TV actress Mindy Kaling is feeling the heat on diversity

'The Mindy Project' star Mindy Kaling finds herself held to a higher standard.

When The Mindy Project premiered in the United States in fall 2012, it was widely hailed as a breakthrough in the diversity of mainstream television. Its star, Mindy Kaling, who plays a romantically challenged obstetrician in a New York hospital, became the first woman of colour to create, helm and star in a successful sitcom on a major network.