I am sure a lot of geeks here are taking the logical reasoning, but fail to understand what’s mentioned in the article here.

It’s actually surprising that a lot of folks here failed to understand the real context of this article.

But then, mediocrity is what defines India (and am sure a lot of you are feeling ashamed of Googlle story and the fact that you are an Indian..aren’t you guys?).

@sinha – keep up the ballsy route

Number of readers of this blog found this particular post to be in bad taste as can be seen by the comments on the post. Vinuth, made an effort to point out why this post is giving a biased view. Instead of ad-hominem attacks on him you should point out the fallacy in his reasoning.

Again if TC covers anything any everything related to Indian Startups where does that leave Pluggd.In.

This is the second time you have asked someone to read the commenting policy but have failed to provide a link to it. I have asked for it before and will ask for it again.

Provide the link for the commenting policy and ensure that they are fairly applied. What I mean is that warn everyone who stoop to personal attacks and not just the people who happen to disagree with your position.

Finally, @Vernon and @Vishal, even though I found this post and the comments distasteful I am not saying that innovation does not happen in India.

We will speak our mind & heart out in this blog.
And being an anon coward, please dont give any advice – it has no meaning. (btw, read our commenting policy)

Ashish, of course you can disagree with your readers, but if you want to be taken seriously don’t stoop to the level of personal attacks. Fail to learn this lesson, and your site becomes nothing more than yet another source of gutter journalism.

I look forward to seeing better things here.

what TC has covered so far from India has not been ‘dedicated to India’..but when u do a full story on India, you better do a good job of it.

Anyways, you wont understand…u have already built your perception..no pt debating with ppl like you.
chill. last comment from me on this post.

@sinha – keep up the good stuff. respect u for your candid opinion and ballsy move.

Emerging markets is a different ballgame and that’s where a lot of silicon valley firms fail to understand. Except Google, very few companies have global org structure

Bro – all the best to you and your ‘closed’ way of thinking.

The post is about Silicon Valley’s (and TC’s) portrayal of India

And I explained why, the portrayal isn’t always negative. Cherry picking one instance, which was an amusing post for sure, doesn’t make your argument convincing.

The fact that they have several people scouting Indian startup scene, shows they are taking it seriously.

talking about smsgupshup/NRN funds are just news items..

No. They did a video interview with SMSGupShup’s founder. Scoble was interviewing along with Mike. Thats not just news. They covered lifeblob. They awarded iMo in TC50. There really isn’t any discrimination that I can see. And they are basically in the business of covering tech scene in America, and they sure miss out a lot of innovative companies from Israel, UK, China, etc., And they are starting country specific blogs for some… You know all of this. But somehow this one post about Googlle university pissed off enough to negate all of these things.

Silicon Valley cannot look at India with their own lens

I think they realize this. Their posts prove it.

You will never see a Google/Yahoo from India. We aren’t the market for that.

They meant the “next big thing”, “the next innovative company” could very well be from here or China.

“this post seems opportunistic stab and whiny” – well, so does your comment.

Cool. So we finally agree on at least one part of it.

Anyway. I guess, this current discussion doesn’t matter in the larger picture. I’m thankful to Pluggd.in for covering Indian Startups extensively and you do a great job. I just disagree with this post and I have written my reasons for it. I guess we can move on now.

“this post seems opportunistic stab and whiny” – well, so does your comment.

Then pluggd.in has done a poor job of educating me

Anyway, I don’t see how some of the “innovative” solutions you speak of are relevant to western audience, or can excite them.

They covered most of the big news, SMSGupShup(twice), NRN’s venture fund, etc., etc.,

They also covered how India / China are growing and how the next google can come from here. Vivek Wadhwa is a pretty strong voice there, even if many comments ridicule him.

And somehow this one post is going to cast a bad light on entire Indian startup scene. Ridiculous. You need to gather more material to make a convincing point.

Finally, I don’t see what Silicon Valley owes to Indian startups. Nor do I see how Indian starups, in their current form, are rupturing their business enough to matter to them.

And they are scouting. It’s not like they are being totally blind. So, this post seems opportunistic stab and whiny, nothing more. Thats my opinion. I’m glad I gave you some laughs.

your reply made me laugh because it represents your thought process. Whats being discussed here is at a grand scale – of silicon valley (where TC is a strong voice) and their portray of India..
Read.

This attitude isn’t going to take us anywhere nor make us great. We currently don’t have any offering that excites them or matters to them and the audience they serve. Period.

Whenever things have excited them, they have covered it. Eg: iMo got best presentation award in TC50.

It’s like people cursing me for not seeing Kannada movies. Whiny.

Nice post Ashish! i hated TC for its crap and bias. And this one was the ultimate crap article they could have brought on board.

Also, I could not find the commenting policy. Could you point to it?

And she ended up writing about NIIT and all the great MMT story..which to me looked more journalistic in nature

Next time you reply, read our commenting policy.

Atleast in India, am glad pluggd.in is doing interesting thing – rgt from covering www/mob stories to rural india innovation as well.