  A formalism is proposed to generate (the first step of) a discrete spacetime:
spacetime with an inbuilt length scale. We follow the celebrated Landau theory
of liquid - solid phase transition induced by Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking by
a condensate whose Fourier transform has support at a {\it{non-zero}} momentum.
The latter requirement is essential for breaking the translation symmetry.
This, in turn, compels us to generalize Einstein action to higher derivative
terms.
