
- 256 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
A delightfully funny collection of essays by the Indian-American actor, Kunal Nayyar, who plays the loveable, sincere yet incurably dorky character Raj in The Big Bang Theory. In this revealing book, Kunal Nayyar traces his journey from a nervous little boy in New Delhi who mistakes an awkward first kiss for a sacred commitment, gets nosebleeds chugging Coca-Cola to impress the other students at his all-boys school to the confident guy on the set of one of television's most-watched shows who one day eve gets to kiss the woman of his childhood dreams: Winnie Cooper from The Wonder Years. Throughout, Kunal introduces us to the people who helped him grow, chief among them his slick moustachioed father. From his father, Kunal learned the most important lessons of life: treat a beggar as you would a king. There are two sides to every story. A smile goes a long way. And, when in doubt, use a spreadsheet. Full of heart, but never taking itself too seriously, this is a coming-of-age story about a young man trying to find his place in between cultures, growing into himself as a person and a performer, and of the many embarrassing incidents that somehow miraculously prepared him to land the role that would make his career.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication page
- Contents
- Preface
- Everything I Know About Kissing I Learned from Winnie Cooper
- My A-to-Z Guide to Getting Nookie in New Delhi During High School
- Made in England
- King of Shuttlecocks
- Holiday Traditions Part 1: Rakhi
- A Thought Recorded on an Aeroplane Cocktail Napkin
- Why Being Indian Is Cool
- Dinners with Dad
- Dziko and Me
- The Art of the Head Bobble
- Garbage, Man
- Holiday Traditions Part 2: Dussehra
- The Forbidden Kiss
- Chaos Theory
- Judgment Day in Boise
- A Thought Recorded on an Aeroplane Cocktail Napkin
- The Girl I Went to Mass For
- Kumar Ran a Car
- Lollipops and Crisps
- The Prince and the Pauper
- How I Knew
- Kunal’s Twelve Quick Thoughts on Dating
- Holiday Traditions Part 3: Holi
- Nina, Why?
- A Thought Recorded on an Aeroplane Cocktail Napkin
- Love’s Labour’s Lost
- The Waiting Period (Extended Mix)
- James Bond and the Mouse
- Always Joy
- Thirteen Things I’ve Learned from Playing an Astrophysicist on TV
- A Thought Recorded on an Aeroplane Cocktail Napkin
- And Then I Fell in Love
- Puppies
- My Big Fat Indian Wedding
- Holiday Traditions Part 4: Diwali
- Good-bye
- A Thought Recorded on an Aeroplane Cocktail Napkin
- Acknowledgments