Meera Syal Quote

We were born here. We haven't got another world that we carry around in our heads. We have to compete. We had to take on a lot of the battles that they couldn't or wouldn't engage in. We had to redefine the image they'd given of Indians as these ethereal, exotic people, clannish, never quite involved.


Interview in the Guardian, 6 April 1996


We were born here. We haven't got another world that we carry around in our heads. We have to compete. We had to take on a lot of the battles that...

We were born here. We haven't got another world that we carry around in our heads. We have to compete. We had to take on a lot of the battles that...

We were born here. We haven't got another world that we carry around in our heads. We have to compete. We had to take on a lot of the battles that...

We were born here. We haven't got another world that we carry around in our heads. We have to compete. We had to take on a lot of the battles that...