Gandhiji on KHADI


Gandhi on Khadi

Gandhiji on KHADI


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Selected and Compiled with an Introduction by : Divya Joshi
First Edition :1,000 copies, 2002
Printed by :Mouj Printing Bureau,
Bombay 400 004
India
Published by :M. T. Ajgaonkar,
Executive Secretary,
Mani Bhavan Gandhi Sangrahalaya
19 Laburnum Road,
Gamdevi, Bombay 400 007
India.


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Preface

Gandhiji's life, ideas and work are of crucial importance to all those who want a better life for humankind. The political map of the world has changed dramatically since his time, the economic scenario has witnessed unleashing of some disturbing forces, and the social set-up has undergone a tremendous change. The importance of moral and ethical issues raised by him, however, remain central to the future of individuals and nations. Today we need him, more than before.
Mani Bhavan Gandhi Sangrahalaya has been spreading information about Gandhiji's life and work. A series of booklets presenting Gandhiji's views on some important topics is planned to disseminate information as well as to stimulate questions among students, scholars, social activists and concerned citizens. We thank Government of India, Ministry of Tourism & Culture, Department of Culture, for their support.

Aloo Dastur
President Mani Bhavan Gandhi Sangrahalaya
Usha Thakkar
Hon. Secretary Mani Bhavan Gandhi Sangrahalaya
6th April 2002

Introduction

Gandhiji presented khadi as a symbol of nationalism, equality and self-reliance. It was his belief that reconstruction of the society and effective Satyagraha against the foreign rule can be possible only through khadi.
Khadi is the central core of the constructive activities as recommended by him. According to him there could be no swaraj without universal and voluntary acceptance of khadi. In his words,

"I am a salesman of swaraj. I am a devotee of khadi. It is my duty to induce people, by every honest means, to wear khadi."1

Gandhiji started his movement for khadi in 1918.
His emphasis at first was on khadi as providing relief to our poverty- stricken masses. But one finds a change in his emphasis from 1934, more especially from 1935, when he began on insisting on khadi for the villager's own use, rather than merely for sale to others. His imprisonment in 1942 and 1943 gave him time to ponder further over his khadi movement, and when he came out of jail he came with a determination to give a new turn to khadi work in order to make khadi serve the needs of villagers themselves first and foremost. He poured out his soul to his fellow-workers in 1944, and urged them to effect the change.2
The spinning wheel was at one time the symbol of India's poverty and backwardness. Gandhiji turned it into a symbol of self-reliance and non-violence. Khadi enabled him to carry his message of swadeshi and swaraj to the people and to establish connection with them.


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  1. Navajivan, 26-4-1925; 26:548
  2. M.K. Gandhi, Khadi: Why and How, ed. Bharatan Kumarappa, Navajivan Publishing House, Ahmedabad, 1955, Editor's note, p.v.