Man From Matunga Chronicles
These are a selection of my writings from 1999 till 2014, all published at www.manfrommatunga.com, which is now defunct and many published in the Mumbai Mirror
2.7 - The Least Polluted City in the World Paid Members Public
Trying to get Mumbai to be less polluted
2.5 - Desis of the World Unite (...or You may Lose Your Netentity) Paid Members Public
Background: This was a satire written in November 1999, during the dot-com boom, where everyone and anyone was blocking domain names and trying to sell them at inflated premiums. It was also a play on the word “desi”, which in the 90s was a common word used to describe Indians
1.2 - Black, White and Various Shades of Brown Paid Members Public
This was a “funny” piece that I had written for Sulekha in November 1999, which was also cross-posted on www.manfrommatunga.com. It was published later in 2001, in Sulekha Select, a compilation of 42 pieces by various authors. I came across a project report written by an executive of
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
