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Atma Nirbhar through Khaddar - 1

"I repeat what I have said so often that voluntary universal adoption of khaddar with all its vast implications means  purna  swaraj and that civil disobedience becomes a necessary duty only because khaddar has not yet obtained the hold it should."                                                                       Mahatma Gandhi, Young India, 5-2-1931; 45:135.   Khaddar is the word Khadi originated from and it indicates that the cloth you hold is a hand spun, hand woven fabric. Khadi and khaddar represent one and the same. However, Khadi  is now reserved by the government's Khadi board, which needs to be open source and public owned in the opinion of many.  Since there are many Khadi registered sansthas and some not, we choose to use Khaddar more than K...