The Salt March was a massive 24-day nonviolent protest campaign led by Mahatma Gandhi in 1930. The British colonial government banned Indians from producing salt but taxed them heavily for purchasing English salt. In response, Gandhi led a march to the ocean, where he made his own salt. Millions of Indians started doing the same, and the British jailed tens of thousands, including Gandhi. Today, the Salt March is widely viewed as a major landmark in the Indian independence movement. Indian Ink is set in the weeks immediately after its conclusion.
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Salt March Term Timeline in Indian Ink
The timeline below shows where the term Salt March appears in Indian Ink. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Act 1
...Flora reads from her letters about Das, but Pike interrupts with irrelevant footnotes about Gandhi’s Salt March , the influential Tree family, and Flora’s family doctor. Flora yells at Pike: “Oh, shut...
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Act 2
...his polo swing. Flora asks about India’s future. Durance notes that Gandhi just finished his Salt March and declares that “the jails are filling up” due to conflicts between Hindus, who support...
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