If Dave Chappelle were an East Indian woman, he would be Vijai Nathan. With her in-your-face comedy, Nathan tackles racism, her crazy Hindu parents and the very definition of being a subservient woman. Her unique perspective offers a refreshing look at what it means to be an immigrant in America and the multiple identities she has to juggle.

In her one-woman comedy show "Good Girls Don't, But Indian Girls Do," Nathan defies what it means to be a traditional good Indian girl; she likes brightly colored saris, Madonna and has a fascination with sex. Vijai was never the obedient, sweet girl, but like the meaning of her name (Victory), she says she had a fire in her that she had to share with the world.

Through the impersonation of her parents, Nathan exemplifies life in a crazy immigrant home, where rules don't make sense and women don't rock the boat. The only brown girl at an all-white Jewish elementary school, Nathan dreamed of becoming an actress. But her parents had something else in mind; she had to become a doctor or at least marry one. But she broke all the rules; instead, she becomes a comedian, loses her virginity and is engaged to a Jewish man.

When Nathan went to college, she was introduced to a whole new world full of liberated white girls that embraced their sexuality and she says she secretly wanted to be like them. So she was destined to lose her virginity, "the Indian way".

"Being Indian was hard, I wanted to be a f**ckin American," Vijai said. But Nathan finds a balance between her two worlds and learns to embrace both of them.

Her comedy is universal and her ability to transcend her painful experiences into comedy is empowering.