Question -
Answer -
The charkha was chosen as a symbol of nationalism due to the following factors :
- Gandhiji considered the charkha as a symbol of a human society that would not glorify machines and technology.
- The spinning wheel or the charkha provided the poor with supplementary income and
- make them self-reliant.
- It leads to concentration of wealth, not in the hands of few, but in the hands of all.
- The charkha was considered a machinery and was used for the service of the poorest in their own cottages.
Under the above circumstances, Gandhiji spent a part of each day working on charkha and encouraged other nationalists to do likewise. In this way, he broke the boundaries that prevailed within the traditional caste system, between mental labour and manual labour.