Meera Syal grew up in the mining village of Essington, in the West Midlands, a place she once famously described as "a cross between 'Twin Peaks' and 'Crossroads' ". Her work as a writer ...

The Kumars star Meera Syal is to read the CBeebies Bedtime Story to celebrate South Asian Heritage Month. On Friday, Syal, 63, will read Amma’s Sari, a story about connection with family and the ...

GUV:So we’re saying 3 major themes in Meera Syal’s Anita & Me are family ... She loves her parents but she prefers to dress like the other children rather than wear the Indian saris and ...

ADAPTED by Tanika Gupta, Meera Syal’s semi-autobiographical novel Anita and Me makes a welcome stage entrance at the Theatre Royal. It’s coming-of-age narrative, inspired by Syal’s childhood ...