Don't trust those kind of sites, most of them suggest you to the host that pays them highest $$$ in commission for getting new customers.
Your audience is mainly going to be in India right? Well, seeing as connections are fine to most servers (and Indian hosts are kind of ripping off people with excessive pricing) a U.S/Europe host should be fine for you (and majority of Indian users with decent internet). I run my site from a U.S server and connect fine with my broadband connection from India. I host with
MDDHosting, I used their
basic package (the link takes you to shared hosting packages) for 400 RS/- per month for two years, until my forum grew and we needed an upgrade. I just upgraded my package to their next level of hosting (semi-dedicated) and am happy with results, upgrading was painless since it was on the same host
Since you can't register on WebHostingTalk, I'll list some hosts that generally in majority have good reviews, remember that there is no "one" perfect host, it can suit one and not suit the other, but these are reputed companies.
EuroVPS - Starting at 311 RS/- per month.
StableHost - Starting at 246 RS/- per month.
NameCheap - Starting at 247 RS/- per month.
HawkHost - Starting at 205 RS/- per month. [This host has
many positive reviews]
MDDHosting - Starting at 400 RS/- per month [The host I use & trust]
You can open a
sales ticket with all, or a few of the companies you think are right for you and see their response. Good luck finding a reliable host, having a good host = less tension = you can concentrate on improving your forum. As they say in our language, "tension lene ka nahi, dene ka"
With a good host you take no worries at all, because they deal with everything professionally.
None of the above hosts except MDD I can personally vouch for 100% -- but they have majority positive reviews (just repeating myself for sake of clarity).
