Tazeen Hasan

No doubt, Biryani is India's most popular dish on the internet world-wide. However, despite its popularity, this crown of Indian culinary tradition has become a constant part of the Indian political discourse in the current polarizing atmosphere. Politicians are using Biryani to discredit rivals. In 2019, opposition leader Priyanka Gandhi accused Prime Minister Modi for going to Pakistan to eat Biryani.

– Biryani, Beef Lynchings, and the Kristallnacht of India, Beyond the Food Court