Mindy Kaling

My mom was a doctor at a hospital that my dad was helping build in Lagos, Nigeria. That's a meet cute. It's a meet cute. An architect and an OBGYN. And so they met and it was one of those things where I think literally their African friends were like, we know two Indian people. You should be together. And they were right.

My mom was a doctor at a hospital that my dad was helping build in Lagos, Nigeria. That's a meet cute. It's a meet cute. An architect and an OBGYN. And so they met and it was one of those things where I think literally their African friends were like, we know two Indian people. You should be together. And they were right.

My mom was a doctor at a hospital that my dad was helping build in Lagos, Nigeria. That's a meet cute. It's a meet cute. An architect and an OBGYN. And so they met and it was one of those things where I think literally their African friends were like, we know two Indian people. You should be together. And they were right.

But it's sort of a nuance that I think only Indian people get, which is that culturally it's so different. in the 70s to be Bengali and be Tamil. And my dad was from more of a traditional Hindu family. My mom was also Hindu, but the way they celebrate it is so different regionally. My dad doesn't celebrate Diwali and my mom does. And my mom doesn't know about some of my dad's holidays.

But it's sort of a nuance that I think only Indian people get, which is that culturally it's so different. in the 70s to be Bengali and be Tamil. And my dad was from more of a traditional Hindu family. My mom was also Hindu, but the way they celebrate it is so different regionally. My dad doesn't celebrate Diwali and my mom does. And my mom doesn't know about some of my dad's holidays.

But it's sort of a nuance that I think only Indian people get, which is that culturally it's so different. in the 70s to be Bengali and be Tamil. And my dad was from more of a traditional Hindu family. My mom was also Hindu, but the way they celebrate it is so different regionally. My dad doesn't celebrate Diwali and my mom does. And my mom doesn't know about some of my dad's holidays.

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.

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.

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.