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The Warmth
The Warmth
Short Fiction
Bar English for Bengalis Who Have Escaped the Tea Stall
Bar English for Bengalis Who Have Escaped the Tea Stall
Culture
The Weight of Pages
The Weight of Pages
Culture
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
The Weight of Wet Heat
The Weight of Wet Heat
Personal Essay
AI, Meaningful Work, and the Trust Collapse
AI, Meaningful Work, and the Trust Collapse
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
FHIR and the Clerk With the Clipboard
FHIR and the Clerk With the Clipboard
Healthcare-IT
Sharper Teeth
Sharper Teeth
Essay
The Dwellers
The Dwellers
Short Fiction
The Trillionaire Gap: A Bipolar Ramble from South Calcutta
The Trillionaire Gap: A Bipolar Ramble from South Calcutta
Personal Essay
The Curious Day When the Sun Pauses and Humanity Stretches
The Curious Day When the Sun Pauses and Humanity Stretches
Science and Society
Administratively Deleted
Administratively Deleted
Personal Essay
Rice Cooker Bookkeeping
Rice Cooker Bookkeeping
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
The Seasonal Crop
The Seasonal Crop
Short Fiction
Twaddle Tendency
Twaddle Tendency
Essay
Hilsa and the Family Court of Appetite
Hilsa and the Family Court of Appetite
Culture
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
The Fog of Future Tense
The Fog of Future Tense
Personal Essay
No Ambition Left, Only Cold Tea
No Ambition Left, Only Cold Tea
Personal Essay
Phase Transition at Fifty-One
Phase Transition at Fifty-One
Personal Essay
The Compressor and the Small Black Hole
The Compressor and the Small Black Hole
Personal Essay
Jealous of the Stupid
Jealous of the Stupid
Essay
Oxygen in a Box
Oxygen in a Box
Personal Essay
The Good Boy Hunger
The Good Boy Hunger
Short Fiction
The Nationalization of Shame
The Nationalization of Shame
Personal Essay
The Brain Scrap Yard
The Brain Scrap Yard
Personal Essay
Frog in the Robot Century
Frog in the Robot Century
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
The Cup That Starts the Sun
The Cup That Starts the Sun
Personal Essay
The Public Mouth
The Public Mouth
Short Fiction
Artisanal Darkness in a Kolkata Room
Artisanal Darkness in a Kolkata Room
Personal Essay
The Moat Has Mosquitoes
The Moat Has Mosquitoes
Personal Essay
The Rent Spider
The Rent Spider
Short Fiction
Fractal Geometry of a Half-Lived Life
Fractal Geometry of a Half-Lived Life
Personal Essay
The Ordinary Things
The Ordinary Things
Personal Essay
Newton’s First Law and the Bladder
Newton’s First Law and the Bladder
Personal Science
The Error Bar Around a Man
The Error Bar Around a Man
Personal Essay
The Fourth-Standard Saint
The Fourth-Standard Saint
Short Fiction
The Great Indian Fence-Sitter
The Great Indian Fence-Sitter
Society
Chyavana and the Refusal to Rot Quietly
Chyavana and the Refusal to Rot Quietly
Personal Essay
The Signal-to-Noise Ratio of a Ruined Life
The Signal-to-Noise Ratio of a Ruined Life
Personal Essay
The AI Harmonium Players
The AI Harmonium Players
Technology
Anger: The Last Working Appliance
Anger: The Last Working Appliance
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
The Courage to Be Disliked in a Sweating Calcutta Room
The Courage to Be Disliked in a Sweating Calcutta Room
Psychology
Faces for Ashtami
Faces for Ashtami
Short Fiction
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 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
Rain Before Rain
Rain Before Rain
Short Fiction
The Man Who Became His Own Waiting Room
The Man Who Became His Own Waiting Room
Personal Essay
The Voice Under the Loudspeaker
The Voice Under the Loudspeaker
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
The Gracefully Grotesque Collapse
The Gracefully Grotesque Collapse
Essay
Circle of Death
Circle of Death
Short Fiction
Do Not Sell Your Pressure Cooker for RTX Spark
Do Not Sell Your Pressure Cooker for RTX Spark
Technology
The North-Facing Room
The North-Facing Room
Short Fiction
The Radius of Dust
The Radius of Dust
Short Fiction
The Sofa Bird
The Sofa Bird
Short Fiction
The Billing Hour Has Started to Smell
The Billing Hour Has Started to Smell
Technology
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
The Test Is Congress Where Congress Rules
The Test Is Congress Where Congress Rules
Politics
Benford’s Law and the Ledger That Sweats
Benford’s Law and the Ledger That Sweats
Mathematics
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
The Bipolar Diet Is Not Lithium
The Bipolar Diet Is Not Lithium
Mental Health
