'Hot bhabhi' turns India on

In India, the land that brought the world the Kama Sutra, pornography is illegal. But that has not stopped millions from logging on to their computers to follow the amorous adventures of Savita Bhabhi, a housewife, a crime fighter and a Lara Croft figure who happens to be a cartoon.

Despite weak stories and mediocre writing, the tales of the "hot bhabhi" are attracting a legion of followers fuelled in part, say analysts, because of the rich layers of Indian culture that surrounds the cartoons and a dearth of home-grown adult entertainment for the English-speaking urban youth.