In his memoir “Born a Crime,” Trevor Noah describes his mother as being a “deeply religious woman” (5). Noah’s mother’s faith plays a huge role in her life and is a common theme in this book; however, religion has been an important aspect of my identity. I was raised as a Hindu, and for a while, I was happy to be a part of the religion. Both my parents are from India, where a majority of the population is Hindu, so it isn’t surprising that they still follow the faith they grew up with. On the other hand, I was raised in the US, and so I am slightly culturally different from my parents. After about third grade, I found religious practices to be boring, time-consuming, and tiring. I stopped going with my parents to the temple, making up excuses