What it does
Pratilipi is a platform for reading and writing stories, poetry and essays in 12 Indian languages. Anyone can publish. Readers can follow authors, rate what they read and message each other.
It started in 2014 out of a reader's frustration that there was so little to read online in Indian languages.
- Built by
- Ranjeet Pratap Singh, Prashant Gupta, Rahul Ranjan, Sahradayi Modi, Sankaranarayanan Devarajan
- Based in
- Bengaluru
- Made for
- Readers and writers of Indian-language fiction
Compiled by the Takṣa team from public information, last updated 4 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, ThePrint.
How to get it
Open Pratilipi- Price
- Free to read; optional paid subscription
- Platforms
- Android, iOS and web
- Languages
- Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi, Bengali, Kannada, English, Urdu, Punjabi, Odia
- Stage
- Live
Why it fits India
Readers and writers publish and read in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Bengali and eight more Indian languages.
- Languages
- Twelve languages, each with its own writers and readers.
- Writers
- Open publishing brings in authors that English-language publishing never reached.
- Phone first
- Made for reading on a phone.
What users say0
Who builds it5
- Ranjeet Pratap SinghCo-founder and CEO
- Prashant GuptaCo-founder
- Rahul RanjanCo-founder
- Sahradayi ModiCo-founder
- Sankaranarayanan DevarajanCo-founder