2. Documentation
Studio3
Publication on Salt pan worker’s Life
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3. ntroduction Ihave always believed that two kinds of for eight months a year? A place without
people exist in today’s world. You have proper shelter, water or protection from
probably come across the one who is sunlight? What are the difficulties he faces
never satisfied with anything that life gives in his quest to produce salt. Salt which he
him. And then these are those who never sells to earn a living.
question what life gives them. I then met a
third kind of person. One who has realized The objective of this book is to raise
that life only gives him what his efforts awareness about the salt pan worker and
deserve. He does not dream of a future the problems
because he is burdened by the present. he faces. Hopefully, Governments and salt
companies would view these issues in a
You are probably wondering who this new light. At a personal level, the lives of
person is? This project gave me the these Salt pan workers give us valuable
opportunity to meet the Salt Pan Worker. insight into our own lives.
My interaction with the salt pan workers
was a unique and enriching experience Apart from all this, the book attempts to
which I hope to share with you. give comprehensive knowledge about the
process of traditional salt making.
Through this book, I Balaji Waghmare
attempt to bring you closer to In this manner, I captured all the necessary
understanding the life of a Salt Pan Worker. information about the life of salt pan
The reason for writing this book is to give worker’s lives in this book. But I am also
you a glimpse of the struggle that life is sharing the experience i had to collect this
for the salt pan worker. Where does he information and also to try and turn it into
live? What is a day in the life of a salt pan a book format.
worker like? What does it feel like to leave
home and head to the Little Rann of Kutch Hope you like reading this.....
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4. 24.08.09
T he first day of the project. Its 9 : 40 am,
and its Tarun Deep Girdher’s meeting. I was
clueless about the project topic, and naturally
Talking about the time constraints of the proj-
ect, there was another thing that was scaring
us at the back of my mind – and that was the
making me look totally dumbstruck regarding below mentioned facts:
the same. Adding to that was Tarun deep’s in-
troduction meeting, which had high chances of * Studio 3 : 8 weeks
my confidence getting to an all time low. * Studio 4 : 8 weeks
Still, I had pinned down a couple of topics for * Design elective : 4 weeks
the project, like “Publication for my village” and * Research elective : 4 weeks
“Chappal making publication” etc to start with. * Diploma project : 24 to 26 weeks.
During the discussion, Tarun listed down 4 main
aspects for the completion of the project :- All these statistics diverted my mind to one
thing, that my time in NID was limited to just 48
* Time commitment weeks….so less time and so much to do , and
* Structure before I realized, one year had already passed
* Dedication by !!
* Intention Thereafter, Tarun provided me with some
information about three important aspects of
It was made clear that if the above mentioned graphic design – eg:
4 aspects were put to proper use, then the
project will be completed successfully within
the stipulated time period.
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5. As I started thinking on my project, Tarun we had the freedom to choose our desired
dropped another bombshell on us. Even though aspect of graphic design, we had to stick to one
common metaphor – “WATER”.
Now that the metaphor “Water” was zeroed
on, it was time to start the project. But we
were given one week to complete our backlog
assignments, and then start our project.
That night, I did some brain-storming, and
came up with a few keywords related to the
Thus, all of us were supposed to take up either
word “WATER”.
of the above 3 topics and base our project on
Apart from that, I thought of another way of
that.
getting exposure to the metaphor – and I con-
tacted some people from all parts of the world
Now interestingly, when the picture was getting
through Facebook and asked their views about
clearer and the project streamlined, I was total-
“What is Water?”. To that, I got many interest-
ly lost. I was feeling that I can’t work on any of
ing replies like for example :-
these topics, and that was a major blow to my
-Comes out of the tap and stuff like that.
confidence. It was primarily due to the fact that
-I think rain !
I hadn’t even heard about these so called as-
-Its going to rain soon, so Balaji, don’t worry
pects of graphic design, so naturally doing such
because the water is on its way, OK !!
an important project based on either of these
-Etc etc.
topics was very difficult. On the other hand, the
increasing pressure from Tarun regarding his
In this way, I kickstarted my initial research
expectations from all of us, being post graduate
about the metaphor “Water”
students was bothering me. There was a stage
where I had started to question my existence in
NID. But on the positive side, I always believed
that all my success was owing to my struggle
which I went through, and venturing into the
unknown territory, since my childhood, and
that was very motivating for me. Therefore, I
knew that handling anything fearlessly was a
fairly easy task for me by now.
