"The Mindy Project" at PALEYFEST on March 25, 2014. Mindy Kaling's Dr. Mindy Lahiri is a woman too keenly intelligent and accomplished to accept the promises of romantic comedies at face value. Dr. Lahiri is a fresh of-the-moment comic female character, and the supporting ensemble is shaping up as an equally compelling collection of deeply flawed, stealthily endearing foils.