History Series / IndianSummers

%% * PoisonousFriend:
%% ** Sarah is a poisonous friend Alice.
%% ** Cynthia to Ralph can count too especially with the entire Jaya incident. Dougie turns down Ralph's money towards the orphanage party for this reason.

* HeldGaze: Dougie and Leena over and over. Aafrin and Sita. Aafrin and Alice. [[IncestSubtext Ralph and Alice]].

** Madeline also has one when she sleeps with the Maharajah.

* {{Intergenerational Friendship}}: Between several characters, especially Ramu Sood and Ian, and Ralph and Cynthia.

* {{Its All About Me}}: Definitely played a part in Ralph's eventual feelings toward Jaya though at the same time he was definitely not proud of his treatment of her, and seems to "regret" her murder...in a way, at least. Cynthia as well was this in the past though for Ralph's benefit - and at that time unknown to Ralph - when she played her part in getting rid of Jaya, because she (Cynthia) did not want Ralph throwing away everything to be with an Indian girl. Made even crueler in the fact that Jaya was pregnant at the time, and to throw her out on her own meant terrible suffering.
* {{Karma Houdini}}: Cynthia and multiple times. Also mostly with Ralph though Jaya's murder seems to have shaken him a bit at least emotionally.

* MightyWhitey: The majority of British are under this impression, especially the viceroy of India.
* MixedAncestry: All the children at the orphanage, especially Adam. Leena as well.

* MoralityPet: Bhupinder to Ralph and Kaiser to Cynthia comes across as such.

* NiceGuy: Ian, Ian, ''Ian''. Despite having wobbles in morals, Dougie is still very much this. Aafrin started off as this but it didn't last.

%% * NiceJobBreakingItHero}}

* {{Feeling Oppressed by Their Existence}}: A good chunk of the Indians towards the British - especially Sooni in particular. Ian, being Scottish, knows of his country's history of feeling this way to the British.

%% * HeldGaze: Dougie and Leena over and over. Aafrin and Sita. Aafrin and Alice. Ralph and Alice with a side of squick depending on your viewpoint.
%% * HeterosexualLifePartners: Ralph and Bhupinder, Ralph and Cynthia. Ralph and Aafrin started out with shades of this but changed very much.

Beginning in the twilight of Main/TheBritishRaj of the 1930s, Indian Summers portrays the entwining lives of a colorful {{Ensemble Cast}} of Indian and British people during summers spent at Simla; the official summer capital city of British India located in the foothills of the Himalayas.

Beginning in the twilight of {{The British Raj}} of the 1930s, Indian Summers portrays the entwining lives of a colorful {{Ensemble Cast}} of Indian and British people during summers spent at Simla; the official summer capital city of British India located in the foothills of the Himalayas.

%% * TheBritishRaj: Take a wild guess.

* AmericanAccents: Madeline and her brother Eugene supply the only ones in the entire show.

* EnglishRose: Alice is physically this with her pale skin, pretty face and usually good tempered nature...but her past and the shenanigans she takes part in prevent this trope from going past the visuals. Sarah again is the physical, if plainer version of this, but most ''certainly'' subverts it with her personality. Madeline looks like this, but she's American!

* GentlemanSnarker: The high, refined British wit is what Ralph favours. Several other characters have this going for them as well.

* HeldGaze: Dougie and Leena over and over. Aafrin and Sita. Aafrin and Alice. Ralph and Alice with a side of squick depending on your viewpoint.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Ralph and Bhupinder, Ralph and Cynthia. Ralph and Aafrin started out with shades of this but changed very much.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: The 6'4 Dougie with both Sarah and Leena. Ian and Sooni. A platonic version is Ralph and Cynthia.

* LoveHurts: Jaya and Ralph. Sarah and Dougie. Leena and Dougie. Sita and Aafrin. Any British and Indian who love each other but cannot be together is this by default as well.
* LoveTriangle: Sita and Alice becomes this over Aafrin though this is resolved with Alice as the winner and Sita cast out with no where to go. In a way,Jaya and Madeline were this to Ralph, though Jaya is murdered and Madeline is engaged to Ralph by the end of season 1 though it is unclear if he actually likes her or not. Also Sarah and Leena over Dougie - technically, Sarah is the winner as she still remains married to Dougie in the end...but her feelings toward him are unclear. Dougie on the other hand does not love her, yet he refuses to cheat on her anymore and remains madly in love with Leena who also has feelings for him but will not carry on their affair either.

* {{Parasol of Prettiness}}: Alice, Sarah...heck, all the English ladies at some point.

* PoisonousFriend: Again, Sarah to Alice. Cynthia to Ralph can count too especially with the entire Jaya incident. Dougie turns down Ralph's money towards the orphanage party for this reason.
* ReallyGetsAround: Ralph most certainly. Implied with Ian's uncle who gropes his female workers, but especially in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it-moment where Ian finds a picture of his uncle with a heavily pregnant Indian woman.
* TheReveal: Adam's father. The outcome of Ramu Sood's trial.

* ScaryBlackMan: Sgt. Singh is an Indian example of the trope

* {{Walking Spoiler}}: In season 1, Adam, the little boy Dougie and Leena rescue from the train tracks in the very first episode. And not to mention Jaya.

* FromBadtoWorse: Ramu Sood is a magnet for this. First, he's unfairly blamed for "attacking" Ian's uncle, Stafford, then further blamed for "causing" the man's eventual death - both of which he did not cause. Next, after Jaya's body is found, he's again blamed for the incident, and this unfortunately has some false evidence, as word got out how angry he was when someone broke into his house and stole his deceased wife's wedding sari. Things really hit the roof when he's arrested and thrown in jail and blamed for "murdering two people" and sentenced to death. Not to mention that all of these things cause ''major problems'' for several other people, all of whom find something in connection with the entirety of the case.

* ChekhovsGun: The implicating certificate that Aafrin stole and also Adam's bracelet in season 1 which has SERIOUS repercussions for several characters.

Beginning in the twilight of {{The British Raj}} of the 1930's, Indian Summers portrays the entwining lives of a colorful {{Ensemble Cast}} of Indian and British people during summers spent at Simla; the official summer capital city of British India located in the foothills of the Himalayas.