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A Dispatch from a (Relatively) Decluttered World
On reducing screen time without disappearing from the world.
 • Shibaprasad Bhattacharya
The Price of Outsourcing Chores
Everyone assumes house help is cheap in India. What do the numbers across 20 countries say? It isn't, for most Indians.
 • Shibaprasad Bhattacharya
Oxford Street, Kolkata
On isomorphic mimicry, status signalling, and Western aspirations.
 • Shibaprasad Bhattacharya
A Poster at Lime Street
Some reflections about Liverpool.
 • Shibaprasad Bhattacharya
The Atheist Discomfort of a Social Market Liberal
On finding no political home in India.
 • Shibaprasad Bhattacharya
Decoding the Praja Poll exit poll
They predicted 178–208 seats for the BJP in West Bengal. I found the methodology behind the number far more interesting.
 • Shibaprasad Bhattacharya
The New Tap-In, Tap-Out
On measuring the wrong thing, again
 • Shibaprasad Bhattacharya
West Bengal Built the Floor, Not the Ceiling
Four parts of data, one common theme, and an election that didn't help.
 • Shibaprasad Bhattacharya
Cheering from the Exit
Exit, Voice, and the hollow comfort of long-distance loyalty
 • Shibaprasad Bhattacharya
Quick Commerce and Quick Promises
On 10-minute deliveries, revdi culture, incentives & the art of adapting to what works
 • Shibaprasad Bhattacharya
Bapu & Binaries
I had written briefly about the SRK vs Aamir pop binary, a debate that dominated pop discourse while I was growing up.
 • Shibaprasad Bhattacharya
How much Gig is India’s Gig work?
If you can't say no without penalty, is it really gig work?
 • Shibaprasad Bhattacharya
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