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The Fish of Babughat
The Fish of Babughat
Short Fiction
The Man with the Greyscale Shadows
The Man with the Greyscale Shadows
Short Fiction
Blood Sugar
Blood Sugar
Short Fiction
The Unveiling
The Unveiling
Personal Essay
Do Not Let It Wake Facing the City
Do Not Let It Wake Facing the City
Short Fiction
The Weight of Pages
The Weight of Pages
Culture
The Thermodynamics of Fishy Things
The Thermodynamics of Fishy Things
Artificial Intelligence
AI, Meaningful Work, and the Trust Collapse
AI, Meaningful Work, and the Trust Collapse
Artificial Intelligence
Complexity in Calcutta
Complexity in Calcutta
Personal Essay
Confounding Factors and the Dashboard That Lied Politely
Confounding Factors and the Dashboard That Lied Politely
healthcare-it
Kenneth Arrow in the Waiting Room
Kenneth Arrow in the Waiting Room
Economics
Taklu Babu Eats the River
Taklu Babu Eats the River
Short Fiction
The Dwellers
The Dwellers
Short Fiction
The AI Sermon and the Wet Knot
The AI Sermon and the Wet Knot
Technology
The Bengali Who Knows Too Much to Move
The Bengali Who Knows Too Much to Move
Personal Essay
The Loadshedding Shape
The Loadshedding Shape
Short Fiction
The Seasonal Crop
The Seasonal Crop
Short Fiction
Shortchanged From Dollar To Paise
Shortchanged From Dollar To Paise
Personal Essay
The Bridge That Breathed Backwards
The Bridge That Breathed Backwards
Short Fiction
The Red Room of Beliaghata
The Red Room of Beliaghata
Short Fiction
The Week of Low Water
The Week of Low Water
Short Fiction
No Ambition Left, Only Cold Tea
No Ambition Left, Only Cold Tea
Personal Essay
The Good Boy Hunger
The Good Boy Hunger
Short Fiction
The Brain Scrap Yard
The Brain Scrap Yard
Personal Essay
Frog in the Robot Century
Frog in the Robot Century
Essay
The Public Mouth
The Public Mouth
Short Fiction
Symmetry in a Calcutta Room
Symmetry in a Calcutta Room
Mathematics
The Official Mouth
The Official Mouth
Short Fiction
The Rent Spider
The Rent Spider
Short Fiction
The Corridor That Forgot to Breathe
The Corridor That Forgot to Breathe
Short Fiction
The Human Intake Pipe
The Human Intake Pipe
Science
The Wetland Under the Lights
The Wetland Under the Lights
Short Fiction
The Fish That Remembered
The Fish That Remembered
Short Fiction
Newton's First Law and the Bladder
Newton's First Law and the Bladder
Personal Science
Chyavana and the Refusal to Rot Quietly
Chyavana and the Refusal to Rot Quietly
Personal Essay
Label: Road
Label: Road
Short Fiction
The Ledger of Soft Parts
The Ledger of Soft Parts
Short Fiction
The Badly Lit Municipality of Myself
The Badly Lit Municipality of Myself
Personal Essay
I Like Fish, But I Refuse to Worship Rot
I Like Fish, But I Refuse to Worship Rot
Society
The Former Bright Boy Problem
The Former Bright Boy Problem
Personal Essay
The Third Stomach
The Third Stomach
Short Fiction
Rain Before Rain
Rain Before Rain
Short Fiction
The Dry Drowning
The Dry Drowning
Short Fiction
The Heap That Remembered
The Heap That Remembered
Short Fiction
The Men Who Became Water
The Men Who Became Water
Short Fiction
The Mothers of Tangra
The Mothers of Tangra
Short Fiction
The Pond That Breathed
The Pond That Breathed
Short Fiction
The Voice Under the Loudspeaker
The Voice Under the Loudspeaker
Short Fiction
The Banyans Under Ballygunge
The Banyans Under Ballygunge
Short Fiction
The Chant Beneath Chowringhee
The Chant Beneath Chowringhee
Short Fiction
Samarendra Kumar Ghosh and the Family That Came Home With a Few Clothes
Samarendra Kumar Ghosh and the Family That Came Home With a Few Clothes
Personal Essay
Head Tax
Head Tax
Short Fiction
Phage at Beliaghata
Phage at Beliaghata
Short Fiction
Tea Skin and the Science of Suspicion
Tea Skin and the Science of Suspicion
Essay
The Man Who Looked Too Long
The Man Who Looked Too Long
Short Fiction
The Tea Skin on My Mind
The Tea Skin on My Mind
Personal Essay
Body Rent
Body Rent
Short Fiction
The River Climbed the Stairs
The River Climbed the Stairs
Short Fiction
The North-Facing Room
The North-Facing Room
Short Fiction
The Radius of Dust
The Radius of Dust
Short Fiction
Settled Water
Settled Water
Short Fiction
The Sofa Bird
The Sofa Bird
Short Fiction
The Post That Took the Weather
The Post That Took the Weather
Short Fiction
The Second Rain
The Second Rain
Short Fiction
The Sword in the Frame
The Sword in the Frame
Short Fiction
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 Bride Price of Salt
The Bride Price of Salt
Short Fiction
Human Rights, Oh What a Joke!
