Meera: "A lot of old Asian men don't like me very much. They throw tomatoes at me in Tesco."
Her parents moved to England from New Delhi before she was born; they eloped in order to be together as one was Sikh and the other Hindu.
Her book, "Bombay Dreams," was adapted into a London West End Musical at the Apollo Theatre and was nominated for a 2003 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for The Hilton Award for Best New Musical of 2002.