Article Info
- Article Title
- Khadi: The freedom cloth
- Issue date
- Spring 2016
- Issue number
- 12
- Issue topic
- Cotton
- Description
- One cloth epitomizes India’s freedom struggle—the handspun and handwoven khadi, a non-violent fabric linked with independence from British rule. This article explores khadi’s philosophical history and its economic importance in India.
- Article topic list
- cotton, cultural, historical
