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The Chair and the Drain
The Chair and the Drain
Artificial Intelligence
Sharper Teeth
Sharper Teeth
Essay
The AI Sermon and the Wet Knot
The AI Sermon and the Wet Knot
Technology
Aimless With Mangoes
Aimless With Mangoes
Personal Essay
Twaddle Tendency
Twaddle Tendency
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
Insect Forms of a Calcutta Life
Insect Forms of a Calcutta Life
Personal Essay
The Official Mouth
The Official Mouth
Short Fiction
The Recidivism of Fraud
The Recidivism of Fraud
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
Ram Bharose Is No Bharosa
Ram Bharose Is No Bharosa
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
I Could Have Been a Simple Fool
I Could Have Been a Simple Fool
Personal Essay
The Rent Is a Clock
The Rent Is a Clock
Personal Essay
Greed Made Me Small
Greed Made Me Small
Personal Essay
The Unpaid Consultant and the Theology of Hope
The Unpaid Consultant and the Theology of Hope
Personal Essay
The Radius of Dust
The Radius of Dust
Short Fiction
The Billing Hour Has Started to Smell
The Billing Hour Has Started to Smell
Technology
The Rice Cooker and the Black Hole
The Rice Cooker and the Black Hole
Personal Essay
The Breath That Came By Rain
The Breath That Came By Rain
Short Fiction
Meanline
Meanline
Short Fiction
The Small Republic of No One
The Small Republic of No One
Personal
The Smoke Under Howrah
The Smoke Under Howrah
Short Fiction
Bad Logic at Three in the Morning
Bad Logic at Three in the Morning
Mental Health
The Concentric Angsts of a Bankrupt Bengali Man
The Concentric Angsts of a Bankrupt Bengali Man
Personal Essay
When Suffering Refuses to Leave the Room
When Suffering Refuses to Leave the Room
Mental Health
The Room, the Light, and the Brittle Brain
The Room, the Light, and the Brittle Brain
Personal
The First Door That Opens
The First Door That Opens
Science
Poisson Distribution: Counting Rare Trouble Before It Becomes a Queue, a Claim, or a Crisis
Poisson Distribution: Counting Rare Trouble Before It Becomes a Queue, a Claim, or a Crisis
Healthcare IT
Society With Open Drains and Polished Shoes
Society With Open Drains and Polished Shoes
Personal Essay
Ebola From First Principles: The Small Thread That Can Frighten a Planet
Ebola From First Principles: The Small Thread That Can Frighten a Planet
Public Health
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 Visible Work of Imaginary Things
The Visible Work of Imaginary Things
Personal Essay
Storm in a Bhar
Storm in a Bhar
Short Fiction
Election Puja And The Common Eye
Election Puja And The Common Eye
Politics
Why India Produces So Many Different Species of Goons
Why India Produces So Many Different Species of Goons
Society
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 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
LinkedIn, Unemployment, and the National X-Ray
LinkedIn, Unemployment, and the National X-Ray
Society
Failing Well Without Looking Successful
Failing Well Without Looking Successful
Society
When the Office Learns to Beg
When the Office Learns to Beg
Society
Facial Pleasure Receipts
Facial Pleasure Receipts
Culture
The Negative Infinity Before the Singularity
The Negative Infinity Before the Singularity
Healthcare AI
Why Myths Multiply When Randomness Is Left Unexplained
Why Myths Multiply When Randomness Is Left Unexplained
Mental Models
The Returnee Who No Longer Fits
The Returnee Who No Longer Fits
work, migration, India
India’s AI Moat
India’s AI Moat
healthcare-it
The Pufferfish Economy
The Pufferfish Economy
society
The Bengali Baby
The Bengali Baby
Personal Essay
Fish Market Merit and the Small Republic of Honesty
Fish Market Merit and the Small Republic of Honesty
Personal Essay
Schooling in Calcutta
Schooling in Calcutta
Personal
Schooling in Calcutta
Schooling in Calcutta
Personal