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Aug 2021
43m 58s

Asian Enough: Maitreyi Ramakrishnan

Los Angeles Times
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A conversation with Maitreyi Ramakrishnan of the Netflix comedy series “Never Have I Ever” about her Tamil Canadian identity, having Mindy Kaling as a boss and breaking ground by playing a flawed Asian American lead on TV. Guest photo by Yasara Gunawardena / Netflix.

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