Human Rights, Oh What a Joke!
Society
The Ten-Kilo Children
The Ten-Kilo Children
Short Fiction
The Blue Above Chandni
The Blue Above Chandni
Short Fiction
The Corridor of Wind
The Corridor of Wind
Short Fiction
The Eye-Eater of Hazra
The Eye-Eater of Hazra
Short Fiction
The Free Prasad Hour
The Free Prasad Hour
Short Fiction
The Humming Under the Bandage
The Humming Under the Bandage
Short Fiction
The Polished Ghost of Banamali Lane
The Polished Ghost of Banamali Lane
Short Fiction
The Tamarind Orbit
The Tamarind Orbit
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
Truth, Adjustment, and the Cost of Coming Back
Truth, Adjustment, and the Cost of Coming Back
Social Commentary
When Variety Starts Wearing the Same Shirt
When Variety Starts Wearing the Same Shirt
Culture
ASMR: The Softly Whispered Apocalypse
ASMR: The Softly Whispered Apocalypse
Satire
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
Three Heads for Migraine
Three Heads for Migraine
Short Fiction
Faces in the Municipal Water
Faces in the Municipal Water
Short Fiction
Knife Bite
Knife Bite
Short Fiction
Meanline
Meanline
Short Fiction
Milk Teeth of the City
Milk Teeth of the City
Short Fiction
Moon Without Skin
Moon Without Skin
Short Fiction
The Average Weight of Sunday
The Average Weight of Sunday
Short Fiction
The Smoke Under Howrah
The Smoke Under Howrah
Short Fiction
The K-Shaped Economy Is a Forked Road, and Most of Us Are on the Wrong Fork
The K-Shaped Economy Is a Forked Road, and Most of Us Are on the Wrong Fork
Economy
Keshkhor
Keshkhor
Short Fiction
The Animals That Did Not Know Smiling
The Animals That Did Not Know Smiling
Short Fiction
The Filth That Learned to Stand
The Filth That Learned to Stand
Short Fiction
The Pressure in Sinthee
The Pressure in Sinthee
Short Fiction
The Small Usefulness of Suspecting You Are a Fool
The Small Usefulness of Suspecting You Are a Fool
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
Hawkers Are Not Rubbish To Be Swept Before Breakfast
Hawkers Are Not Rubbish To Be Swept Before Breakfast
Social Commentary
Kaak Bhairav
Kaak Bhairav
Short Fiction
The Happy Water
The Happy Water
Short Fiction
Wrong Shelf
Wrong Shelf
Short Fiction
The Concentric Angsts of a Bankrupt Bengali Man
The Concentric Angsts of a Bankrupt Bengali Man
Personal Essay
Will Darjeeling Stay Alive Like This?
Will Darjeeling Stay Alive Like This?
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 Dark Matter Man of Kalighat
The Dark Matter Man of Kalighat
Short Fiction
The Morlocks in White Kurta
The Morlocks in White Kurta
Society
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
Art History
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
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
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
The Bridgerat of Cossipore
The Bridgerat of Cossipore
Short Fiction
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
Falling Through the Crack
Falling Through the Crack
Personal Essay
The Plague of Pseudoscience in India
The Plague of Pseudoscience in India
Science and Society
Reading Is Not Homework. It Is How the Mind Keeps Change.
Reading Is Not Homework. It Is How the Mind Keeps Change.
