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Bar English for Bengalis Who Have Escaped the Tea Stall
Bar English for Bengalis Who Have Escaped the Tea Stall
Culture
VistA, MUMPS, and the Warehouse After Midnight
VistA, MUMPS, and the Warehouse After Midnight
Healthcare-IT
Kenneth Arrow in the Waiting Room
Kenneth Arrow in the Waiting Room
Economics
The Trillionaire Gap: A Bipolar Ramble from South Calcutta
The Trillionaire Gap: A Bipolar Ramble from South Calcutta
Personal Essay
The Horoscope That Fits Everybody
The Horoscope That Fits Everybody
Society
Symmetry in a Calcutta Room
Symmetry in a Calcutta Room
Mathematics
The Great Indian Fence-Sitter
The Great Indian Fence-Sitter
Society
The Local Disgrace Still Making Noise
The Local Disgrace Still Making Noise
Personal Essay
The Unattractive Man’s Weather Report
The Unattractive Man’s Weather Report
Personal Essay
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
The Tea Skin on My Mind
The Tea Skin on My Mind
Personal Essay
The Billing Hour Has Started to Smell
The Billing Hour Has Started to Smell
Technology
AI, Erdős, and the Great Dot Mischief
AI, Erdős, and the Great Dot Mischief
Science
The Ninth Tap
The Ninth Tap
Short Fiction
The Corridor of Wind
The Corridor of Wind
Short Fiction
The Temperature of Attention
The Temperature of Attention
Short Fiction
The Small Republic of No One
The Small Republic of No One
Personal
Bad Logic at Three in the Morning
Bad Logic at Three in the Morning
Mental Health
The Pressure in Sinthee
The Pressure in Sinthee
Short Fiction
Kaak Bhairav
Kaak Bhairav
Short Fiction
Skepticism Is the Mosquito Net
Skepticism Is the Mosquito Net
Personal Essay
The Hidden Bill for Asking AI Instead of Hiring an Expert
The Hidden Bill for Asking AI Instead of Hiring an Expert
Technology
Poison Often Wears a Clean Shirt
Poison Often Wears a Clean Shirt
Personal Essay
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
The Last Notification
The Last Notification
Short Fiction
China Rose Like A Factory, India Is Rising Like A Bazaar
China Rose Like A Factory, India Is Rising Like A Bazaar
Geopolitics
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
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
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
Obama, HITECH, and the Day the American Medical Chart Was Dragged Into Electricity
Obama, HITECH, and the Day the American Medical Chart Was Dragged Into Electricity
Healthcare IT
The Coming Unemployment
The Coming Unemployment
AI
The Terrace Republic
The Terrace Republic
Personal Essay
The Morning of the Cutouts
The Morning of the Cutouts
Short Fiction
The Vegetable Girl Before Dawn
The Vegetable Girl Before Dawn
Personal Essay
Dead Body in Stagnant Water
Dead Body in Stagnant Water
Personal
Bengal Changed Color, Not Yet Character
Bengal Changed Color, Not Yet Character
Politics and Society
Pixels That Make Us Feel Present
Pixels That Make Us Feel Present
Society
SludgeGPT and the Mirage of Machine Understanding
SludgeGPT and the Mirage of Machine Understanding
Artificial Intelligence
Applied Multivariate Statistical Modeling in Healthcare IT Part 1
Applied Multivariate Statistical Modeling in Healthcare IT Part 1
Healthcare IT
Self-Gaslit Minds in the Age of AI
Self-Gaslit Minds in the Age of AI
Technology
The English Medium Urine Stain
The English Medium Urine Stain
Memoir
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
The Educated Horror of Having Nowhere to Go
The Educated Horror of Having Nowhere to Go
Society
When the Office Learns to Beg
When the Office Learns to Beg
Society
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 Negative Infinity Before the Singularity
The Negative Infinity Before the Singularity
Healthcare AI
Natural Selection Is Not Just About Animals
Natural Selection Is Not Just About Animals
Systems Thinking
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
AI Health Insurance and Cruelty
AI Health Insurance and Cruelty
healthcare ai
The Middle Class on Tilted Stones
The Middle Class on Tilted Stones
society
The Invasive Human Weed Species
The Invasive Human Weed Species
society
Latent Space in Healthcare Data, From the Beginning
Latent Space in Healthcare Data, From the Beginning
Healthcare IT
FHIR
FHIR
healthcare it
Building VA Data Warehouses
Building VA Data Warehouses
healthcare-it
India’s White-Collar Issue
India’s White-Collar Issue
india
The Pufferfish Economy
The Pufferfish Economy
society
HIE from First Principles
HIE from First Principles
healthcare it
HIE From First Principles, With The Patient Still In The Room
HIE From First Principles, With The Patient Still In The Room
healthcare-it
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
Driving the Accord
Driving the Accord
personal
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