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100			_aJha, Sadan
245			_aCharkha, `Dear Forgotten Friend' of widows: reading the erasures of a symbol
260			_c2004
300			_ap.3113-120.
362			_a10 Jul
520			_aIn Gandhian discourse, the charkha signifies `decentralisation against centralised production', `the sole remedy' for the dwindling handloom industry and the traditional sector in general. However, away from this, images of this popular symbol, and Gandhian `swaraj' acquired various shapes in the domain of political culture. The attempt here is to write a history of the spinning wheel with reference to strategies of gender politics that went into the construction of this semiotic space. This reading of erasures of a popular Gandhian symbol contributes to an understanding of the different layers of the politics of disjuncture which operate at many levels. - Reproduced.
650			_aWidows
650			_aDecentralization
650			_aGandhi, M.K.
773			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
909			_a61513
999			_c61513 _d61513