The internet user base in India has gone up over the last 2 years. Yes, we all would wanted a higher growth but everything does take time when it has to do something with infrastructure.

Hopefully WiMAX will spurt the growth of internet. BSNL will be spending $1 Billion on WiMAX, 50% will be for Tier-II and Tier-III cities. One could say that Tier-II and Tier-III doesn’t have the money power to buy a PC and those who can afford now would say “unless we have internet access why should I buy?”. Somebody has to take the first step and I think the internet providers have to take the first step which I feel they have (especially BSNL). Private operators will follow.

There is a need for Indian language content on the internet. Is that space fully defined now? Possibly not, that is because of the reasons you have mentioned – penetration was low. Since I have been in this language space from 2000 I can confidently say that our channels have been changing in what we publish over the years based on user feedback. We have always been more than happy to hear what our users have to say to shape our portals.

There is language content available out there on the internet which can keep the user engaged. Can more be done, sure why not? That applies to all mediums in the media today. Since internet was the last medium to patronize languages the work to be done in this medium is maximum. Language space will be an important player in India. FMCG companies are drooling to reach out to these Tier-II/Tier-III masses. Internet will be “one of the” mediums they will want to use to reach out to Tier-II and Tier-III.

There are tons of contents when it comes to movies, tv channels, radio stations, magazines, comics…but there’s hardly any content available online.

And that’s the reason Internet is not popuplar in India. Only 3-4 % of Indians are online…and number of broadband users are so low..lets not even talk about it….

Just look what happened to channels like Star plus…they started producing content in Hindi…and look how much money they are making now

Same goes for Zee TV etc….

jago india jago….

Indian language blogging has been doing very well in the last 1.5 years. This shows a rise in language writers and readers.

Depending upon the size of the language reader population I think there is a need for pure language portals.