The Eye-Eater of Hazra
The Eye-Eater of Hazra
Short Fiction
The Rice Cooker and the Black Hole
The Rice Cooker and the Black Hole
Personal Essay
The Tamarind Orbit
The Tamarind Orbit
Short Fiction
The Temperature of Attention
The Temperature of Attention
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
A Cup of Cha Is Not a Small Thing
A Cup of Cha Is Not a Small Thing
Essay
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
Faces in the Municipal Water
Faces in the Municipal Water
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
I Am a Solipsist Nihilist, Unfortunately Before Breakfast
I Am a Solipsist Nihilist, Unfortunately Before Breakfast
Personal Essay
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
The End of History, and Other Overconfident Announcements
The End of History, and Other Overconfident Announcements
Ideas
The Happy Water
The Happy Water
Short Fiction
The Unrecorded Error
The Unrecorded Error
Healthcare IT
Bengali Normalcy and the Borrowed Warmth of Nests
Bengali Normalcy and the Borrowed Warmth of Nests
Personal Essay
The Concentric Angsts of a Bankrupt Bengali Man
The Concentric Angsts of a Bankrupt Bengali Man
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
Hope Dies at Different Rates
Hope Dies at Different Rates
Personal Essay
Synthetic Jest and the Great Bengali Smile Factory
Synthetic Jest and the Great Bengali Smile Factory
Social Commentary
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 Morlocks in White Kurta
The Morlocks in White Kurta
Society
Wet-Bulb, Dry-Bulb, and Feels Like: Why Kolkata Heat Is Not Just Heat
Wet-Bulb, Dry-Bulb, and Feels Like: Why Kolkata Heat Is Not Just Heat
Science
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
Hi-Fi Sound Without the Perfume: Mono, Stereo, 5.1, Dolby, DTS, Atmos, and the Great Audio Bazaar
Hi-Fi Sound Without the Perfume: Mono, Stereo, 5.1, Dolby, DTS, Atmos, and the Great Audio Bazaar
Audio Technology
Hardy’s Law in Genetics for the Callow Calcuttan
Hardy’s Law in Genetics for the Callow Calcuttan
Science
MYCIN: The 1970s Medical AI That Knew How to Explain Itself
MYCIN: The 1970s Medical AI That Knew How to Explain Itself
Healthcare IT
The Body Becomes a Small Oven
The Body Becomes a Small Oven
Public Health
The Room, the Light, and the Brittle Brain
The Room, the Light, and the Brittle Brain
Personal
Milk Cha and the Small Engine of Attention
Milk Cha and the Small Engine of Attention
Personal Essay
Why Physics Keeps Sneaking Into Deep Learning
Why Physics Keeps Sneaking Into Deep Learning
Artificial Intelligence
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
Bogosity, Enshittification, and the Glittering Drain
Bogosity, Enshittification, and the Glittering Drain
Technology and Society
Applied Multivariate Statistical Modeling in Healthcare IT Part 2
Applied Multivariate Statistical Modeling in Healthcare IT Part 2
Healthcare IT
The Man Held by the Neck
The Man Held by the Neck
Politics
The Bridgerat of Cossipore
The Bridgerat of Cossipore
Short Fiction
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
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
The AI Business Model Makes a Broke Bengali Nervous
The AI Business Model Makes a Broke Bengali Nervous
Technology
Fellow Passengers and the Broken Record
Fellow Passengers and the Broken Record
Life
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 Overzealous Credulity Crisis
The Overzealous Credulity Crisis
Artificial Intelligence
The Thucydides Trap, Two Superpowers, and a Very Old Greek Headache
The Thucydides Trap, Two Superpowers, and a Very Old Greek Headache
Geopolitics
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 Smorgasbord of Impotence
The Smorgasbord of Impotence
Personal Essay
Tea with George Orwell
Tea with George Orwell
Essay
The Dhoti, the Toothache, and the Great Bengali Flapping Problem
The Dhoti, the Toothache, and the Great Bengali Flapping Problem
Personal
Bipolar Mood and Calcutta Calculus
Bipolar Mood and Calcutta Calculus
Personal Essay
The Geography of Contentment
The Geography of Contentment
Life
The Zeitgeist of Calcutta Has Changed
The Zeitgeist of Calcutta Has Changed
Calcutta
How To Start Machine Learning Without Buying Magic Beans
How To Start Machine Learning Without Buying Magic Beans
AI Education
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 AI Ever Gets Depressed, We Are Probably in Trouble
If AI Ever Gets Depressed, We Are Probably in Trouble
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
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
