Savita Bhabhi: India Mourns The Death Of

First Toon Porn Star

First Posted: 07-23-09 09:07 AM | Updated: 08-23-09 05:12 AM
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By Kanika Parab
A desperate SOS from a tweeter with thousands of followers went out a few days ago. "Save
Savita", it said. Soon, the news was all over the Indian national dailies, which sported dramatic
headlines like "Don't Let Savita Die" and "Assassination of Savita", urging the public to file
Right to Information Act pleas on Savita's behalf. And when a family member came forward to
say that there was no hope, hundreds of R.I.P groups sprung up on online, mourning her death.
The woman in question is no martyr or public figure. She is India's first online comic porn star,
banned by the Department of Telecommunication, Ministry of IT and Telecom, for promoting
obscenity. Savita Bhabhi -- a curvaceous, sari-clad Indian woman with long, black tresses offset
by a line of fiery red vermillion to mark her marriage --was a far cry from the typically prudish
Indian housewife, and drew over 60 million users to her online abode every month.
Comic Sutra
Before getting banned, Savita lived in a humble Indian middle class home, prepared breakfast for
her husband before he left for work every morning, and waited dutifully for him to return. She
was addressed as 'bhabhi' the Indian shorthand for an elder sister-in-law.
But unlike conventional bhabhis, Savita used the time in-between to explore her sexuality.
Distant cousins, bra salesmen, old flames, teenage neighbours -- her ravenous appetite spared
few. And during the recession when she had to find work, she even had a menage a trios with her
boss and a female co-worker!

Hidden in Savita's Sari

Once the media sniffed out this underground project -- it was only a matter of time, considering
the site was growing with up to 2 lakh visitors a day and 30,000 email subscribers -- we found
out more about the bawdy home-maker. In February this year, she came out of hiding to give an
exclusive interview to a Mumbai tabloid. Referring to herself as a "slightly promiscuous bhabhi,"
she revealed, for the first time, a hint of what everyone was dying to know -- who was behind the
desi seductress? "My creator is Deshmukh. It is true that he is located out of India, but I cannot
share the exact location as he values his privacy," she'd said
But then, Puneet Agarwal, a 38 year-old second-gen Indian businessman from the UK, came out
to claim the site after the Indian government banned it during the end of last month. He started
the online Save Savita Project, but ended it within a few days citing "personal and family issues"
as the reason. And just like that, Savita was gone.
Eulogies
The closing down of one of India's most popular websites has prompted eulogies from famous
media commentators, feminists and sociologists. Pritish Nandy, writer and film producer wrote
in a national daily that "Savita Bhabhi is a symbol of freedom, of empowerment, of the sexuality
our women can wield if they are allowed to escape the sham world we Indian men trap them in
because of our own fears of sexual inadequacy masquerading as machismo." Adman and TV
commentator Suhel Seth, added that "the fact that she was called 'bhabhi' indicates a
perverseness that always existed [in India] but we were in denial about." Others, millions of
voyeuristic internet fans, are just plain sad that they aren't going to see the frisky homemaker in
action.
Exiled, but Not Dead
Internet experts say that the developers can easily change the proxy of the website and make it
accessible. In fact, some still claim sightings of Savita on certain sites. We like to believe that
Bhabhi is not dead, just exiled, and will be back soon with a new episode that, perhaps, sees her
seducing the government?