Almost 90 years after the Dandi March, a photographer traces Mahatma Gandhi’s journey
The Hindu
‘23 Grams of Salt’, a photobook by Anuj Ambalal, takes the viewers through the sites of the Dandi March, 90 years later
Two years, around hundred villages and over 250 photographs. This is all it took photographer Anuj Ambalal to retrace the steps of Mahatma Gandhi on his march to the coastal town Dandi, 90 years later.
Be it the spot where Gandhi wrote his famous letter to the Viceroy Lord Irwin where now stands his framed photograph on a charpoy; or the hallowed halls of the room he stayed in, when he passed by Boriavi, that now looks desolate — vignettes of the pit stops and how they look today form the core of the photobook, 23 Grams of Salt (published by Navajivan Trust).
Last week, at Amethyst’s quaint exhibition space, The Folly, a tightly-knit group were in conversation over the same photographs projected on screen.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.