Gandhi's Khadi: A History of Contention and ConciliationThe book is a study of khadi, the fabric that successfully transcended its commodity status to become a political symbol. Using a fresh approach, it shows how an idea, determinedly pursued, can become a movement. Khadi acquired emblematic status during India's freedom struggle. Gandhi saw khadi as heralding real freedom to the millions of poor and marginalised Indians. Recreating a parallel history of the khadi movement alongside that of India's freedom struggle, the author argues that khadi's core semiotic lay in its being a commodity of resistance against colonial exploitation. |
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Memories of a Moral Movement | 1 |
Morality of the Movement 191522 | 31 |
Mobilising a Movement | 66 |
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acceptance achieved activities adopt agenda AISA ashram asked association attempt August Bardoli became become body Bombay boycott British brought called campaign cause centres charkha civil Collected Committee communal Congress constructive cotton council criticism CWMG CWMG 25 December Delhi demand economic educated established exhibitions experience foreign cloth franchise freedom Gandhi wrote gave give given hand held idea important independence India industry institutions issue January July June khaddar khadi movement later Letter Maganlal March masses means Meeting mill moral Nagpur nationalist Navajivan needed Nehru non-cooperation non-violence Notes opinion organisation political poor practice present production programme province published remained resolution response rule Sangh satyagraha September showed social society South Speech spinners spinning wheel struggle swadeshi Swaraj textile thought took village wages wanted wearing weavers weaving women workers writings yarn