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S. Mitra Kalita in the Wall Street Journal:

A 2008 image of an online cartoon of Savita Bhabhi.

What does Savita Bhabhi—the sari-clad Internet porn star—have to do with Google’s threat to leave China?

For Indian companies, potentially a lot.

Savita, of course, is the voluptuous cartoon character who looks like a cross between reality television star Rakhi Sawant and Veronica Lodge of the Archie Comic book series. There’s nothing subtle about Savita—although she certainly tries.

“I’m going to take a shower! You should also change out of those wet clothes,” she greeted a neighbor in a November episode, for example. As expected, the two end up together in the shower. The illustrations are explicit, the dialogue laughably simple: “Oh that feels so…” or “Oh I’m going to…”

In June, the Indian government banned her. Sachin Pilot, minister of state in the ministry of communications and technology, says the decision was driven by a complaint received from a women’s group in Maharashtra. He did not know which one.  More:

Click here to read India’s tech minister’s take on Google, China

Previously at AW:

• The pleasures and politics of pornography
• India bans “sexy housewife” porn site
• Carnal comic
• Cyber Sutra: India’s online eroticism
• The bhabhi chronicles

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