charkha
చరఖా
definition
noun
As they pulled and twisted the cotton in the charkha , the children learnt to weave in threads and also became familiar with stories centred on it.
(in South Asia) a domestic spinning wheel used chiefly for cotton.
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K. Jyothi, who was excited at being able to spin the 'charkha' , said, ‘I just came here to listen to the stories, but now I really want to learn the art of spinning that was popular in Gandhiji's time.’
It was a conviction that fuelled Mahatma Gandhi's espousal of the evocative emblem of the 'charkha' .
As they pulled and twisted the cotton in the 'charkha' , the children learnt to weave in threads and also became familiar with stories centred on it.
The soft sound of 'charkas' and the chanting of ‘Vande mataram’ and ‘Raghupathy Raghava’ flowed out of a nondescript building on Cherry Road, Salem.
Nowhere else in India will you see spinning on single spindle 'charkas' with 24 spokes, claims Lakshman Rao.
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