Quotation of Gandhi ji on Khadi
"The charkha will help us
overcome our narrowness. Today a North Indian
visiting Bengal has to tell others that he is an
Indian. Bengalis living in other provinces
regard themselves as foreigners. Similarly,
South Indians become foreigners as soon as they
set foot in North India. The charkha is the only
device which makes us all feel that we are
children of the same land. We have so far
accomplished nothing. Let us accomplish some
little thing at any rate. Boycott of foreign
cloth is something which all can equally
further, towards which all can contribute
equally. Untouchability hurts Hindus alone; the
quarrels between the Hindus and Muslims will
also be over some time or other; but if there is
no Khadi, the whole country will remain sunk in
utter poverty."
(Speech at Shantiniketan on 31-5-1925; 27:181.) |