Essay
The Desperation Premium
The Desperation Premium
Technology and Society
The Thucydides Trap, Two Superpowers, and a Very Old Greek Headache
The Thucydides Trap, Two Superpowers, and a Very Old Greek Headache
Geopolitics
Tea with George Orwell
Tea with George Orwell
Essay
What India Meant by Demonetization, and Where We Are
What India Meant by Demonetization, and Where We Are
Economy
Still Here, in the Corner Room
Still Here, in the Corner Room
Personal Essay
The Fat Animal in the Mirror
The Fat Animal in the Mirror
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 AI Cloud Will Also Need a Pump, a Plug, and a Tanker
The AI Cloud Will Also Need a Pump, a Plug, and a Tanker
Technology
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
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
Storm in a Bhar
Storm in a Bhar
Short Fiction
The Morning of the Cutouts
The Morning of the Cutouts
Short Fiction
The Vegetable Seller Before Dawn
The Vegetable Seller Before Dawn
Personal Essay
Election Puja And The Common Eye
Election Puja And The Common Eye
Politics
The Machine That Cannot Digest
The Machine That Cannot Digest
Artificial Intelligence
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
If Asimov Never Put the Leash on the Robots
If Asimov Never Put the Leash on the Robots
Artificial Intelligence
The Bengali Hikikomori and the Shrinking Map of His Life
The Bengali Hikikomori and the Shrinking Map of His Life
Personal
CRISPR: The Tiny Bacterial Trick That May Change Human Destiny
CRISPR: The Tiny Bacterial Trick That May Change Human Destiny
Science
When Brains Are Bright but Systems Are Blind
When Brains Are Bright but Systems Are Blind
Artificial Intelligence
Why 2026 Is Still the 21st Century
Why 2026 Is Still the 21st Century
Personal Essay
The Chatbot Arrived Before the Seatbelt
The Chatbot Arrived Before the Seatbelt
AI Safety
The Rotten Sack Theory of Indian Politics
The Rotten Sack Theory of Indian Politics
Politics
The Empty Room Inside Loneliness
The Empty Room Inside Loneliness
Personal
The AI Layoff Trap: How Companies Can Fire Their Own Customers
The AI Layoff Trap: How Companies Can Fire Their Own Customers
AI Economics
The Magnet, the Bulb, and the Battery
The Magnet, the Bulb, and the Battery
Personal
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
SludgeGPT and the Mirage of Machine Understanding
SludgeGPT and the Mirage of Machine Understanding
Artificial Intelligence
A Calcutta Bengali's Guide to the Various Schools of AI
A Calcutta Bengali's Guide to the Various Schools of AI
Artificial Intelligence
The Kolkata Commuter Waiting for a Bus
The Kolkata Commuter Waiting for a Bus
Personal Essay
LinkedIn, Unemployment, and the National X-Ray
LinkedIn, Unemployment, and the National X-Ray
Society
The English Medium Urine Stain
The English Medium Urine Stain
Memoir
Political Promises and the Hard Floor of Reality
Political Promises and the Hard Floor of Reality
Politics
The Genie Is Out of the Bottle
The Genie Is Out of the Bottle
Artificial Intelligence
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
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
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
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
The Last Economy
The Last Economy
Technology
The History of the Shape of Atoms
The History of the Shape of Atoms
Science
What the Ukraine and Iran Wars May Leave Behind in Civilian Technology
What the Ukraine and Iran Wars May Leave Behind in Civilian Technology
Technology
Pohela Baisakh
Pohela Baisakh
history
The Pufferfish Economy
The Pufferfish Economy
Society
Trigonometric Colonization
Trigonometric Colonization
history-of-science
Hormuz, Day 52
Hormuz, Day 52
Geopolitics
Mindfulness?
Mindfulness?
Calcutta
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
Shouldering the Chips: A Bengali Odyssey Through Calcutta's Public Transport
Shouldering the Chips: A Bengali Odyssey Through Calcutta's Public Transport
Calcutta
Can't Go Back to Childhood-Except as a Misremembering Ghost
Can't Go Back to Childhood-Except as a Misremembering Ghost
Memoir
Fish Market Merit and the Small Republic of Honesty
Fish Market Merit and the Small Republic of Honesty
Personal Essay
A Meaningless Number on an Average Star
A Meaningless Number on an Average Star
Personal Essay
An Architect's Education
An Architect's Education
Career
Schooling in Calcutta
Schooling in Calcutta
Personal