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Worst blog Ever i came across. Moderator thinks He is a Hyper Intelligent and makes fun of even Good movies/Even Music to prove it. I could see the user comments being ridiculed.
The only plus is Trashing of Bad movie to the core.

Using indecent words is also one more bad thing. Anyhow lot of their targeted film stars are earning well and famous and these guys will be in famous among few cyber people due to their moronic content
Staying in 2000s, Making Fun of Old age movies is no Fun.
Got irritated by the site totally.

The blogger(s) is a racist and a moron to say the least. The articles are full of trash language and adjectives which no reasonable critic will use. Stay away from this stinking trash site!

I have been reading and occasionally commenting on SI (as regular readers refer to SearchIndia.com) for 4 or 5 yrs.

This is one entertaining, red-chilly hot blog. Movie reviews are amusing.

Don't understand the negative comments of other reviewers about Telugus or Tamils. SI blog has a critical take on anything and everything. Hindi films, Tamil movies, Telugus, Tamils, Indians, Americans, Chinese, Pakistanis etc are all ridiculed at one time or other. Even I have been ridiculed for my comments.

Moderator responds sarcastically to every comment.

Worst website I have ever come across. This blog must have been surviving only through racial discrimination and provocation.

This blog exemplifies the worst of what an internet experience should be. Instead of lively debate, thoughtful discourse or creative enterprise, the bloggers come across as shockingly immature high school kids playing at being grown ups spewing some vague but utterly pointless angst which the authors probably cannot even define for themselves. Most of the news items are blatantly plagiarized with no citations or references. Commentary is mostly melodramatic vitriol directed against Hindus, Telugus or others of mostly Indian origin. Crude school yard potty humor masquerades as critique. Bloggers appear to harbor a deep seated hatred and frustration borne out of impotence and use the internet medium as their only outlet. Very likely hosted and managed by some maladjusted, India-hating hypereducated youth of Indian extraction with a Himalayan chip on their shoulder and an axe to grind. Shun this site and stay away if you don't want to waste your time

Racist, arrogant and expressing frustration against Telugu community. The author has such hatred against Telugu people of India that he/she never hides the moment a sensation news from Andhra Pradesh emerges.

I guess the moderators and owners does not have credentials. Please ban this site.

Have to admit this - the site was entertaining in that they have a good dose of humour. However, most of it, as someone pointed out, is pricking some particular group or race. Moderator isnt moderate but rather a foul mouthed extremist... I guess, there are people who call that 'open minded' or 'brutally honest' without being entirely wrong...

Entertaining, but as bull $#*! as bull $#*! can be... :). . Recommended for a quick laugh... but not to seriously construe anything from the content... sorry, trash... :)

I bet the moderator or editor is related to person named K. A. Paul or he himself. Funny guys.

I've been visiting this site for quite sometime and I love this site. I was also surprised to see a one rating given by the previous reviewer. Anyway many people doesnt like the outright frankness and honest reviews of searchIndia or SI as we regular readers refer to the moderators. It really is a good site with honest review and love towards india and indian culture (the way it really is and not the way its marketed in popular terms). It shows the scum India has become, and it also applauds the sincere efforts India makes?(which we all know is seperated far apart, between curroption and hipocracy).
Visit searchindia.com if you want sugarfree, in your face reviews. For people who like their reviews laced with politically correct statements that doesnt convey anything,, I think there are many sites out there that can cater freely and abunduntly.

Worst site ever. Racist and idiotic.
Looks like a troll from pakistan

Pros:
Keeps us updated on India related stories

Humor used to be good (although, it gets stale quickly because of the same M. O. over and over again). I used to like their trash talk in the comment section, but soon it became repetitive and boring.

Restaurant reviews are very good to read if the reviewer is in a good mood (very rare)

Highly interactive because this blog seems to be his/her/their only thing in life, and the owner responds even as late as 3 am when the Indian visitors comment.

Command of Engish language is excellent. But the writing has been uninspiring lately.

The owner is a numbers geek. So when it is a fact based report, this site gives a unique perspective, which sometimes makes for interesting reading.

Cons:
Extreme prejudice against anything Indian. Reserves bonus hatred for Telugu people.

Both movie and restaurant reviews are not trustworthy and inconsistent because it depends on the mood of reviewer - not at all objective.

Movie reviews are terrible because the reviewer only rates them as either excellent or terrible. Nothing in between. Very poor judge of acting.(Look for the Cast Away review). The reviewer is drunk most of time. So although it makes for funny reading sometimes, it is most of the time unfairly harsh, when it comes to Indian movies. The Hollywood movie reviews are dull when compared to professional reviewers.
Recent Hindi movie prove the reviewer is inconsisten, because they heaped overwhelming praise on actors that they had nastily dissed earlier. (Cases in point: JTHJ, Housefull(sic) 2 reviews)

Their music knowledge is abysmal just like Narayana said. Luckily they don't do music reviews because they know their limitations, for once.

