Savita Bhabhi discusses birth control on Indian TV

The site may be blocked, but Savita Bhabhi remains a cultural icon in India. She recently appeared on the Jay Hind TV variety show (played by an actress) to deliver some comedic advice about birth control.

New episode of Savita Bhabhi

Like I said, Savita Bhabhi is not dead! The Indian government may still be trying to block access to the site, but the site itself is alive and kicking.

And they're publishing a new episode in August!

Savita Bhabhi episode 14: Sexpress

The first page went up on August 10, and they've been adding a new page everyday.

Porn in India, it's not just Savita Bhabhi

Many of the news stories about Savita Bhabhi noted that India has a large domestic porn industry. As a free-thinking, cosmopolitan westerner eager to see cute women of all races naked, this made me happy. Why don't we see more of this Indian porn?

Here's one good source of galleries and links:

Daze Reader reviews: Porn from India

(Warning: that site has actual adult content, not just talk about adult content.)

Censorship of Savita Bhabhi

The government of India wants to block its country's netizens from viewing Savita Bhabhi, the sexy online comic book. WTF? And here's the crazy part -- they're claiming it is a national security issue.

With her ample bosom, skimpy sari and mischievous grin, Savita Bhabhi, India’s first and only online cartoon porn star, might not look like a threat to national security. But the country’s Government has made the fictional housewife seductress the first target of new laws, passed after last year’s terror attacks on Mumbai, that allow the authorities to block dangerous websites.

For those in the corridors of power, however, Savita’s promiscuity was no laughing matter. Last month the Government ordered internet service providers to block the site. To do so it evoked section 67 of the Information Technology Act. The law allows the Government to ban websites that threaten “the sovereignty or integrity of India, defence and security of the state” or that endanger “friendly relations with foreign states”.

Campaigners for Savita’s reinstatement hope to use India’s freedom-of-information laws to uncover who demanded that the site be blacklisted.

Others have sought solace in the failure of other countries to police the web. The columnist Venkatesan Vembu said: “The government ban is about as impotent as Savita Bhabhi’s workaholic, sexually clueless husband, and as her growing legion of fans has discovered, there are ways of getting around the ban by using proxy, anonymiser websites that cover your tracks.”

Censorship stinks, and this case is truly ridiculous. Sexy humor is not terrorism!