KhadiPeopleGandhi before KhadiShoba NarayanSeptember 18, 2019September 22, 2019 by Shoba NarayanSeptember 18, 2019September 22, 201901964Gandhi wasn’t born wearing khadi. Well, perhaps he was because most babies in India are wrapped in soft unstitched cloth which may well have been...
KhadiPeopleGandhi, Ruskin and KhadiShoba NarayanSeptember 16, 2019September 22, 2019 by Shoba NarayanSeptember 16, 2019September 22, 201901121Do you know what a Luddite is? Usually the term is applied to someone who dislikes technology and industrialization. Gandhi is a great example of...
KhadiPeopleThe Dissenters: Naidu, Tagore, AmbedkarShoba NarayanAugust 21, 2019September 22, 2019 by Shoba NarayanAugust 21, 2019September 22, 201901683Khadi’s path to becoming the freedom fabric was paved with thorns. Not everyone was on board with Gandhiji’s penchant for khadi. As Lisa Trivedi writes...
KhadiPeopleThe Salesman of KhadiShoba NarayanAugust 21, 2019September 22, 2019 by Shoba NarayanAugust 21, 2019September 22, 201901655I am a salesman of Swaraj. I am a devotee of khadi. It is my duty to induce people, by every honest means, to wear...