Yaps that he/she is fair in moderating, but blows fuse easily and unfairly.

Obsession with Apple products. Not a major con, but it is annoying.

The owner is apparently not maintaining good health and is being at his/her grumpy worst.

Bottom Line: Cons outweigh the Pros because of the owner's bigotry. More like 1.5 stars. Terrible site for reviews. Decent site for India news updates (if you can put up with the nasty owner). The site has potential to be good at things they do best, but unfortunately they spend most of the time on their weak stuff.

P.s.: I think they are a 2 member team. One of them is nice and the other one is vile trash. Or it may be a case of extreme bipolar disorder. Either way, I apologize to the nice one(if there is one) for this bad review. I hope the vile one will depart soon(or you will take your bipolar meds regularly) and change the site into a better one.

A new addition on this site, I was expecting this site NOT mentioning about Satya Nadella, but hey, they mentioned the appointment, but as usual, in his over-scripted and over-action english style, analyses that a tech giant like Microsoft made a mistake by appointing Satya... WOW! What an analysis. Only reason:- he is a Telugu.

Another article immediately mentions about "commonality in telugu killers" where he's trying to project all Telugus as killers thereby undermining any positive news.

I bet he has got some serious issues/problems in his life and needs some help mentally.__________________________________________________________________

Very extremist, As anyone else I was searching for Raghu Y's case and got into this site, rather than showing sympathy at the episode, he/she hides his telugu community bashing cleverly into the script. Author of this website shows off his english talent and concentrates on bashing telugu community. Also, when I read some posts from various people questioning his reason, he/she cleverly uses his/her talent to twist, bend the reply._______________________________________________________________

Worst website one can ever come across. Full of bull crap copied from the internet

Searchindia is just a troll site. I got to this site while searching for "Raghunandan Yandamuri," the alleged killer in the baby Sanvi case. Instead of focusing on the case, or the victims, the people who run this site go on a rant about the telugu community, making fun of them, when both the victims and the perpetrator belong to the same community. The focus was more on Telugu people being a bunch of idiots. I didn't think it was warranted, so I posted a comment saying they shouldn't make fun of a community for an individuals action, especially when the victims also belong to the same community and they should have respect for the victims. My comment was "moderated", and posted as somehow I was the one who should have respect for victims. They absolutely have no integrity and hide behind their comments policy that they can virtually do whatever they wish. I respect property rights, so I wish them good luck in their trolling about Telugu community, but I also wouldn't step there again. Stay away if you can, unless you want to take part in whatever excrement they throw, jabbing the victims.

Waste of time. In a nutshell, the site owners are essentially indians who have migrated to US (surprise, surprise), have a massive superiority complex and simply indulge in venting their angst at everyone and everything (to be fair, not just indian). Here are the pros and cons:

Pros:

The site does have one merit. They point out the copycats of Indian Cinema. Any movies plagiarised from world cinema are trashed by them. However this is not really a big plus, since it is very easy to use one's own brains to spot a movie or song that is a rip-off.

Cons:

1) Moronic reviews that compare Indian Cinema to Hollywood and World Cinema. Honestly, I watch European Cinema (France, Sweden, Iceland, Denmark), etc. as well as Asian Cinema (Korean, Japanese, Thai, Hong Kong) in addition to Indian Cinema (Telugu, Tamil, Hindi) and Hollywood. However, the $#*!s that run the site seem to think they are the only ones who have a knowledge of World Cinema, and hence delight in degrading a movie like, say, Thiruppachi (Tamil film) by saying that such films represent the bottom most level of cinema.

Newsflash - it is possible to watch everything and enjoy it. I can take in a delightful korean crime thriller like One Nite in Mongkok, a Swedish masterpiece of comedy like Kopps AND a brainless entertainer like Thiruppachi at the same time. Only elitist morons will degrade it. After all, entertainment is entertainment. No one asks for logic all the time.

Furthermore, Let us take the example of Thiruppachi again. Such films do not intend to cater to a global audience but only to fans of tamil cinema who are aware of the rowdy culture in politics (which is related to the theme of the movie). And of course, there are exaggerations with respect to the lead actor's mannerisms, modus operandi, etc. But its still freakin' fun.

I am not one of those rabid fans who do hero-worship, but simply one who watches movies for fun. And I watch 'em all, be it Indian, American or Rest of the World.

In short, the $#*!s do not know there exist people like me who watch world cinema as well as the 'mindless' stuff that is tamil, telugu, hindi cinema, as they call it. Indian cinema is strictly for indians. Though their criticism of bollywood has some merit, it is useless trying to criticise mass films of Telugu and Tamil film industries, which cater to a different audience.

