i. setting the scene//preparation


the Greatest Migration and the Death of a Society

 




ii. themes of memory & tradition//spices


the Makings and the Marrings of the Society,

then Colonised and the Coloniser



 


iii. identity formation & transformation//cooking


the End of the Greatest Colonial Rule
and the Struggle for a Brave New Society





iv. intersections of the personal & collective//layering


the Ordered Disorder of the Biryanis of Karachi,
and the Indian Subcontinent





v as the Author’s note


the Wilful Skepticism of my Memories of the Biryani





 

vi as the Author’s secret//serving & sharing


the Performative Steps towards the Creation of the Greatest Biryani



The Author will begin this narrative at its apparent end and supposed beginning — 1947 in Karachi,


which is the destination, the endpoint and the beginning of the Author's Greatest Biryani.