The story follows a boy who travels back to the time of India's freedom struggle and discovers how the now ubiquitous salt drove the British out of India
Manjula Padmanabhan writes: India at 75 is a country riddled with gender inequity. What will India look like at 100 if the problem is not addressed today?
There’s very little that was redeeming or cheerful about the last 10 months. But times like this are precisely when we need a list that helps us be grateful, when all has failed.
‘Tell me again, Granpa, about the Dark Time. How many people were there in the world? How did the few become clever and kind? What happened to the many who remained cruel and stupid?’
