Khadi stands for simplicity, not shoddiness. It sits well on the shoulders of the poor, and it can be made, as it was made in the days of the yore, to adorn the bodies of the richest and the most artistic men and women. It is reviving ancient art and crafts. It does not seek to destroy all machinery but it dies regulate its use and check its weedy growth. It uses machinery for the service of the poorest in their own cottages. The wheel is itself an exquisite piece of machinery. 

Khadi delivers the poor from the bonds of the rich and creates a moral and spiritual bond between the classes and the masses. It restores to the poor somewhat of what the rich have taken from them.
                                                                                                                                      (Young India, 17-3-1927)

Khādī is an Indian handspun and hand-woven cloth. The raw materials used for making Khadi may be cotton, silk, or wool, which are spun into threads on a spinning wheel called ‘charkha’. Khādī is a versatile fabric, cool in summers and warm in winters. Being a cruder form of material, it crumples much faster than other preparations of cotton. In order to improve the look, khādī is often starched to have a stiffer shape. Mahatma Gandhi began promoting the spinning of khādī for rural self-employment in 1920s in India. He also wanted to spread the message of not using foreign clothes. The freedom struggle revolved around the use of khādī fabrics and the dumping of foreign-made clothes. Thus it symbolizes the political ideas and independence itself, and to this day most politicians in India are seen only wearing khādī clothes. The flag of India is technically only allowed to be made from this material.