India web trends

Two contentsutra.com pieces caught my eye today. I can't decide whether they're related in any way and will leave you to decide:

The first talks of the new blog launched by Sanjeev Bikhchandani, founder and CEO of India's largest Internet company, Naukri. Blogger Sahad notes that there are relatively few hi-tech blogger CEOs in India although he does note Rediff’s Ajit Balakrishnan (his blog) and former Infoscion and Gridstone Research founder Basab Pradhan (his blog). He asks readers to contribute more links.

The second piece talks about a makeover at the Indiatimes site and removal of subscription requirements at the Hindustan Times/Dow Jones livemint site. He asks "was the change necessitated by lack of uptake? Or do they think they’ve collected sufficient user data"? Good questions.

What's the connection? Newspaper sites struggle to keep up with interest in Web 2.0 models? Not exactly...suggestions on a postcard please.