“I felt a wave of emotion”: what the Sharma sisters of Bridgerton season 2 mean to South Asian women

Ahead of the return of Netflix’s Bridgerton this Friday, we spoke to four women about the South Asian representation in season two

sent the internet abuzz. Based on the second book in author Julia Quinn’s popular series of romance novels,a “juicy but of gossip” about the new series: Simone Ashley – who previously portrayed Olivia Hanan in Netflix’sYou may also likerepresents a big step forward in diversifying historical dramas.

“I never realised how much of an impact seeing a Tamil woman on screen would have on me until I saw Simone and Charithra’s casting,” says Reshme Subramaniam, a third-year pharmacy student at the University of Bradford. Reshme, 23, is of Tamil heritage herself. While optimistic about Ashley’s casting, she says: “One TV show isn’t enough to highlight the richness and diversity of each facet of Indian culture.

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