>Yes, this is a very timely piece by Anosh Malekar (He spent several years
>in Gujarat as a Journalist.) on the reality of the Salt Pan Workers in this
One of the childhood memories of all Goans I am sure is the lady carrying
a patlo of salt coming by shouting "Mitth jai ge....!". And we kids used
to gather by the side of the patlo looking at the yellow colored salt and
even tasting some of it, while mom used to buy the salt.
Sadly, the salt pans have almost disappeared in Goa and also the salt
carrying ladies. I think everyone has
converted a salt pan into a settlement zone and sold off the land. Added
to the fact that Tata Salt is mass produced, the business may not be viable.
Further, there is this controversy and legal issues over iodized / non-iodized
salt.
Has anyone done a study of the legal viability of the salt pan business ?
If not as a business in salt, one could possibly start a salt pan as
a tourist attraction, charge good money to tourists and demonstrate to them how
salt is/was made the traditional way.
samir
