Mindy Kaling picked a special middle name for her first child Katherine: Swati. Swati is the name of Kaling's mother Dr. Swati Chokalingam, who died from pancreatic cancer in 2012. As E! News previously reported, Kaling heard the news of her mother's passing the same day she was told The Mindy Project was picked up by Fox. This isn't the only way the 38-year-old actress has honored her mother. During her lifetime, Chokalingam worked as an Obg/Yn, which Kaling played on The Mindy Project. "We were so thrilled for her," Ed Weeks, who plays Dr. Jeremy Reed on the show, said at the time of Kaling's pregnancy announcement. "The show started as a tribute to her...
- 12/20/2017
- E! Online
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