01 February,2009 05:43 AM IST | | IANS
Sharat Sardana, a pioneering Indian-origin comedy writer who helped revolutionise the perception of Asians in Britain, has died at the age of 40.
Sardana, who succumbed to a streptococcal infection on Tuesday, created some of the most memorable characters and sketches in British comedy, including those for Goodness Gracious Me, the country's first ever all-Asian comedy show.
He is particularly known for the hilarious "Going for an English" sketch a reverse take on the Britain's national obsession with curry meals, highlighted by the common phrase "going for an Indian".
Sardana and his writing partner Richard Pinto later helped develop The Kumars at Number 42, a spoof Asian chat-show series that has been copied around the world.
