There is an interesting story where a clever princess is asked by her father whether she likes sweet or salt!
She says salt!
As you grow older you actually realise it’s true!
The most important thing for the most tastiest food apart from looking good and you being hungry is it to have the perfect salt!
Interestingly we actually work for salt! Even historically!
Salt is such a basic need that a whole march and revolution is based on this!
Did you know that the word Salary is actually based on salt!?
Then again that may be just a myth!
This old story is pretty famous where the
word salary traces its origins to ancient Rome, deriving from the Latin term salārium, which referred to a stipend, allowance, or pension, particularly for officials or soldiers.
In fact salārium — Originally meant “salt money” or an allowance related to salt!
During those times apparently RomeSalt was a highly valuable commodity in antiquity—essential for preserving food, flavoring meals, and even medicinal uses—sometimes called “white gold.” !
It was then passed through Old French salaire and Anglo-Norman salarie.
This word then entered Middle English as salarie around the late 13th to early 14th century.
By the 14th century, it broadly denoted fixed or periodic compensation for services, extending beyond military contexts!
Now comes the myth!
A widespread popular story claims Roman soldiers were directly “paid in salt,” leading to the phrase “worth one’s salt” (meaning competent or valuable)!
It is more likely that salārium was probably an allowance for salt, not payment in salt!
Now don’t AsSalt me for that!
Salt or sugar; life without guide and Gurus is incomplete. One such guru was Guru Gobind Singh! He used to say that “Recognize the entire human race as one”!
May the divine blessings of Guru Gobind Singh Ji fill your life with peace, love, and positivity!
“Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh”
Shubh Ratri…
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