Practical People Win

Zarna Garg is not trying to be her children’s friend. She points out the absurdity of American wellness culture, noting her shock that her daughter’s Stanford curriculum requires a class on the subject. She details her preference for “MD” as her children’s preferred pronouns and mocks the idea of an expensive elite education culminating in her daughter making clay pots, an activity she notes Indian villagers do out of sheer necessity. It is a set built on the unapologetic perspective of an immigrant mother who, after sixteen years of stay-at-home parenting, has dryly concluded she is just not that into her kids.

Filmed at Bimbo’s 365 Club in San Francisco and directed by Jeff Tomsic, the Hulu special arrived during a busy year for Garg. In 2025, she published a bestselling memoir, starred in the indie comedy film A Nice Indian Boy, and continued opening for Tina Fey and Amy Poehler on tour. Her family, who also co-host her weekly podcast, remain her primary targets. The show even ends with her children joining her on stage for a choreographed dance number, complete with Garg’s commentary on their dancing. The hour avoids profanity, leaning instead on cultural friction and family guilt, and debuted at number two on the streaming charts during its July release week.