“And it was (a brave widow of Gujarat) who discovered, at Vijapur in Gujarat a few Mussalman sisters who were prepared to spin if she would take the yarn from their hands.  From that moment began the great revival which is now covering over fifteen hundred villages in India.” ~ Gandhi, Young India, Oct. 13, 1927

It is easy to forget that nonviolence is daily, humble, work by masses of people—work that may appear non-confrontational but can in fact spell the end of an oppressive system—before it is protests, marches, and disobedience. What could we initiate today that would have the magic to reawaken and unify people the way charkha did in India?

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