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Bill Gates greets Tulsi Virani with ‘Jai Shri Krishna’. Ekta Kapoor calls it delightful

Bill Gates has appeared on shows such as Frasier, The Big Bang Theory, and Silicon Valley. But his cameo in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi will be his first appearance in an Indian TV series.

The hidden life of Smriti Irani—reinvented TV bahu who also teaches fintech at Berkeley

Away from the political limelight since losing the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Smriti Irani now leads a quiet, but busy life. Entertainment, politics, academia, she has one foot in all.

Real Smriti Irani would give Tulsi Virani a tight slap

It’s odd to see Smriti Irani's Tulsi Virani in the second season of Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi cry so much, and beseech the powers that be to come to her rescue.

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.

Komolika to Gopi bahu hyped Kyunki’s comeback. After first episode, they’re silent

Smriti Irani made no big deal out of her acting comeback as Tulsi. She was busy sharing clips of PM Modi's speech on Operation Sindoor.

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.

Ekta Kapoor is taking a leap in the dark. Will India embrace Balaji’s bahu in 2025?

Ekta Kapoor has been feared, cheered, and mocked for her decisions by the national and global media. But she's still the unapologetic queen of entertainment.

On Camera

Bangladesh should look to India, not Pakistan. Learn how to keep the army at arms length

With every passing day the army is being dragged deeper into a quagmire of internal politics. 'This may soon lead to a crisis stalling the elections,' said a Bangladeshi journalist.

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.