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I saw and read this article (http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-09-22/india/42291407_1_rupee-freelancers-assignments) in the 22 September 2013 edition of the Times of India.
Does anybody have knowledge or experience with the websites mentioned in the article (i.e., elance.com, freelancer.com, odesk.com)?
Are there other websites that may be better?
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Yes, as myself as a freelancer have used this site freelancer.com and odesk.com, to gain clients..
This sites can be trusted as they have been there for last 5+years :)
I tried to use them few years back when I didn't knew anything! 
So, naturally, I didn't gain anything. 
And yes, you can trust those sites. They have been in business for many years. 
I have used Freelancer.com and serebraconnect.com (now non-existant) as a Freelancer and had earned a very small but decent amount for the projects I did. These sites are trust worthy, but when dealing with Freelancers, remember that during a non-performance / issues with delivery (rare) caused by Freelancer, these sites cannot compensate you with anything.
Yes some of them are trustable like freelancer, elance, odesk, seoclerk, fiverr etc...I have earned quite a few dollars from them..they r good
I have membership on elance, freelancer etc., but yet to check them more..!
I have seen some web designers, logo designers earning good amount these days..In comparison to this I see increasing competition for content writers...Writers from UK, US and some other countries are charging much higher than Indian content writers.........Freelancing is something which is definitely attracting teenagers as it can be the best part time activity with studies and that's why competition will keep increasing...
I jotted down a whole 2 page essay on this, and when I posted, it just signed me out, 
no way to get back what I posted, and I didn't even copy the content before clicking the post reply button.
I don't want to spend an hour recollecting what all I posted and type it down again.
That is why I always Ctrl+C before hitting the reply button. 
@Cyber Putra- should I motivate you to type it again? ;-)
Putra! [[ rolling smiley ]]
I thank everybody for their helpful replies. Freelancer.com seems to have been the most mentioned, and it was something that I gravitated toward.
A fellow blogger had suggested AyushVedaInformatics.com to me a few months ago, which I looked into and joined, but only after my application to join was accepted.
It seems that I can simply register/join Freelancer at its website. Is that true?
yes that is true. with free registration there are lot of limitations but u can still apply and try to get job.