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Tuesday, August 5, 2025
TopicKyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi

Topic: Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi

Tulsi 2.0 is dealing with wrinkles, weight gain. Indian TV serials are finally getting real

Tulsi Virani, who once handled joint family politics with a perfectly blow-dried bun, is now taking on beauty standards with a weighing scale and a protein shake.

Indian bahu Tulsi Virani vs BJP leader Smriti Irani—audience has a clear favourite

Whether this marks a full-circle moment or a strategic career pivot, Smriti Irani’s return to ‘Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi’ has ignited debate as much as it has invoked nostalgia.

Tulsi returns to protect modern Indian family from rising social media, falling sanskar

Many viewers posted screenshots and photos of the series. ‘I was crying like a baby… so many memories with this title track,’ wrote one on X.

Ekta Kapoor is bringing back Kyunki, Tulsi. Indian bahus now make reels, kill in-laws on OTT

Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, which will return in a limited format on 29 July, codified the ideal bahu—as one who wore sarees and mangalsutras, and held the fort in times of crisis.

‘Wanted to be like Tulsi’—how Kyunki Saas… revived the joint family fantasy

Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi’s return has stirred up nostalgia for joint families and sanskaari heroines. The original helped shape how a generation saw women, family, and tradition.

Congress mocks Smriti Irani’s return to TV. ‘Everyone returning to original professions’

The official X account for Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee posted a cheeky reaction to Irani’s announcement, thanking Kishori Lal Sharma, who defeated Irani in Amethi.

Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi returns: ‘Families may start watching TV shows together again’

Smriti Irani and Amar Upadhyay are set to reprise their iconic roles as Tulsi and Mihir Virani in the new season of Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi beginning 3 July.

On Camera

How India lost its geopolitical sweet spot in the world

India appears to have gone from occupying a near-perfect geopolitical sweet spot to now inhabiting a geopolitical no-good-option deadlock.

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.