The India Blog Celebrity Top 10

The India blogging industry is still nascent with many still trying to reach a large audience. Unfortunately, India has been slow to adopt the internet with some estimates as low as 42,000,000 for both dial up and broadband. There are still some early blogger “celebrities” that are making an impact and we highlight them below using a five point criteria. In order to make the list, the blog subject matter needed to be primarily about India or related to India. We examined 100 India related blogs and scored them using the criteria in the table below:

Our number one India blog site ContentSutra is run by a Rafat Ali and is part of a larger network called PaidContent.org The company's news sites chronicle the economic evolution of digital content that is shaping the future of the media, information and entertainment industries. While the site takes much too long to load, its content is king and so by the way is its traffic - recording the highest website traffic in the group.

Number two on our list is VC Circle which chronicles India’s deal economy - venture capital, private equity, investment banking, mergers, acquisitions, corporate law, and entrepreneurship. VC Circle is run by Sahad P.V. (formerly of Business Today). If you want to keep tabs on Indian’s venture capital, private equity, mergers and acquisitions, investment banking space, then you need a subscription to his site.

At number three is a twenty two year old Indian blogger named Rajiv Dingra. If you’re looking for a tech savvy blogger with a sense of humor then turn to WatBlog. Dingra seems to have his finger on the pulse of India’s younger crowd and isn’t afraid to voice his opinion.

When Amit Varma founded the India Uncut site in December 2004, he thought the site would be an interesting hobby. The site quickly consumed most of his time and it paid off for him with ever increasing traffic. India Uncut checks in at Number 4 on our list.

Our Number 5 DesiPundit site lays its claim as India’s official opinions and observations daily site. Their motley crew of bloggers scattered across four continents and six time zones that keep the blog humming 24/7. They attempt to keep us informed of opinion India by linking to posts they find need a wider audience and discussion. According to the owner, “we are merely a reflection of the Indian blogosphere; we do not create content, we just link to it. Don’t be surprised if they come laced with our snarky and erudite comments though.”

The rest of our top 10 are listed below. These sites range from the ever more popular Trak.in which cleverly tracks technology and other India issues in an engaging way to the Indian Economy Blog which covers in depth India economic news and analysis.

Too Good to Miss

Unofficial Prime Minister Blog – Hilarious “unofficial” blog purportedly from Manhoman Singh. The writer has a great sense of humor and is willing to confront the powerful.

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala Blog – This spicy, no holds bar blogger throws punches at the biggest names in India. Ostensibly a secret journal of Jhunjhunwala, many think the site is run by a Mumbai insider who is getting ready to spill some real Dalal Street secrets.

India Inc. By Amit Agarwal – Arguably India’s most famous blogger, Amit did not make our list due to it being nearly impossible to distinguish his huge Digital Inspiration stats from his India Inc site.