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6. 28.08.09
It was time for yet another meeting with
Tarun. The main agenda was – “How to go
about writing a project proposal”.
about the topic “Water”, and also had a chat
with some of my seniors like Varsha and Mridu
on this topic.
Eventually, I came down to two topics – “Water
in my village” and “Branding of Kolhapuri chap-
pals (Sweat absorption in Kolhapuri chappals)”.
Now that the topics were decided, it was time
to write the project proposals for the above
topics. But here lied a major problem, as I
wasn’t fluent with English language, which
meant I had to take the help of one of my
batchmate (Aditya Somway – FID), which also
proved to be a big mistake as well !
Adding to that, was my foolishness of putting
By that time, I had received a mail from him re- that text in my classmate’s (Dorje’s) proposal
garding the structure of the project. But, I was format without changing or modifying it !! It
still not clear about the project topic, so I was would have been a cleanest shortcut, and I
constantly worrying about the project proposal could have got away with it with a blink of an
bit now. eye, had I not overlooked one sentence, which
was from Dorje’s project – and sent the PDF to
Nevertheless, I spent a lot of time researching the graphic faculties!
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7. The worst part is that, I didn’t realize about realized that it was my hesitance regarding my do with water?”, “ Didn’t u find any other top- me think seriously about changing the topic. He
this blunder until I received a mail from Tarun inadequacy to express myself properly due to ics? etc. also suggested me some topics related to sea
on the next day itself saying – “Its okay to use language problems – which was the reason After this discussions, Tarun made his point water – like fisheries, salt making process etc.
someone else’s format for proposal writing, but why Suresh had mailed me. But his mail re- clear by saying that – “ You already know a After such discussions with various people, I
using someone else’s matter is not acceptable!” ally boosted my confidence, and the fact that lot about Kolhapuri chappals, (because chap- came back to the room and spent some time on
It scared the shit out of me, and I got down he had so much expectations on me actually pal making had been your family business), so the internet searching about the topic – Urina-
to re-framing my proposal, and sent it to them made me feel better. I immediately ran to meet what’s the point of taking up such topic which tion problem in public places – and realized
that same night. Tarun thereafter to have a discussion with him you already know a lot about. It wont be much that Ahmedabad municipal corporation had
regarding the topics. During our meeting, Tarun beneficial for you in terms of learning and ex- carried out a project last year – titled “Seeti
The next day, I received a mail from Suresh questioned me about many things like – “What posure. I would suggest you to find a new topic Bajaao”. The participating people were none
saying – has branding got to do with Kolhapuri chap- altogether.” other than school students, who volunteered
pals?” , “ What has kolhapuri chappals got to to monitor various “Potential” urinating spots
After listening to this, I started thinking about a within the city, and charge Rs. 50/- from those
topic, which was in my mind since many days, people who are caught urinating. I felt relieved
and had discussed with my roomie Dorje. The that such campaigns are happening in the city,
topic was “An awareness campaign about the and meanwhile I also searched for some in-
urinating in public places.” I immediately put formation on sea water, salt making processes
this topic forward to Tarun, and he liked the etc. I came across a website amongst many
idea a lot. He suggested me to write a project link, titled “Agariya Heet Rakshak Manch” – and
proposal on this topic. contained all the information about salt pan
workers. I felt terribly depressed after reading
Having said that, I wasn’t much enthusiastic about these people, and realized that all my
about this particular topic as compared to life’s struggle was nothing compared to the
the earlier topics. I came back to the studio hardships faced by these salt pan workers.
and had a chat with Sanjay, one of my senior. I planned to take up this topic, and after doing
He asked me “what are you thinking of doing some more research on the salt making pro-
about this topic. Urination is a state of emer- cess, I finally decided to convert it into “Info-
gency, and people find it difficult to control it, graphics”. I sat down to write project propos-
that’s why they end up doing it in public places als on both “Awareness of Urinating in public
and open roads. Many such campaigns have places” and “Salt pan workers”, and sent it
been tried before this, and all without much of across to graphic design faculties.
a success. I urge you to think about some other
topic.” Same views were shared by another se- The next day, I received a detailed reply from
nior friend of mine, Kiran Jadhav, which made Suresh.
