India, Oct. 1 -- Once a tiny hamlet inhabited by Harijan weavers, Bhujodi exuded the symphony of the loom that had internalised both Kabiriyat and Gandhiness, their rhythm and rigour of austerity. I was meeting the master weaver Vashram (Vishram) Vankar (weaver) in his Bhujodi house-cum-workshop-cum sales depot that has a sprawling verandah with a cow-shed and a loom, nearly half a century after I first met him. Stoutly resisting the lure of showing off, Vashram and his family have still retained the Gandhian simplicity with compassion. The 80-year-old Vashram reads newspapers without specs, uses no hearing aids, wears the home-spun coarse cotton clothes, dons a deshi Gandhi cap and keeps chanting Gandhi Bapu! Gandhi Bapu! He even reminde...
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