“Every thread that weaves a nation into being leaves behind a story.” Yet one of the most important threads in India’s history remained almost invisible for decades. When students learn about the ...

Close on the heels of the auction of Mahatma Gandhi's memorabilia, a 68-year-old teacher here has claimed that he has a 'charkha' (spinning wheel) used by the father of the nation during his historic ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: All of a sudden, the word ‘charkha’ may conjure up the popular image of Mahatma Gandhi sitting on a platform devoting his attention to rotating the spinning wheel with one hand and ...

London : Over 60 of Mahatma Gandhi’s most prized possess-ions, including a ‘charkha’ he used in Yerwada Jail during the ‘Quit India Movement’, will go under the hammer at a leading British auction ...

Every morning, without exception, Gandhi sat at the charkha for at least thirty minutes. The spinning wheel produced khadi, yes, but the practice produced something else. Gandhi wrote in his ...

Wardha: Nearly a century after Mahatma Gandhi announced a ₹1 lakh prize in 1929 for innovations to the ‘charkha' (spinning wheel), a new nationwide initiative has been launched to reinvent the iconic ...

Lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha today unveiled the statue of Mahatma Gandhi and a charkha installation, as a mark of tribute to the Father of the Nation on his jayanti, at Civil Secretariat. Jammu and ...

Take to spinning to find peace of mind. The music of the wheel will be as balm to your soul. I believe that the yarn we spin is capable of mending the broken warp and woof of our life. —Mahatma Gandhi ...

President Droupadi Murmu commenced her two-day Gujarat tour on Monday. President Droupadi Murmu on Monday paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Notably, her visit ...