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.
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.
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.
About The Author:
Arunava Sinha (Translator)
Arunava Sinha translates classic, modern and contemporary Bengali fiction and non-fiction from Bangladesh and India into English. He also translates fiction from English into Bengali. Over eighty of his translations have been published so far in India, the UK and the USA. He teaches creative writing at Ashoka University, where he is also the co-director of the Ashoka Centre for Translation and is the Books Editor at Scroll.in.
Anita Agnihotri
Anita Agnihotri is an Indian Bengali writer. She has authored over fifty books of poetry, short stories, novels, and essays on Development. her works have been translated into several Indian languages including English. Received many awards including the Crossword Economist award for the volume of translated stories Seventeen along with Arunava Sinha. Mahanadi, the Sickle , Mahuldiha Days are Anita’s recent works translated into English. Was a member of the Indian Administrative Service for over three decades.
