Every year over 200 000 tonnes of salt is harvested from the surface of ... ‘I was driving through the desert, and after exploring for a while, I came across this place,’ she told Slate ...

India is one of the world's top salt producers. Most of the country's salt comes from the desert of the Little Rann of Kutch. Here, the Agariya people do the dangerous job of farming salt.

From Dholavira, Dhordo is an 88km drive, passing through salt flats, castor fields, banni grasslands, and past herds of stocky banni buffalo. Dhordo is home to the Rann Utsav Tent City, managed by ...

and coarse salt that drapes the arid desert in a white veil. Of Rann Utsav, the festival that started out as a two-day festival and grew into the famed 100-day celebration of local art and culture.