<P> After six months of failed research on the composition of trans - Neptunian objects, Raj feared being deported back to India (at which point, he describes spending his time at work as "mostly checking e-mail, updating his Facebook status, and messing up Wikipedia entries"). To stay in the country, he sought out a research position in stellar evolution with Professor Laughlin; the job proposition failed as the research team included an attractive woman, and Raj, who became drunk so he could talk to her, made an inappropriate comment . Raj ended up working alongside Sheldon (or "for" him, as Sheldon insists), "exploring the string theory implications of gamma rays from dark matter annihilations". Ironically, he noted that he once wanted to be the "Indira Gandhi of particle astrophysics (but with a penis, of course)". During season 6, Raj has developed a talent to be a party planner that was demonstrated at the time of Howard and Bernadette's wedding, and the Halloween, and Valentine's Day parties, at the comic book store . </P> <P> For most of the series' run, Raj had not been involved in any lasting romantic relationship, mostly due to his inability to speak to women . However, he was much more successful in casual sex than the more sexually aggressive Howard . He once dated Lalita Gupta, a childhood friend, in an arrangement made by his parents . With Raj able to speak to her only under the influence of alcohol, the date goes badly, and Lalita left the intoxicated and bothersome Raj to have dinner with Sheldon . </P> <P> After Raj behaves boorishly with Penny while at a People magazine reception, and presents Penny to his parents (via webcam) as his girlfriend, he later apologizes, first with a written note . When Penny forces him to do so verbally, he utters a barely audible "sorry". </P> <P> Raj also seeks to date Sheldon's attractive twin sister, Missy . To do so, he takes an experimental drug to correct his anxiety disorder . He is the only one, out of himself, Howard and Leonard, in whom Missy showed any interest, but the medication wears off when he tries to ask her out . </P>

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