The Indian contribution has been obvious and strong through out Britain, not just with the food which has probably been one of the largest contributions of any migrant community but of course there is music, the arts including sculpture, writing and comedy. In Wolverhampton the contribution of Asian migrants is very apparent but also nationally Asians have made their mark on English culture. Most recently according to a paper funded by the Electoral Commission regarding the 2001 general election, there was a higher turnout of British Indian voters than white British voters. The report found that the voter turnout for the election was 59.4%, this was the lowest since 1918. The level of Asian voters had dramatically increased since the mid 1960s – then only 13% of Asians voted at elections. However even now, other Asian communities such as Pakistanis and Bangladeshis do not vote in such high numbers. Asian religious festivals have become a feature in English life, such as Eid – important for Muslims at it marks the end of Ramadan, Diwali – a Hindu, Sikh and Jain festival known as the Festival of Lights and Vaisakhi – a Sikh celebration marking the birth of modern Sikhism.
Writers Meera Syal, Hanif Kureshi Artists Rasheed Araeen, Anish Kapoor, Sutapa Biswas, Ramesh Kalkur, F N Souza, Avinash Chandra Politicians Keith Vaz Music Industry Cornershop, Bobby Friction, Nihal, Asian Dub Foundation, Apache Indian, Punjabi MC, Sumerah Ahmad, Humarh Kahn, Talvin Singh, Bally Sagoo, Panjabi Hit Squad Media/comedians Daljit Neer, Gagan Grewal, Sanjeet Saund, Tazmin Khan, Shanka Guha, Saj Chauhdry, , Shazia Mirza, Nina Wadia, Sanjeev Bhaskar Actors Meera Syal, Shobna Gulati, Jimmi Harkishin, Jimi Mistry, Om Puri, Saeed Jaffrey, Parminder K Nagra, Gurinder Chaddha, Ray Panthaki, Ameet Chana, Bindya Solanki Sport Amir Khan, Nasser Hussein, Kumar Shiri Ranjitsinhji
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