2) Mindless rants about how India is poor, people are uncaring, blah, blah. FYI, nobody asked you to comment on what Indians are doing since your asses are sitting in the US. Furthermore, there are many indians who are caring, who are rich and lead a comfortable life, like yours truly. Enough with the lectures.

India has a glorious past, and there are still many places of tourism with temples, rivers, etc. that even foriegners visit. Arts, Music, Dance, Literature, we have 'em all still. As far as the drawbacks such as poverty, etc. we don't need NRIs advising us.

3) Trying to impress by using bombastic words from English and the occasional touch of languages such as German to insult people. Really, what dinosaur uses words like 'Dummkopf' and 'Shmuck' to insult anyone? And what nerdy prick uses french such as 'comprende' to make a sarcastic point?

Sorry, not impressed.

4) Of course, personally abusing actors and directors they do not like. Just another bit of filth to the trash bag that is this website.

5) Since these morons profess atheism, they naturally feel it is their birthright to insult the beliefs of what they call 'Hindus'. Newsflash - Hinduism isn't one religion. There are 21 philosophical systems of thought, and the philosophy of Vedanta towers head and shoulders above all. So, next time you scoff at 'idol worship', first learn the philosophy behind it. Besides, what we worship is none of your business.

Though, this is not a major problem. Each person is entitled to his/her views and to express them. I normally don't care if people say that this is ridiculous, heck, I have friends who say so.The reason why I felt like criticising the site owners on this point it because the other negative points make their ignorance of Indian philosophical thought stand out as well. Whatever they do seems idiotic.

5) And might I say that their taste in music is as poor as the taste of the average tamil or hindi or telugu movie fan they deride? I listen to the genres of Metal (Black, Death, Thrash, Power, Progressive etc.), Eastern and Western Classical Music, Opera, Rock, etc. So, when the site owners, who seem to pride themselves on 'superior movie tastes', occasionally talk about music they like, I can't help laughing at their abysmal taste.

Once again, this may be a bit of spite on my part, criticising personal music tastes and irrelevant to the review of the Site. But hey, fair's fair when you have an ego the size of texas, that you criticise others for their movie tastes and yet have nothing to back it up with.

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Stay away from this nonsensical site. I have never posted on that site, nor have I registered, in case you think I bore the brunt of their scorn. I merely witnessed their trash talking and how they insulted some people who had different viewpoints. Even though they claim that they don't insult unless the other party instigates it, fact remains that they are intolerant if someone praises an actor or director they can't stand.

Ultimately, cinema/music/philosophical viewpoints are your own taste. And there are better sites out there for all these.

One of the worst websites i have ever come across. Full of racist speech, sensation mongering, abusive language, no real analysis of issues. And what's worse the Site's owner, refuses to even discuss with any one.

http://indiablogs.searchindia.com/2009/11/06/us-unemployment-crosses-10-pack-the-coolies-home-get-the-outsourced-jobs-back-home/

Taking the easy way out, blame the "Indian Coolies" and Chinese "Yellow Monkeys" for the mess the US industry is in right now.

And this insensitive remark on US dropping the nukes on the Japs

1. You obviously slept through your history lessons in school.

The depredations of the Japs are real.

Just because the Walkman wrapped around your ears playing D. K. Pattamal's Theeradha Vilayattu Pillai comes from Japan doesn't mean the Japs are angels.

They were a barbarous lot, as evident from their brutalities in China, North Korea and elsewhere.

Heard of the Rape of Nanking?

Go educate yourself from this Wiki piece and from the following one as well: The Rape of Nanking.

Also for a site, which calls itself SearchIndia.com, the website seems to take a perverse pleasure in denigrating India, Indians and anything Indian. The owner of the website, seems to be one of those Indians, who take pride in denigrating everything related to India.

Even on Economic Issues, Security, Politics, all this Website does to provide is more rhetoric, less substance.

Has Pluses and Minuses

I have been reading SearchIndia.com Blog for last 3 or 4 years. Like any blog, SI (as we daily readers refer to the blog) has pluses and minuses.

Pluses:
Entertaining most of the time.
Mercilessly attacks bad Hindi and Tamil films.
Brings rare foreign movies to readers attention.
Criticises everything and anything.
Interactive because moderator responds to every comment with witty retorts.
Good English.

Minuses
Arrogance of moderator and not very receptive to alternative opinions
Some content is U.S. centric, not of interest to Canadians
May come across as biased against certain groups and people. But I'm inclined to be more forgiving here since they attack everyone (Indians, Americans, Tamils, Telugus, Gujratis... hard to find a group not ridiculed by SI)

For me, the pluses outweigh the minuses.

Overall, a different kind of blog with variety.