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What does a bowl of biryani tell us about power? From ancient ritual sacrifice to the global curry industry, food in South Asia has never simply been sustenance. It has been medicine, ethics, law, and racial ideology. This talk traces food as a system of identification across three thousand years: asking who gets to eat, who decides what counts as civilised, and whether food can ever escape the power structures that shaped it.
About Speaker:
Sadaf Hussain is a chef and author known for documenting India’s culinary traditions. A finalist on MasterChef India (2016), he hosts pop-ups and co-hosts the podcast Naan Curry. His book Masala Mandi explores regional spice cultures. He also writes children’s books like The Carrot Soup, blending food, storytelling, and learning for young readers, often with interactive recipes.
