‘Never Have I Ever’ and the Pitfalls of the Diasporic Narrative

Never Have I Ever is not and will never be the definitive South Asian diasporic narrative

FEATURE PHOTO FROM NETFLIX: NEVER HAVE I EVER

Kalpana Mohanty for Bobblehaus

Mindy Kaling’s new Netflix series Never Have I Ever begins with fifteen-year-old Devi Vishwakumar praying to her statue of Ganesh: “I’d like to be…