Growing Up The Daughter Of Indian Immigrants

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jul 26, 2017

Scaachi Koul, a culture writer for BuzzFeed, reflects on life as the daughter of Indian immigrants in her new collection of personal essays, One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter. Her hilarious and poignant essays also find her overcoming her fear of flying and dealing with internet trolls.

Phoebe Robinson guest hosted this segment of "The Leonard Lopate Show."

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