Two Dosas

Pavan -- a teacher in London who grew up in England -- takes fellow educator Chloe on a date. Pavan aims to impress "English rose" Chloe by taking her to the most authentic Indian restaurant in the city and eventually winning her over with a confident "heart on the sleeve, sleeve in her face" approach to romance.

But then Chloe upends Pavan's expectations, ordering an "authentic" Indian dish off-menu, demonstrating a rapport with the restaurant staff by speaking Hindi, and eventually revealing to Pavan her past romance with another Indian man, who she backpacked with through India.

Pavan -- who ordered the somewhat cliched dosas at the restaurant -- becomes insecure, questioning his own authenticity as an Indian when faced with Chloe's obvious fluency with his supposedly "native" culture.

As the night's misadventures continue, Pavan realizes he must either accept himself as he is or spend the evening trying to keep up in a race he may not win.

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