Gandhi spoke of Swaraj’s three basic khorak. But he also gave, in the same 1918 speech, a fourth khorak for Swaraj. And that lay in his words, “we have a right to question.” | Read the full article by Gopalkrishna Gandhi, titled “On another New Year’s Day: Mahatma Gandhi’s ‘khorak’ a 100 years ago” in The Hindu: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/on-another-new-years-day/article22339609.ece
Source: The Hindu, 1 January 2018
Date Visited: 25 March 2021
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Gandhian social movement >>
Gandhi believed that giving more importance, value and relevance to practical skills, and applying traditional knowledge to solving day-to-day problems were essential for the development of rural India.
Bunker Roy, the founder of Barefoot College, which helps rural communities becomes self-sufficient | Learn more >>
Charity destroys, work builds
Social and environmental activist Baba Amte who “exemplified the humanitarian politics of Gandhiji” according to Medha Padkar | Learn more >>
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See also
Forest Rights Act (FRA) | Legal rights over forest land
Health and nutrition | Recommendations by the Expert Committee
People’s Archive of Rural India (PARI) | RuralIndiaOnline.org
States along the Narmada river’s course (source to Arabian Sea):
Madhya Pradesh | Maharashtra | Gujarat