Toon porn star Savita bhabhi under fire

Toon porn star 'Savita bhabhi' under fire

Cyber law expert asks CERT-In to block the site featuring India’s first online porn comic character

B.F. Firos

Thursday, May 29, 2008

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BANGALORE, INDIA: There are no dearth of porn sites on the worldwide web. And in India, content with desi flavours are the most sought-after in the cyber space with lots of sites sprouting up with each passing day. But when it comes to toon porn stuff, there are hardly any sites out there to quench the thirst of the desi porn lovers.

Now there's a website, which serializes the sexcapades of a fictitious cartoon character called Savita bhabhi, which claims to be the first Indian toon character custom-made for India.

The website says it has been inspired by a "hot Indian Bhabhi". Referring to bhabhi or elder sister-in-law, the site's tagline says: "She is a regular Indian woman…Due to social issues (she is married) she was not willing to expose her true identity. So we decided to immortalize her in the form of Savita Bhabhi."

The site is about the fantasies of this buxomly bhabhi whose sexual escapades are serialized daily in fantasy story formats. The stories are in English, Hindi, Gujarati, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu.

The toon stories are the typical sleazy kind of stuff once popular in the now-archaic print mode targeted (apparently) at the younger generation; the same old he-comes-and-she-seduces-in-a-jiffy tales.

The creators of the site, however, have not apparently used the latest tools in the creation of Savita bhabhi.

Indian porn sites are increasingly using bhabhi as an icon like other typical neighborhood lady, lady-driving instructor, tuition teacher et al.

Psychologists, however, take exception to the proliferation of such kinds of websites saying it will have an adverse impact on the Indian male psyche.

According to psychologist Mythili M Sharma, the portrayal of bhabhi in such a poor light can make a dent on the way a traditional Indian male considers family values.

"In the typical Indian traditional family bhabhi is almost on par with the mother. In the absence of mother, men in a traditional Indian family often reach out to their elder sisters-in-law whenever they have a problem. Websites like this one are not definitely going to be taken in good taste in India by an average Indian male psyche, because bhabhi hold a special place in the mind of an Indian male," said Sharma.

She felt that such websites should be discouraged especially considering the fact that "we are living at a time when values are breaking down slowly."

Family values can't just be transgressed, Sharma added.

Cyber law experts also cried hoarse over the site citing legal as well as moral implications.

According to cyber law expert Na.Vijayashankar, known better as Naavi, the website's content runs contrary to the existing cyber laws in India.

"I am certain that the activity of the website is illegal and anti-social. It violates Section 67 of ITA 2000 and several other provisions of IPC. In my opinion this site is more dangerous than a normal adult site since it targets young Indian audience and degrades women," said Vijayashankar, director of Cyber Crime Complaints and Resolution Assistance Center and techno legal information security consultant presently based in Bangalore.

He said it is possible that the publishing of the story itself (if the URL is revealed) would be falling in the grey area of "promoting obscene content" and could invite objections.

Petition against the site

After CyberMedia News contacted Vijayashankar, he filed a petition with the police in Karnataka and also wrote to Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) to find the owners and block the site.

In his e-mail to Gulshan Rai, director of CERT-IN, Vijayashankar said the content of the site is "aimed at corrupting the minds of young Indians in a manner worse than the worst pornographic sites."

"The site needs to be blocked immediately besides action being taken on the owners. Perhaps the investigation to trace the owners should precede the blocking. However blocking cannot be postponed for long and hence urgent action is called for in starting an investigation," the mail said.

Vijayashankar has also suggested a CBI enquiry to bring the owners of the Canada-registered website to book.

A recent issue of the Tehelka magazine named the creators of Savita bhabhi as Deshmukh, Dexstar and Mad, who are "appropriately underground."

According to Alexa.com, the website has a traffic ranking of 3,361, with Indians constituting 89.5 per cent of the viewers, followed by those in the US.

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