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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

From the Bangladesh War to the Babri demolition—it wasn’t news until Mark Tully aired it

By the late 90s, radio news had given way to live TV news, and most of us tuned out, too. However, many of us stayed in touch with Mark Tully through is books on India.

India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.

US officially calls China ‘second most powerful country’, new strategy softens stand against Beijing, Moscow

New defence strategy marks clear break from Biden-era Pentagon policy, softening tone on China & Russia, while pushing allies to shoulder more responsibility with less US backing.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.