To help promote local artisans and weavers across the country, an exhibition here seeks to encourage larger use of Khadi – a fabric that has transformed from being a symbol of India’s freedom struggle to become a style statement. Titled The Khadi March: Just Five Meters, the solo show by Sh…
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Khadi: Brand statement of India
The cover image of a Khadi bulletin published in 1921 had the map of India and the image of a village woman spinning a wheel. The words read: “To whom will you give? To foreign mills or to our poor cultivators?”. It was a reminder of Mahatma Gandhi’s appeal to the urban and middle class [……