Career
He has also been a columnist for HT Brunch magazine, the Sunday supplement of the Hindustan Times. and has written for Hindustan Times, The Economic Times, Outlook Magazine and JAM among others.His first novel titled "How to become a billionaire by selling Nothing" was released by Random House in May 2014. Magal has gained popularity primarily as a Humorist and satirist though he has written non-humorous material also which have been less popular.He blogs under the pseudonym Fake Jhunjhunwala and runs the parody blog The Secret Journal of Rakesh Jhunjhunwala based on Legendary Indian Investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala.He also runs an associated Twitter handle jhunjhunwala.Most of his posts and tweets are funny outtakes on Indian politics and business. His sharp and incisive humour has attracted laughter and criticism for being outrageous and bold at the same time.
In 2009,a still anonymous Magal gave his first interview to Blogadda.com after nearly two years of blogging anonymously.
In 2010, Forbes Magazine did a feature on him in their March issue which asked who Magal was.He was also featured on MoneyControl
He has also been featured and mentioned in publications such as Mint, Outlook Magazine,Mid-day, JAM Magazine, Hindustan Times,OPEN Magazine, Pune Mirror, deoxyribonucleic acid and Business Standard. His Twitter handle is immensely popular and is followed by more than 60,000 followers comprising people of all ages and professions.
In 2012,after nearly four years of blogging anonymously his identity was revealed in a front page feature in the June 7th edition of The Economic Times where he was reported to have had a wonderful meeting with the real Rakesh Jhunjhunwala. In 2013,he was once again featured in the edition of 23 October of the Hindustan Times Business section.
In April 2014,Magal announced that his first book titled "How to become a billionaire by selling Nothing" will be released in May 2014.
He was mistaken to be the real Rakesh Jhunjhunwala by Indian Express Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta in an article for The Indian Express on 24 December. Gupta who quoted Magal"s tweets as the real Jhunjhunwala"s was later forced to apologise and withdraw his statements pertaining to Jhunjhunwala.The incident was chronicled in Churumuri.
