Prior to the inception of Explocity, Chandran first began a Bangalore-based magazine, Bangalore This Fortnight, in 1989.

[3] Some of the initial funding was from Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.[4] Explocity.com has content includes events, restaurants, hotel listings, shopping, nightlife and sightseeing in cities like New York City, Dubai,[5] Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, New Delhi and Kolkata.

It then began publishing lifestyle magazines like 080 (Bangalore), 044 (Chennai) and 040 (Hyderabad), followed by 022 (Mumbai) and 011 (Delhi').

Explocity was one of the first companies in the world to introduce the software called Pagician for their digital magazines.

Explocity's weekend dining newsletter FirstFoodie was written about in IMPACT magazine's story about media houses in India that cater to food and beverages in January 2013.