We honestly felt that we - as a cultural group - have finally arrived. To us, those small moments made a huge impact. Education along with a sense of social justice with a wider understanding of the world beyond their doorstep reflected our family’s constant drive to accept, understand and learn from those outside of our South Asian circle.Īnd clear South Asian elements actually managed to seep into the Huxtable’s world which would just send us over the moon: Cliff’s Awami suit that he would wear to sleep, Claire’s gorgeous Hyderabadi suit she adorned at a family dinner and her listing off of her favourite Indian dishes with colleagues during lunch hour at the office. They loved being able to flaunt accents of their cultural threads just like we did. Their family (like ours) was film and music loving family, enriched by their active recognition of their ancestral history and their contributions to society. The Huxtables in The Cosby Show came closest in our search on finding a group of people who most resembled us, an Indian/Pakistani family who lived in a quaint 99% all-white town of 19,000, called Port Colborne. Whether it was Family Ties, Facts of Life or as a young adult with healthy doses of Beverly Hills 90210 and Melrose Place, I just naturally accepted and enjoyed the chance to relish in some escapist entertainment.Ī conscious awakening of sorts happened when we as a family, discovered a show about this brown family (as seen through our eyes) led by a successful doctor father and lawyer mother. And it’s through our chat with (brand new) Canadian star Maitreyi Ramakrishnan where she shares with us her you-can’t-make-this-stuff-up audition story, the value of taking a chance and the importance of being part of the solution.Īs an 80s child growing up I never realized what I was missing when it came to finding representation on television.
However when it comes to having a worthy seat at the table it’s Mindy Kaling’s latest project Never Have I Ever that truly shows us who we are. Since its debut, the first season had received positive reviews from critics and fans.“Representation” has become the buzzword to show inclusivity. Executive producers are Kaling, Fisher, Howard Klein, and David Miner.
Never Have I Ever is created and written by Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher, who are also serving as showrunners. RELATED: Sex Education Season 3 Photos Tease September Return Chris Jackson, and Gigi Hadid, who serves as the narrator to Paxton. The new season also features Oscar-winning rapper-actor Common in the recurring role of Dr. In Season 2, a new love life, a new classmate, and new reasons to bicker with mom give Devi plenty more ways to make courageous moves… and questionable decisions.
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The series also stars Poorna Jagannathan as Nalini, Richa Moorjani as Kamala, Ramona Young as Eleanor, Jaren Lewison as Ben, Darren Barnet as Paxton, Lee Rodriguez as Fabiola, and Niecy Nash as Devi’s therapist along with John McEnroe as the narrator. It is led by Maitreyi Ramakrishnan as Devi, an overachieving high school sophomore who has a short fuse that gets her into difficult situations. Inspired by Kaling’s own childhood, Never Have I Ever is a coming-of-age series that follows the complicated life of a modern-day first-generation Indian American teenage girl.
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