2.10 - Indian Standard Time and Conferences Paid Members Public
Conferences in India rarely stick to time making it difficult for people, especially speakers to schedule their day
2.3 - The Awards' Scam Paid Members Public
2.3 - The Awards’ Scam Background: This was posted in August 1999. It's been 24 years since and nothing has changed. Please subscribe to receive only the new posts on email "The way to a man's money is through his vanity" Adapted from
2.4 - The Art of Spitting (A PhD Thesis Proposal) Paid Members Public
Background: This was posted in August 1999, as a satire, replicating a scientific research protocol. Originally, I had selected this article for publication in Sulekha Select, but the Sulekha editors thought that “Black, White and Various Shades of Brown” (1.2) was more apt. Click here to subscribe to get
1.1 - Biwi No 1 (Or...Khalid Mohamed ko Gusta Kyon Aata Hai) Paid Members Public
Background: This was the first piece I wrote and posted on www.manfrommatunga.com on June 08, 1999. It is arguably the first “Indian” “blog” post. Subsequently in Jan 2011, I put a bunch of these pieces into a book called the Man from Matunga Chronicles. This was one of
14.1: Of Sitcoms Paid Members Public
My first piece published online and perhaps the first blog post published in India
