The Story of Khadi
The journey of needle+thread ( सुई धागा) from Spinning-wheel ( चरखा ) to Sewing-Machine has a story. Hand-woven fabric in India is Khadi. The brain-child of this industrial revolution, got shaped in, 1918 by Mohan das Karamchand Gandhi. During Pre-Independence era, the Swadeshi Movement, was started as an economic strategy, aimed to boycott the goods made and sold by the British Empire. The very purpose, was revival of domestic products and production processes, in not so free-India. The significant difference between, Khadi and Linen, is that, the yarn produced in Khadi, is by handloom weavers. For Linen, the yarn is made by machines in mills. Post-Independence, Khadi remained the product of handlooms as a small-scale industry product. 2017, India, realized Khadi as a main-stream brand. Various Indian-States and co-operative societies, along with Indian Institutes of Handloom, Textile and Handicraft with Government support introduce...