Trying to Write About Healthcare IT While the Ceiling Paint Falls Into the Dal
Trying to Write About Healthcare IT While the Ceiling Paint Falls Into the Dal
Healthcare IT
Why 2026 Is Still the 21st Century
Why 2026 Is Still the 21st Century
Personal Essay
The Rotten Sack Theory of Indian Politics
The Rotten Sack Theory of Indian Politics
Politics
The Boy Inside the Broken House
The Boy Inside the Broken House
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
Bengal Changed Color, Not Yet Character
Bengal Changed Color, Not Yet Character
Politics and Society
Coding After the Keyboard: How AI Agents Learned to Roam the Codebase
Coding After the Keyboard: How AI Agents Learned to Roam the Codebase
Artificial Intelligence
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
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
AI, Meaningful Work, and the Trust Collapse
AI, Meaningful Work, and the Trust Collapse
Artificial Intelligence
Bessel Correction Without the Mathematical Chilli Powder
Bessel Correction Without the Mathematical Chilli Powder
Statistics
Anthropic Is Coming for Wall Street
Anthropic Is Coming for Wall Street
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
Depression as Mathematics: States, Switches, Attractors, and the Treacherous Algebra of Mood
Depression as Mathematics: States, Switches, Attractors, and the Treacherous Algebra of Mood
Mental Health Systems
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 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
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
When Nothing Beats Something
When Nothing Beats Something
Technology
The City That Begs at the Window
The City That Begs at the Window
Society
The Barebones Lifeboat: America, Calcutta, and the Price of Staying Afloat
The Barebones Lifeboat: America, Calcutta, and the Price of Staying Afloat
Personal
English AI Songs
English AI Songs
AI Music Song
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
Why Scrolling Beats Reading, Until It Ruins the Reader
Why Scrolling Beats Reading, Until It Ruins the Reader
Technology
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
Healthcare AI and the Wrong Objective
Healthcare AI and the Wrong Objective
Healthcare AI
Mental Health Polypharmacy Needs Real Decision Support, Not Another Checkbox
Mental Health Polypharmacy Needs Real Decision Support, Not Another Checkbox
Healthcare IT
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
The Epistemic Iceberg Effect
The Epistemic Iceberg Effect
knowledge
HL7 vs FHIR, Explained Simply
HL7 vs FHIR, Explained Simply
Healthcare IT
The Ghost as Perception
The Ghost as Perception
philosophy
How VA Healthcare Data Systems Work: From MUMPS to SQL
How VA Healthcare Data Systems Work: From MUMPS to SQL
Healthcare IT
AI Health Insurance and Cruelty
AI Health Insurance and Cruelty
healthcare ai
LPG debacle
LPG debacle
energy
The Invasive Human Weed Species
The Invasive Human Weed Species
society
Pests we love
Pests we love
natural history
Latent Space and the Hidden Map of Healthcare Data
Latent Space and the Hidden Map of Healthcare Data
Healthcare-IT
Latent Space in Healthcare Data, From the Beginning
Latent Space in Healthcare Data, From the Beginning
Healthcare IT
The Returnee Who No Longer Fits
The Returnee Who No Longer Fits
work, migration, India
Tea
Tea
food-and-culture
Databases and Data Warehouses
Databases and Data Warehouses
healthcare-it
FHIR
FHIR
healthcare it
India’s AI Moat
India’s AI Moat
healthcare-it
The Last Economy
The Last Economy
technology
The History of the Shape of Atoms
The History of the Shape of Atoms
science
Building VA Data Warehouses
Building VA Data Warehouses
healthcare-it
Vector Databases
Vector Databases
healthcare it
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
Confounding Factors
Confounding Factors
healthcare-it
India’s White-Collar Issue
India’s White-Collar Issue
india
The Missing Scientists
The Missing Scientists
healthcare-it
Cicada, BA.3.2
Cicada, BA.3.2
public-health
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
The Questions You Ask
The Questions You Ask
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
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
Fish Market Merit and the Small Republic of Honesty
Fish Market Merit and the Small Republic of Honesty
Personal Essay
This Blog's History
This Blog's History
Personal Reflections
Schooling in Calcutta
Schooling in Calcutta
Personal
Schooling in Calcutta
Schooling in Calcutta
Personal
Welcome To SuvroGhosh.IN
Welcome To SuvroGhosh.IN
Personal Essay