In ‘Missed Translations,’ Sopan Deb reconnects with his estranged immigrant parents
Dec. 24, 2020Books Sopan Deb with his fiance Wesley and father. Photo courtesy of Sopan Deb
When you’re a stand-up comedian and the children of immigrants, you harvest your Hindu heritage for material for the stage. For Sopan Deb, he had an unhappy childhood, and didn’t talk to or see his parents for years once he started college.
In a new memoir, he tries to understand why his Indian parents had such an unhappy marriage, and how he could repair his relationship with both of them. His book is called “Missed Translations: Meeting the Immigrant Parents Who Raised Me.”