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The Man with the Greyscale Shadows
The Man with the Greyscale Shadows
Short Fiction
The Unveiling
The Unveiling
Personal Essay
Simpson's Paradox I See Around Me
Simpson's Paradox I See Around Me
Statistics
Bar English for Bengalis Who Have Escaped the Tea Stall
Bar English for Bengalis Who Have Escaped the Tea Stall
Culture
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
Kenneth Arrow in the Waiting Room
Kenneth Arrow in the Waiting Room
Economics
Clinical AI Needs A Shadow Architecture First
Clinical AI Needs A Shadow Architecture First
Healthcare-IT
The Dwellers
The Dwellers
Short Fiction
The Man Who Knew Everybody
The Man Who Knew Everybody
Short Fiction
Hilsa and the Family Court of Appetite
Hilsa and the Family Court of Appetite
Culture
The Red Room of Beliaghata
The Red Room of Beliaghata
Short Fiction
The Good Boy Hunger
The Good Boy Hunger
Short Fiction
The Public Mouth
The Public Mouth
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 Fourth-Standard Saint
The Fourth-Standard Saint
Short Fiction
Label: Road
Label: Road
Short Fiction
The Ledger of Soft Parts
The Ledger of Soft Parts
Short Fiction
Faces for Ashtami
Faces for Ashtami
Short Fiction
The Third Stomach
The Third Stomach
Short Fiction
The Black Reservoir
The Black Reservoir
Short Fiction
Rain Before Rain
Rain Before Rain
Short Fiction
The Language Under Hatibagan
The Language Under Hatibagan
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
Head Tax
Head Tax
Short Fiction
The Man Who Looked Too Long
The Man Who Looked Too Long
Short Fiction
Body Rent
Body Rent
Short Fiction
Circle of Death
Circle of Death
Short Fiction
The Radius of Dust
The Radius of Dust
Short Fiction
The Skull Under the Bridge
The Skull Under the Bridge
Short Fiction
The Post That Took the Weather
The Post That Took the Weather
Short Fiction
The Second Rain
The Second Rain
Short Fiction
Benford's Law and the Ledger That Sweats
Benford's Law and the Ledger That Sweats
Mathematics
The Bride Price of Salt
The Bride Price of Salt
Short Fiction
The Ninth Tap
The Ninth Tap
Short Fiction
The Ten-Kilo Children
The Ten-Kilo Children
Short Fiction
The Blue Above Chandni
The Blue Above Chandni
Short Fiction
The Eye-Eater of Hazra
The Eye-Eater of Hazra
Short Fiction
The Polished Ghost of Banamali Lane
The Polished Ghost of Banamali Lane
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
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
Knife Bite
Knife Bite
Short Fiction
Meanline
Meanline
Short Fiction
Moon Without Skin
Moon Without Skin
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
The Vegetarian
The Vegetarian
Short Fiction
The Animals That Did Not Know Smiling
The Animals That Did Not Know Smiling
Short Fiction
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
Kaak Bhairav
Kaak Bhairav
Short Fiction
Wrong Shelf
Wrong Shelf
Short Fiction
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
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
The Cockroach Party and the Politics of Being Insulted
The Cockroach Party and the Politics of Being Insulted
Politics
Bogosity, Enshittification, and the Glittering Drain
Bogosity, Enshittification, and the Glittering Drain
Technology and Society
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 Calcutta Summer of 2026
The Calcutta Summer of 2026
Climate
The Plague of Pseudoscience in India
The Plague of Pseudoscience in India
Science and Society
Clay Stoves, Hormuz, and the Price of Breath in Calcutta
Clay Stoves, Hormuz, and the Price of Breath in Calcutta
Calcutta Life
How To Start Machine Learning Without Buying Magic Beans
How To Start Machine Learning Without Buying Magic Beans
AI Education
If Lies Had Noses Again
If Lies Had Noses Again
Satire
Election Puja And The Common Eye
Election Puja And The Common Eye
Politics
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
The Bengali Hikikomori and the Shrinking Map of His Life
The Bengali Hikikomori and the Shrinking Map of His Life
Personal
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 Thin-Fat Bengali and the Treacherous Little Belly
The Thin-Fat Bengali and the Treacherous Little Belly
Health
Bengal Changed Color, Not Yet Character
Bengal Changed Color, Not Yet Character
Politics and Society
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
The Tea Stall as an Anti-AI Safety System
The Tea Stall as an Anti-AI Safety System
AI and Society
How Are You and Other Small Cruelties
How Are You and Other Small Cruelties
Personal Satire
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 Prognosis Is Clarity
The Prognosis Is Clarity
Philosophy
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
Politics Is a Machine for Spoiling Ordinary People
Politics Is a Machine for Spoiling Ordinary People
Politics
Facial Pleasure Receipts
Facial Pleasure Receipts
Culture
The Negative Infinity Before the Singularity
The Negative Infinity Before the Singularity
Healthcare AI
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
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
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
Universal Basic Income in India After Work Stops Being a Promise
Universal Basic Income in India After Work Stops Being a Promise
Political Economy
Latent Space and the Hidden Map of Healthcare Data
Latent Space and the Hidden Map of Healthcare Data
Healthcare-IT
Vector Databases and the Shape of Clinical Memory
Vector Databases and the Shape of Clinical Memory
healthcare-it
AI in Healthcare: Beware
AI in Healthcare: Beware
Healthcare AI
Homeopathy
Homeopathy
healthcare-systems
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
Can't Go Back to Childhood-Except as a Misremembering Ghost
Can't Go Back to Childhood-Except as a Misremembering Ghost
Memoir
This Blog's History
This Blog's History
Personal Reflections
An Architect's Education
An Architect's Education
Healthcare-IT
Schooling in Calcutta
Schooling in Calcutta
Personal