The show, loosely based on Kaling's childhood, explores trauma and everyday life, seen through the lens of an Indian American teen rebelling against her mother. It's one of the first times a South Asian girl's story has been the center of a U.S. TV show.
Devi is a bold, nerdy overachiever who desperately wants to shrug off the past year's trauma and become cool and popular. She enlists her two best friends, Fabiola and Eleanor, in the ploy, picking boyfriends for them and trying to wangle invitations to parties. She tries to distract herself from her father's recent death by pursuing an older, extremely sought-after boy at her high school.
When Devi tells Harish that she can't wait to move away to college, become an atheist and eat cheeseburgers with a white boyfriend, he says that he used to relate but that his Native American roommate's connection to his own culture made him reassess.
Ramakrishnan also pulled from her own social circle while playing Devi. In the initial teaser trailer for"Never Have I Ever," Devi is seen kneeling before several Hindu gods, saying,"What's poppin'?" Ramakrishnan said the phrase made its way from her group of friends to the show. "I really got to live out my high school life normally, getting ready, you know, for prom and commencement, but then just knowing 'OK , this is going to happen. Get ready,'" Ramakrishnan said.
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