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The Geometry of Absence: On Solitude, Density, and the Mathematics of Belonging
The Geometry of Absence: On Solitude, Density, and the Mathematics of Belonging
Culture
Simpson's Paradox I See Around Me
Simpson's Paradox I See Around Me
Statistics
Why You Still Want to Read a Healthcare IT Blog in the Age of AI
Why You Still Want to Read a Healthcare IT Blog in the Age of AI
Healthcare-IT
The Thermodynamics of Fishy Things
The Thermodynamics of Fishy Things
Artificial Intelligence
Confounding Factors and the Dashboard That Lied Politely
Confounding Factors and the Dashboard That Lied Politely
healthcare-it
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 Pariah Porcupine
The Pariah Porcupine
Personal Essay
FHIR and the Clerk With the Clipboard
FHIR and the Clerk With the Clipboard
Healthcare-IT
Clinical AI Needs A Shadow Architecture First
Clinical AI Needs A Shadow Architecture First
Healthcare-IT
Newton's First Law and the Bladder
Newton's First Law and the Bladder
Personal Science
The Ledger of Soft Parts
The Ledger of Soft Parts
Short Fiction
The Mothers of Tangra
The Mothers of Tangra
Short Fiction
Head Tax
Head Tax
Short Fiction
The Post That Took the Weather
The Post That Took the Weather
Short Fiction
The Ninth Tap
The Ninth Tap
Short Fiction
The Free Prasad Hour
The Free Prasad Hour
Short Fiction
The Temperature of Attention
The Temperature of Attention
Short Fiction
The Breath That Came By Rain
The Breath That Came By Rain
Short Fiction
The Godman of Ballygunge
The Godman of Ballygunge
Short Fiction
English Is Not a Subject. It Is a Passport.
English Is Not a Subject. It Is a Passport.
Education
Silk Season
Silk Season
Short Fiction
The Cow That Spoke Like NPR
The Cow That Spoke Like NPR
Short Fiction
The Rain in Anirban’s Head
The Rain in Anirban’s Head
Short Fiction
The Fifth Window
The Fifth Window
Short Fiction
Meanline
Meanline
Short Fiction
Moon Without Skin
Moon Without Skin
Short Fiction
The Average Weight of Sunday
The Average Weight of Sunday
Short Fiction
The Small Republic of No One
The Small Republic of No One
Personal
The Pressure in Sinthee
The Pressure in Sinthee
Short Fiction
The Water Remembers
The Water Remembers
Short Fiction
The Blister Labels
The Blister Labels
Short Fiction
The Happy Water
The Happy Water
Short Fiction
The Protein Man
The Protein Man
Short Fiction
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
Bogosity, Enshittification, and the Glittering Drain
Bogosity, Enshittification, and the Glittering Drain
Technology and Society
The Calcutta Summer of 2026
The Calcutta Summer of 2026
Climate
Clay Stoves, Hormuz, and the Price of Breath in Calcutta
Clay Stoves, Hormuz, and the Price of Breath in Calcutta
Calcutta Life
The Second Mouth
The Second Mouth
Short Fiction
The Bengali Hikikomori and the Shrinking Map of His Life
The Bengali Hikikomori and the Shrinking Map of His Life
Personal
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 Chatbot Arrived Before the Seatbelt
The Chatbot Arrived Before the Seatbelt
AI Safety
Stagnant Water at Morning
Stagnant Water at Morning
Personal
The Thin-Fat Bengali and the Treacherous Little Belly
The Thin-Fat Bengali and the Treacherous Little Belly
Health
The AI Layoff Trap: How Companies Can Fire Their Own Customers
The AI Layoff Trap: How Companies Can Fire Their Own Customers
AI Economics
Calcutta’s Sugar Problem Is Not Only Sugar
Calcutta’s Sugar Problem Is Not Only Sugar
Health & Society
The Barebones Lifeboat: America, Calcutta, and the Price of Staying Afloat
The Barebones Lifeboat: America, Calcutta, and the Price of Staying Afloat
Personal
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
Why Myths Multiply When Randomness Is Left Unexplained
Why Myths Multiply When Randomness Is Left Unexplained
Mental Models
The Epistemic Iceberg Effect
The Epistemic Iceberg Effect
knowledge
Is Claude Mythos, a Myth?
Is Claude Mythos, a Myth?
AI Security
Pests we love
Pests we love
natural history
The Returnee Who No Longer Fits
The Returnee Who No Longer Fits
work, migration, India
Vector Databases and the Shape of Clinical Memory
Vector Databases and the Shape of Clinical Memory
healthcare-it
Intro
Intro
career
HIE From First Principles, With The Patient Still In The Room
HIE From First Principles, With The Patient Still In The Room
healthcare-it
Homeopathy
Homeopathy
healthcare-systems
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
Bassline, Backhoe, Breath
Bassline, Backhoe, Breath
Personal
America and Calcutta
America and Calcutta
personal
Driving the Accord
Driving the Accord
personal
Schooling in Calcutta
Schooling in Calcutta
Personal