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    Meera Syal looks back: ‘South Asians weren’t seen as funny. We sold you fags or served you curry’

    The Guardian UK
    September 6, 2026
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    Meera Syal looks back: ‘South Asians weren’t seen as funny. We sold you fags or served you curry’

    <p>The actor, comedian and writer on idolising Victoria Wood, being fuelled by rage and injustice after a sexual assault, and ​t​he life-changing impact of Goodness Gracious Me</p><p>Born in Wolverhampton in 1961 and raised in Bloxwich, also in the West Midlands, Meera Syal is an a

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