Orkut is a Social Networking Site, as many of you would know. It's a part of GOOGLE. By creating an account in orkut you get to 1. Make friends with people from all over world. 2. Make friends with people who have similar interests like you. 3. Get in touch with your old buddies. I found all my school friends there. But for orkut, they would ave been people of past. 4. Mother can even watch their kids activities on orkut. Your username has to be cryptic in this case. 5. Share your pictures and see your friends pictures. 6. Even meet people after you have made friends with them over orkut.