In the spirit of Mindy Kaling’s bestseller Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? or Judd Apatow’s Ill in the top, a assortment of humorous, autobiographical essays from Kunal Nayyar, best known as Raj on CBS’s #1 hit comedy The Big Bang Theory.

Of all the charming misfits on television, there’s no doubt Raj from your Big Bang Theory-the sincere yet incurably geeky Indian astrophysicist-ranks among the misfittingest. Now, we meet up with the actor who’s just as loveable as the character he has about Yes, My Accent Is certainly Real on Television. In this revealing collection of essays written in his irreverent, hilarious, and self-deprecating tone of voice, Kunal Nayyar traces his trip from a little boy in New Delhi who mistakes an awkward first kiss for any sacred dedication, gets nosebleeds chugging Coca-Cola to make an impression other college students, and excels in the activity of badminton, towards the assured, successful actor around the group of TV’s most-watched sitcom since Close friends.

Heading behind the scenes of The Big Bang Theory and into his personal experiences, Kunal introduces visitors to the individuals who helped him grow, such as for example his Adam Bond-loving, mustachioed dad. Kunal also strolls us through his university years in Portland, where he takes his first sips of alcoholic beverages and learns to let loose with his French, 6’8” gentle-giant roommate, works his first-ever work for the university’s housekeeping section washing toilets for minimum wage, and begins a series of intimate exploits that proceed just about too as they would for Raj. (That’s, until he matches and marries a previous Miss India in an intricate seven-day event that people get to knowledge in a chapter entitled “My Big Body fat Indian Wedding.”)

Full of heart, but never acquiring itself too seriously, this witty collection of underdog tales follows a young guy as he traverses two continents in search of a dream, along the way transcending culture and language (and several, many embarrassing occurrences) to somehow miraculously land the role of an eternity.