Lakshmi Choudry

Lakshmi Choudry is a girl from who Dr. and Mrs. Koothrappali set Raj up with on a date in "The Transporter Malfunction".



Lakshmi is first mentioned in "The Guitarist Amplification" (S03E07) in the context of a date for Raj at his cousin Sanjay's wedding. She was going to specially fly in from to meet him, but the plan did not go through.

In "The Transporter Malfunction" (S05E20), Lakshmi has a date with Raj, but it turns out that she is a lesbian and would marry Rajesh only to cover up that fact. She chooses him, as the rumor in India is that he is gay. Raj considers the option of marrying her, for the sake of getting his parents off his back. He ends up turning the idea down, wanting a woman who would truly love him.

Trivia

 * Lakshmi's last name is revealed in "The Guitarist Amplification", when Mrs. Koothrappali says via "Sheldon, ask our son what we’re supposed to say to Mr. and Mrs. Choudry, whose daughter, Lakshmi is flying in from London, for the sole purpose of meeting him."