Harper's Bazaar India

KHADI: A STYLE STATEMENT

Khadi, for the last century, has symbolised the birth of India as a modern nation, a tool of self-reliance, in a land that has had a long-standing tradition of handwoven and handspun cloth. Taking its etymology from the word khaddar (handwoven), it was spun in Mahatma Gandhi’s ashram on the banks of the Sabarmati as a symbol of resistance to the British Raj; the fibre spun into yarn by hand on a wooden charkha (wheel).

The fascination for this fabric has led to some

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