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What sites do you visit for Indian content ?

April 14, 2008 · Posted in Misc 

First of all, apologies for last week’s absence - if there’s one word to describe my schedule last week, it’d be ‘maniacal’. I was traveling for most of the week and hardly had time to take a breather. Wonder how the consultants / mobile road warriors manage to travel every week.

I digress. Coming back to the title of this post - One of my favorite weekend activities is to read news stories and articles on global as well as the Indian business, technology, society etc. while sipping my morning cup of tea. While I have no problems in discovering some great quality content on NYT, Portfolio, NewsWeek, Economist, NPR, Salon etc, I find it incredibly difficult to uncover good reading stuff related to India. Besides BusinessWorld and BusinessToday, I cant think of any business-technology focused sites writing about India. For some of the most interesting humor, pop-culture, analysis etc. I read Indian blogs. In fact, I read more Indian content on blogs than on mainstream sites. Mainstream media just cant seem to get past bollywood, cricket, babies with 2 faces & 4 eyes.

I understand that I belong to a minority niche, but I’m pretty sure there are several others who feel the same.

So, in the quest to discover new, good Indian content, let me ask you this - What sites do you frequent for quality Indian content ?

Leave a comment with your top reading list for India. Hopefully, it would help us discover some really good sites, which go beyond the normal realms of bollywood and cricket.


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15 Responses to “What sites do you visit for Indian content ?”

  1. Avashya on April 14th, 2008 3:16 pm

    One site is http://www.avashya.com that aggregates the Indian tech news from NYT, Business Standard, etc.. as well as blogs.

  2. Sushil on April 14th, 2008 3:49 pm

    I like dhingana.com for Indian songs, and news. they have a good audio, video section.

  3. Nishi Viswanathan on April 14th, 2008 4:27 pm

    Here is another good one- http://www.window2india.com- it is geared towards NRIs though. Rediff.com used to be pretty good until they flooded their site with ads and low end content.

  4. chica on April 15th, 2008 1:30 am

    Mint newspaper is great on the content, you could try their website http://www.livemint.com

  5. Ayan on April 15th, 2008 11:03 am

    I like http://www.marketbuzz.in for stock market news & blog articles.

  6. pranav on April 15th, 2008 12:44 pm

    @nishi - I never found any good content on Rediff ever. Not to mention I hate their UI and everything about them.

    @chica - that’s right.I forgot about Mint. Mint has quickly become on of my favorite Indian biz papers. BS should take a cue and upgrade their offering - both, in terms of quality and usability.

  7. Swati on April 16th, 2008 1:07 pm

    rediff, ibnlive and some times ndtv. I am getting frustrated with rediff though with their layout and ads though . Now a days I am using
    Live Mirchi to get a glimpse on Indian news content . This site is a News aggregator and is covering Hindi and telugu content too.

  8. aakriti on April 19th, 2008 2:17 am

    Livemint.com is a site you may want to check out. It has a good mix of business/fun/entertainment/technology….. And the fact that the site’s UI are appealing, only helps.

  9. Prashant Maskara on April 19th, 2008 4:31 am

    I just started http://maskytech.blogspot.com with the aim to cover internet startups in India. I aim to cover more startups atleast on a weekly basis. Do let me know what you think of the blog.

  10. Pramodh on April 19th, 2008 10:25 am

    I like Rediff, Business Week, NewYork Times, IHT [International Herald Tribune].
    All of them Rediff Rocks. when comes to Business, It is Business WEEK. And news, NYT,IHT.
    visit our site >> http://www.kotilingalatemple.com [ Lord Shiva ]

  11. Rajavanya on April 20th, 2008 5:30 am

    You wrote exactly what I had in mind !!
    Man India has 1/6th of the world population and internet users are growing at tremendous pace…

    Almost same thing i had mention in my post about the Times top 25 blogs of the world !

    my favorite…
    godyears.blogspot.com

    written by a mallu doc @ mangalore and its awesome…
    check out some of his old archives… or best posts..

  12. Rajavanya on April 20th, 2008 5:32 am

    One post which I wrote aiming indian lifestyle change is here
    http://myselfindian.blogspot.com/2008/02/is-this-india.html

  13. Vikram Kamboj on April 25th, 2008 10:32 pm

    Visit http://www.indyapulse.com . IndyaPulse.com, as the name suggests, is indeed a website which has the pulse of India encapsulated in it. It is an online web portal service offering a plethora of services for Indians around the world. All your queries are now just a click away!

  14. Mads on May 8th, 2008 4:17 pm

    I use two justsamachar.com or onlysamachar.com
    both rock

  15. washim on May 12th, 2008 5:11 am

    well all i want to say is india guide is gud for indians