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Indians on TechCrunch- what's wrong?

I have noted that there are decent voice for Indians in TechCrunch, the popular technical blog: Rahul Nihalani, Leena Rao,... But, still there's no importance given for Indian entrepreneurship and Indian tech news. As far as I see, Indian companies that get the mention are just from NRIs, for example Micromobs. Unfortunately, these companies are not at all comparable with the Indian entrepreneurship spirit.

This clearly proves that there's huge untapped potential on the startup and media in India.
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