Updated On: 22 August, 2015 08:49 AM IST | | Suprita Mitter
<p>UK-based author Meera Syal’s latest offering titled, The House of Hidden Mothers, is set largely in India and addresses topics like surrogacy, infertility, infidelity, feminism and a lot more</p>

Q. What made you choose the subject of surrogacy?
A. I thought it was a perfect metaphor for exploring the complex and ever changing relationship between India and specifically, Britain, and for exploring so many areas, which currently interest me.

Meera Syal, after she was presented with her Commander of the British Empire (CBE) medal, awarded by the Prince of Wales at an Investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace on May 6, 2015 in London, England. Pic/Getty Images