Two 'charkha' museums to come up in the capital

In an initiative to promote khadi and the spinning wheel, the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) is planning to set up national museums for 'charkha' here and inviting people to contribute towards it.
"Gift a Charkha - Contribute to the national heritage," is the new motto of the KVIC in its initiative to rediscover the role played by Khadi in the freedom struggle, KVIC Chairman V K Saxena said here.
"If you have an old or heritage Charkha, you could gift and contribute to the initiative. Your contribution will be prominently displayed at the museum forever with a note on the distinguished nature of your gift," read a public notice issued by the KVIC.

"We are getting a good response and people are coming out with information about charkhas as old as 100 to 150 years. For many, it may have been family heritage or legacy, but they are ready to give it for a cause," Saxena said.
Two places have been identified in the capital to establish the National Museums for Charkha as "the wheel of self reliance", he said, adding that the first museum would be completed by June end and the next one in a month thereafter.
One of the places for the museum would be Gandhi Gram at the Rajghat on the Yamuna banks. "We are going to have grand charkha museum," Saxena said.

"KVIC will showcase the different forms of Charkha collected from around the country. The museum will highlight through heritage Charkha the path India has traversed from colonial subjugation to independence and modernity," the notice said, adding it would also give an opportunity to "honour the rural communities that have sustained this freedom fabric donning it symbolically with national pride.