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Friday, September 12, 2025
TopicHindi serials

Topic: Hindi serials

Slaps, sex & saas-bahu—what Hindi TV serials say about ‘traditional family values’

The joint family, the parivaar, is dressed up and then layer after layer of emotional atyachaar is stripped bare, exposing the ploys, the plots, and tricks of its members.

Bollywood’s bechari maa is back. In TV serials like Anupamaa and Indiawaali Maa this time

StarPlus serials Anupamaa and Shaadi Mubarak, and SonyLIV’s Indiawaali Maa have brought back the ‘bechari maa’ after three decades of the ‘bechari bahu’ phase.

Trishna, the popular 1985 Doordarshan adaptation of Pride & Prejudice, is now on YouTube

Written by Kamna Chandra, the 13-episode serial is the perfect escape to while away a weekend in coronavirus lockdown.

What’s common between Kejriwal and Nimki Vidhayak? Both swear by Hanuman

Nimki Vidhayak, aired on Star Bharat, stood out in a cast of TV shows that feature a galaxy of young women characters overdressed and under-employed.

Hum Log, India’s first soap opera and DD’s experiment with foreign cinema

The family drama with a social message, Hum Log was a pan-India favourite that everyone identified with.

JNU, Sharad Pawar and Congress — get away from it all with Shashi Tharoor’s comedy

In times when people want to escape TV news, Archana Puran Singh's laughter on Kapil Sharma Show and plotless serials like Kasautii Zindagii Kay always help.

Star Bharat’s Nimki Vidhayak serial is a disgrace on all women, more so on rape survivors

Collapse of Nimki's convictions in the face of her rapist husband sends out an ugly message to young women, especially to those in Chinmayanand & Unnao cases.

Why BJP MLA daughter Sakshi’s love marriage ordeal can be right out of a Hindi serial

From Nimki Mukhiya to Kasauti Zindagi Ki — TV serials make sure that between a woman and a man comes their righteous family. Always.

On Camera

Coup, conspiracy & the foreign hand—What Indian TV news channels saw in Nepal this week

‘Gen Z v/s Govt’ TV news coverage went for two days—not sure about the source of the telecast from Kathmandu since no credit was given.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?