# Need help with Indian Website **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 23, 2004, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-indian-website/276306 "2004-11-23T17:08:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-indian-website/276306/1 "2004-11-23T17:08:42Z")
At least, i think this is an Indian website. Not so much concerned what it is saying, as i am wondering the site actually is. News? Tech-stuff? Something else? Any help would be appreciated. [http://www.akilaindia.com/defualt.html](http://www.akilaindia.com/defualt.html) ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-indian-website/276306/2 "2004-11-23T17:11:33Z")
> [@SlickRoenick](#): > > At least, i think this is an Indian website. Not so much concerned what it is saying, as i am wondering the site actually is. News? Tech-stuff? Something else? > > Any help would be appreciated. > > [http://www.akilaindia.com/defualt.html](http://www.akilaindia.com/defualt.html) Many of the links say _daily news_ ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-indian-website/276306/3 "2004-11-23T17:12:31Z")
At the bottom of the page, in English: > [@](#): > > © 2003 - 2004 All Rights Reserved by Akila Rajkot India. > (Leading Gujarati news paper of Rajkot Gujarat India with Gujarati Audio News and in PDF.) So I’m guessing a newspaper. ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-indian-website/276306/4 "2004-11-23T18:48:55Z")
> [@ouryL](#): > > Many of the links say _daily news_ Where are these links that say _daily news_? > [@Bambi Hassenpfeffer](#): > > At the bottom of the page, in English: > > So I’m guessing a newspaper. I see, thank ya. ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-indian-website/276306/5 "2004-11-23T18:56:44Z")
What **Bambi** said. Note that it is not a Hindi news website, it’s a Gujarati news website. Hindi is the national language, while Gujarati is language of the state of Gujarat. Rajkot is a city in the state of Gujarat. I did a search and came up with this: > **[First Gujarati newspaper AKILA is now available in more than 70 Countries](http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/09/prweb160783.htm)** > > (PRWEB) September 23, 2004 > > Hardcopy editions of AKILA is now globally available on the day of publication via Newspaperdirect's print-on-demand newspaper vending machines which print out any news “The Rajkot/Gujarat based daily evening gujarati newspaper-AKILA is now available in more than 70 countries as AKILA has signed up to provide hard-copy issues on Newspaperdirect’s print-on-demand network.” “When the AKILA is at print stage the newspapers are sent via the Internet to Newspaperdirect. Newspaperdirect distributes the newspapers digitally through satellite transmission to its global network of POD station. The company currently offers the latest edition of 240 newspapers from 50 countries,in more than 30 different languages.” Which is pretty impressive for an Indian newspaper I’ve never even heard of 🙂 Apparently it seems to be popular with NRIs (Non Resident Indians) in the US & UK.