A little Sea Salt from the Sea Shore thru April 6

Today marks the 75th anniversary of the begining of the Mahatma's march to the sea. A little sprinkle of sea salt on your foods now through April 6th, if you please....

The 388-kilometre (241-mile) journey was undertaken by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, also called "Mahatma" or "a great soul," to protest the monopoly of the British colonial authorities over the production of salt in India.

After traveling through numerous villages and small towns, sleeping under the open sky and eating frugal meals, Gandhi, then aged 61, reached Dandi, a natural salt-producing beach, on April 6.

Watched by thousands, he picked up a lump of salt and broke it in defiance of a ban on Indians producing salt. The act sparked mass civil disobedience across India, leading to thousands of arrests including that of Gandhi.

But it is credited as having marked the turning point in the independence movement, with the British administration eventually being forced to open formal talks with Indian freedom fighters and granting independence in 1947.