Campus evidence The Bribe
New notes, old alibis
Brown
Phantom
I left this place alone long enough for dust to acquire tenancy rights. I am back with new posts, old grudges, and the same habit of turning small failures into exhibits. Some people evolve. I have archives.
Fiction I Still Don't Know
Absurdity The Restaurant
New Work
Freshly written, therefore still warm.
The newest entries sit here first, before they have learnt manners, acquired nostalgia, or been misquoted by strangers with motivational wallpapers.
AI Can't Be Stopped, But It Can Definitely Be Misled
AGI is at the door. Humanity, having failed at wisdom, may still have one weapon left: majestic nonsense.
Bloody Indians in Vegas
As mentioned in the previous post, here’s another twisted tale of telephony. First, the disclaimer: Unlike other...
I Still Don't Know
When I died, I wasn’t surprised to be escorted in to the gate that read: Welcome To where else Hell. Death leave...
It Really Doesn’t Matter
If you are the kind who admires confidence and decisiveness, I am afraid I won’t be leaving a great impression o...
A note to returning readers: this is not a commemorative stamp.
There are new posts. Please adjust your disappointment accordingly.
Start Here
The usual suspects.
If you have never been here before, these older pieces explain the local weather: mild philosophy, self-incrimination, and the occasional locked room.
BrownPhantom 2010 5 min
How To Live
Lately I've been wondering a lot about, well, how to live. In the quest to understand life, I‘ve read a lot: philosophy, evolutionary biology, neuroscience, history, social sciences, astrophysics, quantum mecha...
The Bribe
Just when I am supposed to study Econometrics and Statistical Inference, the urge to blog overwhelms me. Escapis...
I Still Don't Know
When I died, I wasn’t surprised to be escorted in to the gate that read: Welcome To where else Hell. Death leave...
The Tailor's Box
When Abdul took measurements of his customers, he secretly measured their age too. Decades of sewing clothes had...
Reading Map
Choose your own mild damage.
Some days one wants philosophy. Some days one wants Kharagpur, hell, or a coffee machine with motive. Sensible people avoid all four.
Thinking, But With A Chair Pulled Away
Essays that begin near wisdom and then test whether wisdom can survive lunch.
KGP, Dewas, Bangalore, Office
Places where memory, laziness, ambition, and Excel all acquire speaking roles.
Stories With A Last-Line Problem
Short fiction that waits until the end before admitting what it has done.
AI, Tools, And Other New Excuses
Software, social platforms, and the human talent for being outsmarted by our own inventions.
Latest Notes
Recently filed complaints.
The newest notes, arranged by date because even chaos deserves one spreadsheet.
May 8
2026
2026
AI Can't Be Stopped, But It Can Definitely Be Misled
AGI is at the door. Humanity, having failed at wisdom, may still have one weapon left: majestic nonsense.
7 min
Dec 25
2014
2014
Bloody Indians in Vegas
As mentioned in the previous post, here’s another twisted tale of telephony. First, the disclaimer: Unlike other incidents on this blog...
5 min
Dec 20
2014
2014
I Still Don't Know
When I died, I wasn’t surprised to be escorted in to the gate that read: Welcome To where else Hell. Death leaves one with the bitterne...
4 min
Dec 19
2014
2014
It Really Doesn’t Matter
If you are the kind who admires confidence and decisiveness, I am afraid I won’t be leaving a great impression on you if you happen to...
3 min
Dec 11
2014
2014
Stupid Tit-Bits
1. Phantom Fetish Long ago, when there used to be not more than a single hit per day on this blog, I would check each visitor’s locatio...
3 min
Dec 8
2014
2014
Goa Trip : Introduction
So how was the trip ? Words one expects to hear are : "Awesome", "Fantastic"," Disaster" ... I am going to use similar words in a chain...
3 min
Nov 5
2014
2014
Five Whatevers
1. Object Thou shalt not steal. Else, you are a thief. And the object, Stolen. 2. Work Rose, “I shall have the glory”. Thorn, “I too, w...
1 min
Oct 12
2014
2014
The Tailor's Box
When Abdul took measurements of his customers, he secretly measured their age too. Decades of sewing clothes had taught him how the hum...
3 min
Archive
Old posts, still refusing to behave.
The older pieces are kept where they can be found and blamed. Some have aged well. Some have aged like people who use "content" as a personality.
AI-Refurbished
Some old posts return with new images, songs, and a faint smell of modernity. Same questionable judgment, better lighting.
"Everyone is self-centered; it is the radius that matters."Useful as a quote, better as a site principle
BrownPhantom works best when it feels like a person thinking in public: precise, funny, occasionally dark, and unwilling to let a neat slogan leave the room unquestioned.
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