Indian labourer Thangam carries a basket of salt as she works on a salt pan at Thoothukudi, some 16km south of Madurai in Tamil Nadu, where labourers earn an average of 290 rupees (S$6.30) per day.
Salt of the earth
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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on May 15, 2017, with the headline Salt of the earth. Subscribe
