Why I Hate Connie Maheswaran

This statement: “You look like Connie!” boggled me the first time I heard it – mostly because I look nothing like her. I cannot possibly over-emphasise how unlike Connie I look. After hearing this a few more times, it hit me that when people said I looked like Connie, what they meant was: “You’re Indian, so I guess I’ll mention the first Indian character I can think of.” My individual appearance and culture do not matter here: Connie and I are interchangeable parts, beings boiled down to a single trait of national origin. Interestingly, Connie and I do share a background: her surname, Maheswaran, is a common male name in Southern India. Traditionally, her last name would be the first name of her father (or perhaps grandfather, like in my family) – but the show’s creators, perhaps afraid of alienating their non-Tamil audience with this confusing naming scheme, opted to call him Doug instead. <a href="https://aditi-ramaswamy.medium.com/why-i-hate-connie-maheswaran-ddcbd77b497b">Website</a>