Mindy Kaling

But the only reason I'm bringing it up is not to give like a long, boring history about how my family met. But when they met each other, the culture that they had in common was like, OK, we speak English. We're moving to the United States.

And so I wasn't raised speaking any Indian languages, which I think is huge, crucial, actually, to the way you're brought up. And I realized now have adult Indian friends or ones that I made in college where they were raised kind of within their community. You'll hear people that they're raised in a super Indian neighborhood in New Jersey or in Michigan.

And so I wasn't raised speaking any Indian languages, which I think is huge, crucial, actually, to the way you're brought up. And I realized now have adult Indian friends or ones that I made in college where they were raised kind of within their community. You'll hear people that they're raised in a super Indian neighborhood in New Jersey or in Michigan.

And so I wasn't raised speaking any Indian languages, which I think is huge, crucial, actually, to the way you're brought up. And I realized now have adult Indian friends or ones that I made in college where they were raised kind of within their community. You'll hear people that they're raised in a super Indian neighborhood in New Jersey or in Michigan.

And there'll be these little pockets, Artesia, parts of Chicago. But we weren't that. So all of our friends were sort of my mom and dad's white co-workers and their children.

And there'll be these little pockets, Artesia, parts of Chicago. But we weren't that. So all of our friends were sort of my mom and dad's white co-workers and their children.

And there'll be these little pockets, Artesia, parts of Chicago. But we weren't that. So all of our friends were sort of my mom and dad's white co-workers and their children.

So my dad sort of made a decision that he's like, I'm in America. I'm going to love the Red Sox. I'm going to love the Celtics. I'm going to get into sports. And that culturally we're diving in. We're still Hindu. We still do holidays. We still were raised eating Indian food. But culturally, I didn't have this community around me of like auntie culture and all that. Yeah, I know.

So my dad sort of made a decision that he's like, I'm in America. I'm going to love the Red Sox. I'm going to love the Celtics. I'm going to get into sports. And that culturally we're diving in. We're still Hindu. We still do holidays. We still were raised eating Indian food. But culturally, I didn't have this community around me of like auntie culture and all that. Yeah, I know.

So my dad sort of made a decision that he's like, I'm in America. I'm going to love the Red Sox. I'm going to love the Celtics. I'm going to get into sports. And that culturally we're diving in. We're still Hindu. We still do holidays. We still were raised eating Indian food. But culturally, I didn't have this community around me of like auntie culture and all that. Yeah, I know.

And I relate to it, but I don't know it. Yes. I actually have my literal aunts, but I don't have that extended family. So when I started doing comedy, I didn't have this rich background of observations about Indian culture and other friends to banter with about it.

And I relate to it, but I don't know it. Yes. I actually have my literal aunts, but I don't have that extended family. So when I started doing comedy, I didn't have this rich background of observations about Indian culture and other friends to banter with about it.

And I relate to it, but I don't know it. Yes. I actually have my literal aunts, but I don't have that extended family. So when I started doing comedy, I didn't have this rich background of observations about Indian culture and other friends to banter with about it.

Is that a famous hockey joke?

Is that a famous hockey joke?

Is that a famous hockey joke?

Yeah, and I hear that and I think it's funny and I relate to it. I had one. I didn't really have that. And so when I would think what I want to write about, the Indian identity didn't bubble up to the surface. And then my first thing that I did was this play called Matt and Ben, where I played Ben Affleck, right? And then I got hired in the office. And it was also 2001 to 2004.

Yeah, and I hear that and I think it's funny and I relate to it. I had one. I didn't really have that. And so when I would think what I want to write about, the Indian identity didn't bubble up to the surface. And then my first thing that I did was this play called Matt and Ben, where I played Ben Affleck, right? And then I got hired in the office. And it was also 2001 to 2004.

Yeah, and I hear that and I think it's funny and I relate to it. I had one. I didn't really have that. And so when I would think what I want to write about, the Indian identity didn't bubble up to the surface. And then my first thing that I did was this play called Matt and Ben, where I played Ben Affleck, right? And then I got hired in the office. And it was also 2001 to 2004.

Hollywood is not clamoring for shows and TV and books about your identity, right? That was, let's be honest, a 2018 thing.