Some over enthused software engineers at Google India pre-announced gifts on the eve of India’s 60th Independence day. Turns out its a facility to search the web in some Indian languages and an online transliteration tool. Big deal! The transliteration facility was enabled in Blogger way back.
Plus, I already know a few others who have worked on it way longer and have already released full fledged products. For example, Professor Kalyana Krishnan from IITM has been working on this problem (medium of interaction) for ages. You can read more about the various software he developed on his website. Quill pad made by two of his students (KS and Rampi) has been available for quite some time now and is already integrated with Rediff mail and Bol.
