Mohan-Mala - Mahatma Gandhi

Mohan-MalaAugust 20The movement of the spinning wheel is an organized attempt to displacemachinery from that state of exclusiveness and exploitation and to place it inits proper state. Under my scheme therefore, men in charge of machinery willthink not of themselves or even of the nation to which they belong but of thewhole human race.YI, 17 Sept. 1925August 21I claim for the Charkha the honour of being able to solve the problem ofeconomic distress in a most natural, simple, inexpensive and businesslikemanner. The Charkha, therefore, is not only not useless but is a useful andindispensable article for every home. It is the symbol of the nation's prosperityand, therefore, freedom. It is a symbol not of commercial war of commercialpeace.YI, 8 Dec. 1921August 22It bears not a message of ill-will towards the nations of the earth but of goodwilland self-help. It will not need the protection of a navy threatening aworld's peace and exploiting its resources, but it needs the religiousdetermination of millions to spin their yarn in their homes as today they cooktheir food in their own homes.Ibid.August 23As I look at Russia where the apotheosis of industrialization has been reached,the life there does not appeal to me. To use the language of the Bible, 'whatshall it avail a man if he gain the whole world and lose his soul?' In modernwww.mkgandhi.org Page 63