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8. This reply from Suresh invoked a new confi-
dence in me, something which I cant describe
in words. After some more homework on the
topic, I went to meet Chakradhar, as referred
by Suresh.
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9. 08
08.09.09
I
had a meeting with Chakradhar, and dis-
cussed on lots of issues :
I got to learn a lot from the topic from Chakrad-
har, and he also agreed to be my project guide.
My next job was to write a detailed project
proposal and submit to him.
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10. 08.sept.2009 PROJECT TIMELINE
PROJECT PROPOSAL
Balaji R. Waghmare_3rd Sem._PGDPD Graphic Design
E-Mail : balaji_w@nid.edu_Phone. +919726959978
Date Guide meet Activities
Guide : Chakradhar Saswade
08.sept.2009 08.sept.2009 Brief/Data Collection
Studio 3_Subject : Salt Pan Workers History :
Medium :
-Books
Introduction : 09.sept.2009 -Internet
Sea water is the most abundant source of water available -Questionnaire/People’s views
to man. Apart from being the lifeline for fish and other marine creatures, Beneficiary
it is also a major source of salt. Salt is one of the most important ingre- Study of Agaria Community
dients of food. It is a mineral that is essential for all animal life. Not only Write About Background
is food tasteless without salt, but it is also incomplete in nutrition without 15.sept.2009 15.sept.2009 Problems Statement
salt. It is a well know fact that too little salt in the diet can lead to severe
health issues. Making salt from sea-water is a unique and interesting 16.sept.2009 Visit Kutch
process. It is also a means of lively hood for numerous salt pan workers Field Study :
all over India. I plan to study this process and the people related to it. Observation
Interaction with People
What is Salt?
Context : What is requirement?
I wish to study the traditional manufacturing process of salt. Identification of Problems :
This process involves the evaporation of sea water to obtain salt. The -Salt pan workers
Agaria community of North-Western Gujarat is one such community that -Community
practices salt manufacturing. This is a community of over 25000 families -Making Process
who spend 6-8 months of the year producing salt, which they sell at a Opportunities
Very low price to merchants. The lives of the Agaria’s revolve around Photography
salt. I would like to study about them and how they manufacture salt and Safety Issues
the problems faced by this community. Hygiene Issues
Salt Effect on Body
Outcome : Contact with Issues of Salt Worker’s Children
Phone and Drinking Water
I wish to create awareness about the traditional manufactur- Internet etc. Salt Pan Workers Life :
ing process of salt that is followed by the Agaria community. This could Intangible Aspects :
be in the form of a publication or info graphics. -Visual Literacy %?
-Health issues
Target Audience : -Wage issues
-Etiquettes
The target audience of this awareness project could -Manners
be the members of Salt pan workers. -Stresses
Tangible Aspects :
23.sept.2009 -Body /Clothing
Learning :
-Housing
Learning the process of salt manufacturing, getting to know -Environment
the conditions and problems faced by the community.
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11. Date Guide meet Activities I spent on kutch tickets was getting wasted.
So, Ms. Panti had spoken to one member of
24.sept.2009 24.sept.2009 Analysis / Synthesis their community – Mr. Bharatbhai, and in-
Analysis of Collected Data
Arrangement of Data formed him that I will be coming to Little Rann
28.sept.2009 Defining Objective / Goals for Conceptualization of Kutch. Then I started researching about the
Developing Design Criteria Little Rann of Kutch on the internet.
Redefining Design Brief
01.Oct.2009 01.Oct.2009 Communication Need Assessment
02.Oct.2009 Design Development
Design Solution
05.Oct.2009 Exploration :
-Structure
-Form
07.Oct.2009 Design Evaluation Valuation
Users Studies
Selecting Approach Final Concept / Solution
09.Oct.2009 09.Oct.2009 Refinement/Dummies/Production/Specification
10.Oct.2009 12.Oct.2009 Presentation
15.Oct.2009
16.Oct.2009 Documentation
Even though this proposal was my initial one, I On 12th sept, I met Ms. Panti Jog (Secretary –
had made lots of changes in my next proposal AHRM), and got to know more about the salt
because I wasn’t clear about the project deliv- pan workers, for example : Health issues, Edu-
erables during my initial proposal. It was man- cation, Living, Income etc. I also got to know
datory for me to do field work before deciding that there is a place called as “Little Rann of
on the project deliverables. Kutch” amidst Kutch, Patan, Rajkot and Suren-
Thereafter, I referred some books which were dranagar. It’s also called as “Salt Marsh”, where
suggested by Chakradhar, and also some traditional salt is being made since past 600
websites suggested by Suresh, and got as years. I decided that I will visit this place. But
much information as I could, about the salt the funniest part was that I had already booked
pan workers. Similarly, I got to know that there my tickets for Kutch, and Ms.Panti told me that
is a community in Ahmedabad which is called there is no need to go to Kutch, since Little
“Agariya Heetarakshak Manch”, who work for Rann of Kutch wasn’t too far from Ahmedabad,
the welfare for the salt pan workers. It wasn’t and a direct bus from Paldi will get me there.
