Re: Lack of talent in ABCD/BBCDs ?
Alaap are the god fathers of Bhangra, formed in the 1970's in Southall, although I don't think they were born in the UK.
Bally Sagoo is much more than RDB will ever be. Asian Dub Foundation, Talvin Singh- who won the Mercury Music prize a few years back, Joi, Fun-da- mental... all really talented music artists born and raised in the UK.
There are loads of talented British asians from writers, actors, sportsmen and directors, Hanif Kureshi, Hari Kanzuri, Zadie Smith, Meera Syal, Nina Wadia, Ace Bhatti, Art Malik, Navin Chowdhry, Amir Khan, Micheal Chopra, Nasser Hussain, Gurinder Chadha to name a few. Some of them were not born in the UK, but I don't care.
The only Asian in politics that comes to mind in Lord Nazir Ahmed.
Oh and news presenters include Samira Ahmed, Nina Hossain and the lovely Krishnan Guru Murphy.