" ... when Gandhi was guiding the Champaran ryots in resisting the
indigo planters' tyranny a British journalist maligned him. He said
that in order to win the ryots. Gandhi temporarily and specially
adopted the national dress. Gandhi wrote in reply: " having taken
the vow of Swadeshi, my clothing is now entirely hand woven and
hand -sewn by me or my fellow workers."
" It is a misconception that, using khadi is very expensive. The khadi sector fixes the prices of its products by ensuring fair wages to those who produce them. Looking from this perspective khadi and village industries products can not be said to be expensive at all. "
The utter generosity of the poor humbles us. They give rice to every mendicant even when their rice is getting over. That is what they are defined by.
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