Musings

Embassytown, Shadow Twinning, and My Conversation with ChatGPT

How reading China Miéville helped me learn about current LLM performance and opened a Pandora's box

Jul 19 •

Pickles, Posto, and Pokora: Forgotten Tastes of Bengal

In memory of my grandmother

Jul 2 •

Hysteria, Femininity, and Nosferatu

The return of Gothic interpolation with historically neglected subtexts about mental health and female biology

Mar 17 •

The Terror on the Red Sea by Manabendra Pal

A Bengali Ghost Story

Sep 20, 2024 •

The Ecophilosophy of Nausicaä: Part II

Mind of a bee, swarm intelligence, and connective tissue

Dec 17, 2023 •

The Ecophilosophy of Nausicaä: Part I

Hayao Miyazaki, environmentalism, fungal diseases, and monsters

Dec 1, 2023 •

In Defence of Friedrich Bhaer

Jo March did not settle.

Oct 29, 2023 •

On Oppenheimer, abstraction, slow science, and life of a Nolanite

Musings from this weekend

Jul 24, 2023 •

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