Index and Table of Contents

Man From Matunga Chronicles

These are from the a compilation I had created for a book

1. The Milestones

1.1 Biwi No 1 (Or...Khalid Mohammed Ko Gussa Kyon Aata Hain) - 08 June 1999
1.2 Black, White and Various Shades of Brown - Nov 1999
1.3 Mapless In Matunga - 04 Jun 2005
1.4 What I Write About When I Write About Running - 27 Dec 2008

2. The Funnies

2.1 The Top Ten Ways of Becoming Fair - Sep 2000
2.2 The Top Ten Rules that Mumbai Taxi-Drivers Follow for Passenger Comfort and Satisfaction - Feb 2000
2.3 The Awards’ Scam - Aug 1999
2.4 The Art of Spitting (A PhD Thesis Proposal) - Aug 1999
2.5 Desis of the World Unite (...Or You May Lose Your Netentity) - Nov 1999
2.6 Pyaarimausi.com (Lovingaunt.com) - A Modern Day Fairy Tale - Apr 2000
2.7 The Least Polluted City in the World - Jan 2000

3. Matunga

4. All About Old, Really Old Friends

5. This Maximum City of Ours...

6. ...Its Seasons...

7. ...And its Food

8. We are Like That Only...

8.1 Of Plagiarism, Mid-Day and chalomumbai.com - Jul 2000

9. ...And We Offer Services Also Like That Only!

10. I, Me, Myself...As an Individual...

10.1 I Am Finally Published - Apr 2001
10.8 No Horn "Athai" - Dec 2007

11. ...And as a Parent

12. The New Wired World

13. The Movies

14. Miscellaneous - All the Others

14.1 Of Sitcoms - 01 Jun 1999

Radiology Musings

(Arranged Date-Wise)

1. Crosstalk - 15 May 2023
2. Lessons Learnt from the Translumbar Aortogram - 20 May 2023

Medical Musings

(Arranged Date-Wise)

1. Koi Andar Aaya Tha Kya? - 27 may 2023
2. Choosing the Right Doctor: The Futility and Uselessness of Google Search and Reviews, Online Aggregators and Social Media Platforms - 01 Jul 2023
3. Earning Respect Rather than Demanding it - 30 Jul 2023
4. Is My Worth as a Doctor Just a Function of How Fast I Pick Up the Phone? - 20 Nov 2023
5. Crosstalk: "Pag Ma Dukhe Che" (Gujarati for My Foot is Paining) - 23 Dec 2023

General Musings

(Arrange Date-Wise)

1. The Pipe-Dream of a Developed Society - 24 Sep 2023
2. Running on the Roads of Mumbai or Any City in India - Who is Responsible for Your Safety? - 03 Oct 2023
3. Feral to Big Brother in 40 Years - 09 Jan 2024
4. The Invasion of the Pest Parents - 22 Jan 2024
5. Swiping Left on the WhatsApp Wedding Invite - 01 Mar 2024

IJRI Editorials

(Written when I was the Editor-in-Chief from 2007 to 2013)

1. A Fresh Start - May 2007
2. Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V: Writing Papers Can't Get Any Easier - Jun 2007
3. The Times...They are a-Changing - Aug 2007
4. A Year in Retrospect - Nov 2007

Matunga

(Arranged Date-Wise)

1. Mapless in Matunga - 04 Jun 2005
2. Above King's Circle - 24 Aug 2021

Running

(Anything and everything to do with running, etc)

1. What I Write About When I Write About Running - 27 Dec 2008
2. Running on the Roads of Mumbai or Any City in India - Who is Responsible for Your Safety? - 03 Oct 2023