an NGO, but a social welfare community. So I was cribbing about the fact that the money
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12. 14
14.09.09
I met the Head of Agariya Heetarakshak
Manch, Mr. Harnesh Pandya, and got to know
in depth about the salt pan workers. Also, he
will be leaving for Little Rann of Kutch, and
need your help regarding how to go about the
project. He guided me by providing me some
provided me with some presentations on salt information and a rough content about the
pan workers. Now, I had a clear idea about the project.
condition of these salt pan workers. Thus, it
got me more interested, and was excited to go
and visit the place. But, I was also hesitant to
proceed, because I was handling such a proj-
ect for the first time, and adding to that was a
totally isolated place like Little Rann of Kutch,
where will I get accommodation etc. I decided
to call up Ms. Panti regarding the above issues,
but I was being told to contact Mr. Bharatbhai
for the same. After enquiring about the details
about food and accommodation at Little Rann
of Kutch, Bharatbhai told me that I don’t have
to worry or pay any sort of charges for food and
accommodation. This really cheered me up,
as I had borrowed Rs. 5000/- from my senior
Sanjay.
I had a chat with Sanjay, and told him that I
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13. Based on the rough content which was dis-
cussed with my guide, I drafted the final con-
tent (as seen on the facing page).
Thereafter, I met my guide Chakradhar, and he
asked me about the project deliverables /out-
come. I made it clear to him, that I can tell you
about that only after I come back from a visit to
Little Rann of Kutch, and after doing some more
research on the topic, as I was confused due
to lack of information on the topic. Unless I go
there and gain first hand knowledge about the
condition, and requirements, it wasn’t possible
for me to decide on the project outcome. He
agreed to that, and also suggested me to get
a bonafide certificate from the college (NID),
to avoid any complications and obstructions in
your project.
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14. 15
15.09.09
T he day I started for my journey to the Little
Rann of Kutch. I took the bonafide certifi-
cate from NID and went to Paldi Crossroads.
concerning the salt pan workers. Thereafter, I
had a discussion with the Principal of a school
about the educational details of the children of
I called up Bharatbhai for a little help on how salt pan workers. Next on my agenda, was the
to get there. He suggested me to catch a bus visits to water treatment plant and salt junction
from Ahmedabad to Virangam, and another in the village.
bus from there to Patadi, and he will be there Next day, I had a bath in an open place, which
to receive me. Unfortunately, I got down from was a unique feeling for me, since all the men
the bus before Patadi, which created a confu- in the village took their bath together in that
sion between me and Bharatbhai, as I was confined space, somewhat like a communal
calling him on his cell to confirm his location, ceremony. I went to the Little Rann of Kutch af-
while he was searching me at the main bus ter that. Even though it was called LRK, it didn’t
stop in Patadi. Eventually, we both met each feel like that at all, because whichever way you
other, and he took me to a nearby place called look, there was only cracked land….and that
Kharaghoda to a salt pan worker’s (Shantabai’s) too spread over hundreds of miles.
home. The village reminded me of my own vil- Far and between, there were tiny isolated huts
lage. Many people were moving out from the separated by a distance of a couple of kilome-
village into the Little Rann of Kutch, since it was ters. Neither I could see any traces of water,
September time. I obtained all the information nor any shade..I felt exhausted in a matter of
about the village from the salt pan workers, vis- minutes. Apart from that, I could not see any-
ited primary government hospital and met the one else, which made me feel lonely, and also
doctors and enquired about the health issues scared me to an extent. But that didn’t dis-
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15. hearten me, as I went through similar situation
to get till here.
