India sites by Nilesh Kakade

View Enlargewww.fabwoman.com
Here's a site for the complete woman. Fabwoman.com is for all those who are keen on tending to their inner and outer beauty. The site has channels discussing attitudes, beauty, career, cuisine, and health, besides other issues. It even offers online shopping facilities for its registered members. The merchandise features top brands such as Adidas, Revlon, Sony Music and Philips to name a few. There's even an expert advice column with people like Jiggs Kalra and Samantha Kochhar giving advice in their areas of expertise. A directory service guides you to the most interesting places to hang around, and the best places to wine and dine in. However, the focus here is Mumbai and Delhi only. Fabwoman.com has an online poll for all those beautiful women out there who want to voice their opinion.
 
View Enlargewww.indiajute.com
This is an awareness zone. The site tells us all about jute-how cheap and easy it is to grow and how the production of jute products can harness the large Indian labour force. An interesting and useful feature of this site is that it gives the current price list of jute and jute products and also the list of various suppliers in the country.
 
View Enlargewww.chachoo.net
This is a site you can put into your favourites folder without a second thought. It has links to some of the well-known animation sites such as www.pixar.com, www.digimation.com, www.d2.com and www.warnerbrothers.com. The interface of the site is interactive and is prepared in Flash. It has games like PAMELoony, ashoo and Staloony. And while you are at it, you will not miss the funny Sardarji, Sundoo, who tells you about his many (mis)adventures. Chachoo.net has a greeting card collection and a search option that allows you to search for your favourite items on the Net.
 

View Enlargewww.enjoynwin.com
As the name suggests, this site is all about enjoying yourself. It has a good, though small collection of e-cards, screensavers and wallpapers. If you are thinking of increasing the number of friends you have or simply want to debate on a hot topic, then you should check out their e-friends and e-debate section. But to enjoy the goodies you must first register. And for those who want to hone their gaming skills, there are games like Tic Tac Toe and Chinese Tiles in the interactive section. The themes section is a talent showcase, but in order to participate (and enjoy the victory prize), you must register with the site. There is even a section for kids called Junior Kingdom, which includes brainteasers, quotes and contests. Top
ISP Watch
 

BSES Telecom to offer broadband services
BSES Telecom plans to start its broadband services from January 1 and is also in the process of setting up its Ku-band satellite gateway in Mumbai. It plans to sell bandwith to B and C level ISPs once it's gateway is operational. The company has also laid a 200-km optical fibre cable network in Mumbai and plans to lay another 200 km by March 2001.

The need for speed
Pacific Internet India (PII) has plans to establish four internet gateways, a move that will increase user speed. Currently operational in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai and Pune, the ISP will now be able to extend its services to 25 cities by 2001. PII is also forming a joint venture with the Indian unit of Star TV for providing local Internet services.

International gateway comes to town
Wilnetonline has commissioned its first international gateway at Ahmedabad, which will provide an uncompressed bandwidth of 10 Mbps (equivalent to 40 Mbps of VSNL bandwidth). This new gateway will enable Indian users to connect to Internet networks in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.
The ISP also plans to extend its reach to Jammu and Jaipur within a couple of months and extend its network to 25 cities by the end of 2001. Top