Comments on: Roundup of new launches in Indian Internet space: SecondShaadi, Pinkvilla, Kyazoonga

By: Dr. JD

Dr. JD — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:36:15 +0000

pinkvilla is a nice site- very popular for Bollywood gossip buffs, apparently good clean gossip fun. guys land in on it to, not to be evaded by its pink-ness. but the disturbing thing for guardians is hoping their teens are on a safe site. in most cases, it’s good clean fun for our children.

but the color comments on the stars… (too dark;; too light- bordering on India’s obsession with skin tones) have bordered on outright racism (light – fair- good star;; dark -bad person ) and some ppl’s comments were removed too little / too late (‘too brown to represent India.. ‘; she is a ‘dark maid’ ..etc. on dark stars — landed by male teens aimed to mock darker females). unfortuantely, a child reading these comments might think their melanin-tone level might be a crime.

this left my friends’ very worried when their teens would discuss that site.. but they have removed the controversial comments finally after over a year. watch the moderators, there is no flag for abuse on that site. big strong THUMBS-DOWN on their moderators who should know it’s a teen site and should flag abusive/racist comments better…

By: Sheetal

Sheetal — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:08:45 +0000

Hi All,

In the Fashion, Beauty, Glamour & Lifestyle segment there is one more website http://www.femefashions.com from Bangalore. Check it up and give your comments on this.

By: Prerna

Prerna — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 06:59:42 +0000

Kyazoonga.com its nice place for online ticket booking of movie,sports,cricket and any live event tickets you collect from here..

thanks

By: pravesh

pravesh — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:19:11 +0000

Second Shaadi: I dont know if this is a viable concept for India. May be its too early for the Indian crowd”

I really don’t agree with this. With the fast roll on of the western influence, India is on the ride of breakups and cases are increasing very fast In the 2 Year..

Second Shaadi: I dont know if this is a viable concept for India. May be its too early for the Indian crowd”

I really don’t agree with this. With the fast roll on of the western influence, India is on the ride of breakups and cases are increasing very fast,

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By: Sanjeev Kumar Dangi

Sanjeev Kumar Dangi — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 20:28:05 +0000

@Prashanth Sriram
“Second Shaadi: I dont know if this is a viable concept for India. May be its too early for the Indian crowd”

I really don’t agree with this. With the fast roll on of the western influence, India is on the ride of breakups and cases are increasing very fast,
http://www.sawf.org/newedit/edit03102003/interview.asp
http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2002/09/23/stories/2002092300290200.htm
http://www.indiamike.com/india/chai-and-chat-f73/divorce-soars-in-indias-middle-class-t16230/
In the last 10 years, this no has doubled and the no is increasing very fast. You may say anything but facts can’t be denied.This is the market they are trapping. And they are not early i think. It is same case when bhartmatrimony started their portal. People said who really wants to marry online. That is all bullshit!!! But see how things changed.

I must say they must be given kudos for giving a platform for these
second timers.

By: nihad

nihad — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 07:14:48 +0000

people who are awestruck by kyazoonga, should just check out bookmyshow.com. Well its a class apart, .. with a cool web 2.0 built up.. range of cinemas in all cities, ability to select the seats yourself with a real time online seating layout. They even have a dedicated call centre for taht help you tele book tickets and even home deliver. It has an IVR too… and now to top it all.. they are offering a cool 25% discount on tickets as their launch offer. Thats a cool site to look out for.. Way to go bookmyshow…!

By: Ashish

Ashish — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 17:11:00 +0000

Hi Prerna
I agree with you that guy’ comments may not make sense.
Well, such SN sites need to drive people in certain direction..and I hope PinkVilla does that.

As far as pinkvilla’s contact details are concerned, well I know where do they work (thanks to my analytics software), but I guess can’t mention it here

By: prerna

prerna — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:26:00 +0000

Could you pass soem additional information on Pinkvilla owners. I am a girl and I completely love the site and am sure all girls will love it. Guys’ opinions dont matter here , am i right.

