Got this mail from Patrix in the wee hours of this morning

We are shutting down DesiPundit effective midnight (CST) June 15th, Tuesday. It has been a fun five years and we have enjoyed every moment. We wish to thank all Community Members for sharing your content with our readers and I hope we managed to win you some readers.

Over at DesiPundit, people have moved on to other things and time & resources haven’t been as plentiful for those who have remained. The Indian blogosphere and presence on other social media networks has expanded greatly and in our experience, it is no longer possible for human-powered aggregators to keep up; at least on a part-time volunteer basis.

We all will be around on our respective blogs and Twitter accounts and will continue to reading your excellent blogs.

Thank you for reading and contributing.

regards,
DesiPundit

It was a long journey from the blogmelas from almost a decade ago, to Desi Pundit… and now, like all good things, it comes to an end.

i personally, made some good friends. read some interesting blogs – and finally moved away from MSM.

Good luck to all that put Desipundit together. and thank you for all the effort.

btw that (mis) quote is from the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy