With an initial investment of Rs 20 lakh, the project was started a year ago. The trial version of the software made its debut last month on August 15. To mark Hindi Divas on September 14, the software will also be armed with a spell check for its search and a thesaurus for related words in Hindi. The company will be sourcing contents from Web pages that are available in Hindi and some dead sites.
But would a product such as this have a sizable market? That's the challenge Raftaar is willing to face. Said Mr Peeyush Bajpai, Director, Raftaar, 'Not many players consider to enter this market presuming there is no demand from this segment. However we want to break this notion. With broadband entering the rural scene, the market will open up.' However, Raftaar acknowledges a limitation that it is facing. It's Web site address would still be in English and it would have to wait till the World Wide Web Consortium makes it possible for Web addresses to be typed in Indian languages.
