In another essay “Aus-piss-ee-ous” Koul writes about traveling back to India with her parents, her brother, his white wife, and their biracial child, nicknamed Raisin. Haunting all this, though not extensively explored, is the complexity of homeland for a Kashmiri Hindu. She writes, “My parents were afraid of plenty of things that would likely never affect us-murderers lurking in our backyard, listeria in our sandwich meat, vegans-but dying on a plane was all too mundane for them.” This trip with her white boyfriend, nicknamed Hamhock, becomes the occasion to tell us about how her parents came to Canada, about managing different cultural expectations, the inevitable transformation of family, and the loss of relatives back home.
The youngest child of Kashmiri immigrants to Canada, Koul opens her book with an essay “Inheritance Tax” about her fear of flying. This debut collection of essays, One Day We will be Dead and None of This Will Matter: Essays, is full-throated Scaachi Koul-acerbic, honest, warm, funny, and occasionally confessional.Ī major theme in Koul’s writing is that of cultural identity and belonging. A senior culture writer for BuzzFeed, Koul’s work is familiar to many readers for its scathing humor, its razor sharp observations about race and culture, and for its authentic voice that refuses to be suppressed. In an essay in BuzzFeed, “ User’s Guide to My Stupid Name,” Scaachi Koul humorously explores how her name came about, how it is pronounced or mispronounced in two continents, and ultimately what it means to belong in multiple cultures.
With a sharp eye and biting wit, incomparable rising star and cultural observer Scaachi Koul offers a hilarious, scathing, and honest look at modern life.One Day We’ll All be Dead and None of This Will Matter: Essays, is the latest from Buzzfeed’s Scaachi Koul (right). Alongside these personal stories are pointed observations about life as a woman of color: where every aspect of her appearance is open for critique, derision, or outright scorn where strict gender rules bind in both Western and Indian cultures, leaving little room for a woman not solely focused on marriage and children to have a career (and a life) for herself.
Whether it's a shopping trip gone awry enduring awkward conversations with her bikini waxer overcoming her fear of flying while vacationing halfway around the world dealing with Internet trolls, or navigating the fears and anxieties of her parents.
She learned from an early age what made her miserable, and for Scaachi anything can be cause for despair. In One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter, Scaachi Koul deploys her razor-sharp humor to share all the fears, outrages, and mortifying moments of her life. A DEBUT COLLECTION OF FIERCE, FUNNY ESSAYS ABOUT GROWING UP THE DAUGHTER OF INDIAN IMMIGRANTS IN WESTERN CULTURE, ADDRESSING SEXISM, STEREOTYPES, AND THE UNIVERSAL MISERIES OF LIFE
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