For years, in the cliché tireless debates about the rise of India versus China, Indians have self-righteously warned that its status as a democracy would help India surge ahead. The Google-China showdown might change that. Libertarian columnist Amit Varma blogged, "This is arbitary, this is wrong-and it could happen to any of us tomorrow." But much of the outrage has died down now. For sure, columnists lashed out at the government in the wake of the ban. It is unfortunate on many levels, but it is more the collective silence that has been deafening. Agarwal did not return repeated emails seeking comment over the last few months from The Wall Street Journal. Then, after "personal and family issues" arose with his coming forward, he gave up, according to a press release on a site dedicated to saving Savita. Savita's creators were a mystery until U.K.-based Puneet Agarwal briefly revealed himself to fight India's censors last summer. …It's hard to justify pornography on the Internet." "Indian cyberspace is very free," he said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal this week.
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