I stayed at a local’s place, Mr. Thakkarbhai for
a couple of days in his poorly kept hut, and
meanwhile collected all the information and
photographs of that place. I felt that I should
start writing about the place immediately, but
my health was affected due to the estranged
conditions, and I was on the verge of falling ill
in just couple of days. Apart from that, I was
finding difficulties in coping up with many
things like for example – drinking water (as only
salt water was available), the food that was be-
ing prepared was very heavy for me, no proper
roads, no mode of transportation for commut-
ing which make me walk all the while from one
salt pan worker’s home to another’s. Although,
my heart cried out after seeing the condition
of these salt pan workers, because it was these
same eyes of mine who earlier had seen people
throw away the disliked food, who were made
to see these people literally longing to see the
very sight of food.
After observing the way these salt pan workers
live, I realized the importance of LIFE.
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16. 17.09.09
17
Icame back to NID, and tabulated all the infor-
mation
the government in the form of a report based
on their life. Also, I came across many other
ideas like :
By this time, I had made up my mind that I’ll
make a map of LRK in “Infographics” , and also
make a graphical process of the salt production
process – and club them together into the con-
After going through the data that I had collect- tents of the book. I had already prepared the
ed, I gave a thought on what exactly can I do content of the book before going to LRK, and
for the benefit of these people, which opened had made a homework based on that content.
up many thoughts and ideas in my mind like I Hence, it didn’t take much of my time and ef-
can take their plights and complaints across to forts to study and prepare the content.
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17. 23
23.09.09
I started on the project work by making the
map of LRK. I called up Bharatbhai and asked
him for a basic map of LRK. He told me that
he is coming to Ahmedabad the next day, and
will bring the map along with him. I visited the
AHRM office the next day, and met Bharatbhai
for the map. I also purchased a map of Gujarat
district from the local bookstore. I studied these
maps, and also had a look at other maps on
the internet on what all things constitute in the
making of a map like –
* Legends, and how they are made.
* What type of fonts are to be used
* Size of the maps
* How to use different colors
* In this way, I went ahead and made a map of
Little Rann of Kutch.
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19. 29.09.09
29
I visited various printing press located in
Ahmedabad. First I visited “Patel Digital” and
got the information regarding :-
an artificial look to my topic, since it was a very
serious issue in itself. It was also a very handy
size to be carried anywhere. This size was also
proving to be very efficient as it could be fitted
* Paper sizes within papers sized A3 and above, which saves
* Paper types printing cost and results in minimum wastage
* Printing methods of the material. Many such similar advantages
* Digital offset machines justified the selected size.
* Paper samples
* How to make printing file
* Binding types
* Binding cost
* Printing cost
* Printing areas size
* Etc etc.
Similarly, I also visited “Printwell” and collected
relevant information related to printing from
there.
Then, I decided on the size of my publication
book – 20 x 25 cm. The reason was that it was
a very common size , and I didn’t want to give
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20. 03
03.10.09
I started with my journey to the LRK with
my friend Alvaro on his two wheeler early
morning. That day was etched in my mem-
Finally, we managed to get the bike back on
the road, but Alvaro got really frustrated after
this incident, and made up his mind to leave
ory forever, because we left at 5:30 am and this and go back to Ahmedabad. Soon after, we
reached at 9:30 am. Alvaro had assumed that started on our journey back, but he could’nt
LRK will be blooming with people, and that he manage to control his bike on the poor roads,
will have the chance of his lifetime taking all and it resulted in we both falling off from the
sorts of photographs there. But incidently, he bike very badly. That incident had hurt me so
literally faced the heat of LRK, and started to badly, that I can’t describe it in words
feel uncomfortable. Besides that, it was dif-
ficult to find Thakkarbhai’s home due to poor
roads, and the hot air was whistling into our
ears making life very difficult for both of us.
Alvaro found the vast expanse of the LRK a
perfect spot to showcase his riding skills, and
was riding the bike as fast as he could but then
suddenly our bike got stuck into a pothole
full of quicksand and it was sinking deeper
and deeper into the pothole ! We were damn
scared, and were trying everything we could
to get out of that situation. Luckily, one of the
local people saw us and came running for help.