I want to find additional information on the site owners. could you pass it to me. i looked over the net, but could not get any info..

By: Prashanth Sriram

Prashanth Sriram — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 23:45:00 +0000

Second Shaadi: I dont know if this is a viable concept for India. May be its too early for the Indian crowd

Kyazoonga: I think this is a great idea and may have a bright future.

Pinkvilla: Having a teenage sister, I Can say that girls dig these kind of stuff and the site has all what a girl wants. It will hit off if the female population like it and that is for us to wait and watch.

By: ashley

ashley — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:51:00 +0000

Of the indian social networking sites targetted towards fashion/bollywood/beauty. I think Pinkvilla (http://www.pinkvilla.com) is right up there. Their content is far better than the rest iof the compettion. UI is more cleaner than rest, though i think a little tweaking here and there will help as well.

Other sites like indiwo, stylecandy, gog etc. are too cluttered, and its content is mostly genererated by the so called experts and user content is highly controlled.

pinkvilla’s content is totally user generated, articles are rated by based on hits.. totally driven the user.. I think this is one site to look for in the near future. do you have any info about the founders or where its based off?

By: Ashraf

Ashraf — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:42:00 +0000

Idea of thirdshaadi is hilarious !! I am sure desimartinin guys will launch something similar! how come they havent launched sites for gay/lesbians?

Pinkvilla is a pure drupal site with no direction..I really dont know how and why such sites are created.

May god bless all such site ppl.

By: Jayanth

Jayanth — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:47:00 +0000

Its really sad that when you use a country’s language’s word in your web address, you represent the country, and these guys have done it in quite a bad sense.. Its also a convenient way to say we’re the first losers to do that..

Pinkvilla is pure hoot.. I dont understand girlism and feminism! I completely feel that its a form of racism to identify a community by gender.. GOG should also follow the lines of the same.. There is absolutely no need for anything like that unless its for gossip(As AAKASH) mentioned earlier.. And historically, this has always become the case.. As with orkut, i wont be surprised if there are more male users at Pinkvilla and GOG more than females.. The mentality of the web user is such that they make use of it to check out profiles rather than share and discuss ideas and stuff..

Desimartini and SecondShaadi.com should realize that they cannot make prescence by quantity of ventures!

I wont be surprised if these guys start a THIRDSHAADI.com!!

Kyazoonga have some neat concepts in hand..

By: Shantanu

Shantanu — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:10:00 +0000

Secondshaadi is the same guy behind IndianRadar right? Has he realized that all of his half-hearted ventures are BIG TIME failure?

Its a shame that bloggers in India talk about such sleazy ppl..

By: Sri...

Sri... — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:53:00 +0000

Second shaadi: Crap, such a waste of time,
such crap ideas, would only defame the INDIAN startup prodigies!

and there r more defamed people who interview them to gain more public purview, how would secondshaadi do something good for indian community?

to match them its DESIMARTINI who does things, GOD bless them....common guys, don't offbeat try doing things becoz u hold a marketing degree, show something which is atleast worth!!!

By: Aakash

Aakash — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:24:00 +0000

I don’t understand what these desimartini guys are trying to prove.With so many start-ups, are they planning to make some record.It speaks about their utter un-professionalism and no-serious approach about their venture.They should better focus on one area and try to come up with some real value for users.
Kyazoonga seems to be ok, but just providing a link to the website’s won’t help.They should try to make Kyazoonga as one entry platform all ticket-bookings.
Pinkvilla might be good for girls but arrangement of content is very confusing.I couldn’t figure out anything useful.Looks like a gossip site for girls.
All the best to all three of you.

By: Atul Khanna

Atul Khanna — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 09:04:00 +0000

You are right dude…
And I AM shocked to see somebody interviewing secondshaadi guys… its a shame that ppl dont hv even the basic understanding and they tend to interview such creepy ppl.

hope sanity prevails among Indian bloggers and these site guys..