Or the way that my younger brother and I, you know, he drops out of Stanford medical school to become a rapper. So I think a lot of the cultural stuff we do on the show now - we have fun with - is growing up Indian- American, and that really comes into play a lot. has a younger brother, who obviously is also Indian. They would take me to the temple, and they would teach me about all the different holidays.Īnd then my character on my show lives alone in New York. I'm Indian-American and I think that when I think of myself as being culturally Indian, it had so much to do with when I lived with my parents and was a kid because they would take me to the Diwali festivals. On whether her character in The Mindy Project focuses less on Indian-American identity than her earlier roles To hear their full conversation, click the audio link above.Īctor, writer, producer and director Mindy Kaling is also the author of Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns).Įmily Shur/Courtesy of Crown Publishing Group in fact I had even more to say than what's in the book.'

'People ask if it was hard to write the book because my other book five years ago, and. 'I've experienced a lot in the last five years in every compartment of my life,' Kaling tells Rath. Why Not Me? comes five years after her first book, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns). That's a big takeaway from her new book, Why Not Me?, which takes readers through parts of Kaling's life with the same energy and fearlessness that mark her comedy. 'Seasoned means old,' she tells NPR's Arun Rath. How?Īctress and writer Mindy Kaling has had an accomplished career, from her role as the vapid Kelly Kapoor on The Office to creating and starring in her own show, The Mindy Project.

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