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I've always assumed that my parents and my in-laws would live with me when I get older and have children. I just assume it will happen and that it's the right way to do things. It's a deeply Indian custom - that you kind of inherit your parents and your spouse's parents and you take care of them eventually.

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Mindy Kaling
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: June 24
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Cambridge
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