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Most of us have grown up on the comedic stylings of Meera Syal. From Goodness Gracious Me to The Kumars at No.42, Syal has had audiences world wide in splits. She was a comedic icon at a time when women comics were almost unheard of.

But that is only scratching the surface of the artistic force that is Syal. She is also an accomplished stage actress and a best-selling author. She's not all fun and games either. While her sharp wit is evident in almost all her work, her latest novel The House of Hidden Mothers, explores the more serious issue of surrogacy.

In this conversation with Catch, we discuss her book as well as her thoughts on surrogacy, the space for humour in India and the space for women in humour