The Returnee Who No Longer Fits
work, migration, India
FHIR
FHIR
healthcare it
India’s AI Moat
India’s AI Moat
healthcare-it
The Last Economy
The Last Economy
technology
Building VA Data Warehouses
Building VA Data Warehouses
healthcare-it
Vector Databases
Vector Databases
healthcare it
The Fish Bengalis Eat
The Fish Bengalis Eat
food
India’s White-Collar Issue
India’s White-Collar Issue
india
Intro
Intro
career
The Missing Scientists
The Missing Scientists
healthcare-it
Trigonometric Colonization
Trigonometric Colonization
history-of-science
HIE from First Principles
HIE from First Principles
healthcare it
Costume Ambition
Costume Ambition
society
Why EHR and HIE Struggle in India but AI Diagnostics might not
Why EHR and HIE Struggle in India but AI Diagnostics might not
healthcare it
The Aromatics of Stagnation
The Aromatics of Stagnation
Calcutta
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
Shouldering the Chips: A Bengali Odyssey Through Calcutta’s Public Transport
Shouldering the Chips: A Bengali Odyssey Through Calcutta’s Public Transport
Calcutta
The Bengali Baby
The Bengali Baby
Personal Essay
Welcome To SuvroGhosh.IN
Welcome To SuvroGhosh.IN
Personal Essay