A Touch of Salt
Author | : Anita Agnihotri |
Publisher | : Penguin Random House India Private Limited |
Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 2024-09-20 |
ISBN-10 | : 9789357086172 |
ISBN-13 | : 935708617X |
Rating | : 4/5 (17X Downloads) |
Download or read book A Touch of Salt written by Anita Agnihotri and published by Penguin Random House India Private Limited. This book was released on 2024-09-20 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mahatma Gandhi to Dandi, and become a part of the historic violation of the Salt Act in British India. This is, of course, unrecorded by history. He was an Agariya, one of the salt-harvesters in the Rann of Kutch. Today, the Agariyas working in the salt pans have no water, homes or schools for their children. They are being squeezed out by the law that has identified the entire Rann as reserved forest for wild asses. Tribhuban’s grandson Azad has no choice but to take up the fight for salt against the establishment once more, this time in an independent India. A Touch of Salt is the story of Tribhuban and Azad, of Mohandas and Kasturba, of Malati and Vishnuram, of the multitude of Agariyas, countless lives lived, lost, and buried in salt and sand.