Google’s Gemini saree craze takes Bangladesh by storm. But is the trend already wearing thin?

Your Instagram and Facebook feeds may feel like déjà vu right now. Scroll after scroll reveals glowing faces draped in soft, billowing sarees, bathed in the amber light of an eternal golden hour. The backdrops evoke the faded romance of vintage cinema -- sepia skies, film grain, a whisper of nostalgia in every frame. But these are not studio portraits, nor carefully curated photoshoots. They are the product of a new digital sorcery: Google’s Gemini. With just a single selfie and a prompt, this powerful image-generation tool reimagines the ordinary into the extraordinary, conjuring portraits that feel lifted from forgotten Bollywood reels. Born from the platform’s viral “Nano Banana” trend, this style is now sweeping across Bangladesh’s social media landscape....