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21. 05
05.10.09
I prepared a dummy book about my presenta-
tion, which roughly described the process.
The dummy book made
following things clear in my
mind :
* Nature of the content
* Content-wise pages
* Page-wise topics
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22. 06.10.09
06
I
started writing the book according to the
format I had done the earlier day.
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23. 11
11.10.09
I met my senior Sanjay in the morning, and
discussed about the printing papers, layout-
ing, etc. I realized how to use the grid system
during layouting, and the fact that it improves
the alignment, formatting, and layout system of
all the pages........................................................
The reasons for making a simple layout were
that my topic was based on the greivances of
the salt pan workers, and wanted to reflect the
condition as it is in the report. Also, if you take
any government report / book, they all follow
a very simple and straightforward layout, and
since I eventually had planned to submit it to
the government, so it was justified further.
My guide had also approved the layout, so I
decided to stick to it.
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25. 12
12.10.09
T his day proved to be a doom’s day for me,
as I accidently happened to delete all the
data ( photographs etc) that I had collected
I decided to have a break from this project by
going home and celebrating Diwali with my
family.
over my last two visits to LRK ! I was totally
shocked after realizing this, and felt terribly
weak in my knees. All my efforts, everything
went in vain. But I had to do something to
compensate this loss. I couldn’t sleep that
night, and decided to go back to LRK the next
morning !
13.09.09 I started early at 5:30 am, and
reached LRK, only to repeat my last visit’s act
again. I took the photographs again, had discus-
sions with the people of LRK, and that too with-
out a vehicle! Yes, I had walked whole day for
collecting the lost information, and returned
back to NID the next day.
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26. 24.10.09
24
I came back to NID, and resumed my project
again. I began with preparing the Salt produc-
tion graphics.
All these graphics that I had prepared, was a
result of my hand-work, because the salt that
was being prepared here was a traditional
process, and very crude in nature, using only
hands and feet. Also, I didn’t want to give it
an artificial look to the graphics by taking help
of computers, because I wanted to reflect the
nature of the LRK, which consisted a messed
up, cracked and overall dirty feel to it.
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28. 30.10.09
30
Ivisited LRK again, and had a community dis-
cussion with all the salt pan workers for the
whole day.
In this way, I gathered information regarding
the problems faced by them on a day-to-day
basis, their expectations from the government
etc.
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29. 03
03.11.09
I
did some research on the fonts.
In this manner, after doing the research,
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30. I decided to use “Adobe Caslon Pro” font, since
it was a serif font. Besides that, Caslon is a
good font for magazine text, and is used com-
monly in journals, books and even as a corpo-
rate typeface. It is ideally suited for text sizes
ranging from 6 to 14 points.
I had used size 12 size font, because the target
audience of my book was primarily elderly
people, so legibility was of prime importance.
Besides that, my topic was based on an issue,
and so it needed to be highlighted clearly and
genuinely. After considering such parameters, I
completed my publication.
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31. 09.11.09
09
I took a test print of the publication in a black
and white format, and went through it the
same night to check for any errors and modifi-
for the meeting with him (29/12/09). On the
given date, I discussed about the salt pan work-
ers in details with Mr. Narendra Modi. He was
cations. After sorting out the things, I took the deeply touched after knowing the problems
final print from Printwell Printers immediately faced by the workers and he vowed to work on
on the next day itself, as I had my jury fixed on this on grassroot levels.
11th Sept, 09.
During my jury, I received a very good feedback In this way, I managed to give full justice to the
from the panel members, which made me think project that I had selected. I am very thankful
about the future scope of this project. I didn’t to my guide Mr. Chakradhar Saswade, Agariya
want to do this project for the sake of academ- Heetarakshak Manch, my seniors, my batch-
ics, and wanted to turn this project into a real- mates and my friends Aditya Somway, Sameer
ity. Henceforth, I thought of getting in touch Malkhare, Amit Ambekar, and Mohit Dubey for
with the Chief Minister of Gujarat, Mr. Naren- their precious help and support.
dra Modi, and discuss this project in details
with him. I visited his personal website, and
asked for an appointment request accordingly.
In that mail, I had put forward an introduction
to the project, explaining the problems, scenar-
ios etc very briefly. To my surprise, I received a
reply from Mr. Modi, and he was interested in
the project. I was given an appointment date
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