“Sex education and dating are often topics that are shunned in the South Asian community, which is unfortunate because it leads a lot of youth to go headfirst into relationships without guidance,” she says. However, she believes that this is a good thing. Pandey notes that there were some scenes in the show that felt uncomfortable to watch, particularly Devi’s interest in having sex. Instead, she’s daring, sarcastic, and kind: all traits that make you want to fall in love with her.” “ race is not the center of the comedy in the show like it has been in the case of Baljeet from Phineas and Ferb or Raj from Big Bang Theory,” says 18-year-old Indian American Ipsha Pandey, cofounder of the South Asian Instagram page “While she is a ‘nerd,’ she’s a breath of fresh air where these characters are loved by the audience out of pity. While viewers praise Never Have I Ever’s portrayal of the culturally complex identity of Indian American teens, they also applaud it for not making that identity the show’s driving plot point. Kannan agrees, adding that, “Being able to talk critically about these dual experiences, both the joy and the trauma of belonging partially to two worlds, is something that I hope more shows can do in the future.” Where does that leave us? This notion was highlighted perfectly through Devi’s frustration and it was great to see the show push an empowering ‘Who cares what everyone else thinks? You do you!’ message.” “However, much like Devi in the Ganesh Puja episode, growing up as part of the South Asian diaspora often entails being told we’re either ‘too brown’ or ‘not brown’ enough. So being Indian Australian has always been a huge part of my upbringing,” 24-year-old viewer Sanjana Nagesh, founder of tells Teen Vogue. “Personally, I deeply resonated with Never Have I Ever’s portrayal of dual cultural identities as my family moved from South India to Australia in the early ‘90s, and I was born in Sydney soon after. There was crying, hugging, and photo ops, but Lewison wasn't glum because he was consumed by a "sense of luck and appreciation for the work that we had done and the thing that we had built and the part that I had in it.Devi’s frustration as she tries to strike a balance between her two cultural identities is something viewers feel mirrors the first-generation immigrant experience. To celebrate the conclusion, the cast and crew threw a big wrap party, the editors assembled a montage paying homage to all four seasons, and Fisher gave a heartfelt speech. "There are relationships and friendships that I've made there that will, I think, carry me a lifetime," he said. He was leaving behind people that worked with him since the start of the series, who he considers more than just his coworkers - people who he turned to during moments of self-doubt and other hardships. It wasn't just that the actor was saying goodbye to a character that he's played for the past few years. Lewison's last day on set was filled with gratitude, and maybe a few tears Jaren Lewison as Ben Gross and Maitreyi Ramakrishnan as Devi on season four, episode 10 of "Never Have I Ever." Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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