For one, she wasn’t the only South Asian person there.
For another, she and her fellow South Asian castmates Maitreyi Ramakrishnan and Poorna Jagannathan were the leads of the show.
“From that day forward, every day that I was on set until the last day we wrapped up season four, that realization hit me every single day,” Moorjani said in a Zoom call.
And as the beloved show comes to an end, its stars are reflecting back on its legacy.
That she is the lead of the show is in itself significant for South Asian representation.
Persons:
Richa Moorjani, ”, Poorna Jagannathan, Devi, Kamala, ” Moorjani, Mindy Kaling, Lang Fisher, she’s, ” Ramakrishnan, “, There’s Nirmala, Ranjita, Megan Suri, That’s, it’s, Jagannathan, ” “, subtler, Nalini, Mohan, ” Jagannathan, I’ve, you’re, “ It’s, Kaling’s
Organizations:
CNN, Netflix, Princeton, Variety
Locations:
United States, Devi, Indian, Hollywood, Sherman Oaks , California, American, India