Hardware scene in India is not really in that stage where one should be having competition, but making efforts to make it more healthy (and not being a pain in the backside).
Not really sure if chip forum or whatever shuts down or that, eventually it was bound to happen. What one needs to concentrate is that people have helped and contributed. Afterall, that's the point in running forums in the first place. The management didn't push it, rather its decaying very badly so its best if its left at that.
But if you think about it, except Digit which Mainstream media owned PC Tech forum in India is in best shape (as of now to say the least)? UTV's Techtree is now managed by someone else and a LOT of people were being asked to leave- and according to what I have read in Medianama maybe some got to know they had to put the papers down and the notice to vacate the premises within hours (like 4pm that one should leave by 7pm). PC World India? Back then when I used to post EVERYWHERE the editor (prathap..yeaah) doubted me if I am the same guy and he acted funny. Who else do we have? VarIndia? OnlyGizmos? The mobile Indian? I don't those are gadget stuff. I don't bother to see that.
If you don't have a forum with a really good admin for starters and then mods without those ego-boost pills being a support to a population that is in the forum, it will die off. It happened before (except back then most were gaming forums- similar to Indian Video gamers forum), it will happen again. Also the member leeching thing will need to end. Its not just annoying but its going to be the same discussion anyways and its going to be a stale experience, hence people will leave that new forum- back to square 1. There are so many Indians online and don't associate with forums. Rather than taping that, you're leeching guys who are there in all forums to begin with. Would you like to be in a forum where all members are there in all forums and discussing the same thing? What's up with that?