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The Swadeshi (Hindi: स्वदेशी) movement, part of the Indian independence movement, was a successful economic strategy to remove the British Empire from power and improve economic conditions in India through following principles of swadeshi (self-sufficiency). Hindi ( Devanāgarī: hi [[wiktहिन्दी हिन्दी]] or hi [[wiktहिंदी हिंदी]] IAST:, IPA:) is The term " Indian independence movement " is diffuse incorporating various national and regional campaigns agitations and efforts of both Nonviolent and Militant Strategies of the swadeshi movement involved boycotting British products and the revival of domestic-made products and production techniques. Swadeshi, as a strategy, was a key focus of Mahatma Gandhi who described it as the soul of Swaraj (self rule). Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi ( Gujarati: મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ગાંધી moɦən̪d̪äs kəɾəmʧən̪d̪ gän̪d̪ʱi (2 October 1869 – 30 January This article refers to the concept of Swaraj as propagated by Gandhi.

1 Principles
2 Origins
3 History
4 Influences
5 References
6 See also
7 External links

Principles

Mahatma Gandhi described Swadeshi as "a call to the consumer to be aware of the violence he is causing by supporting those industries that result in poverty, harm to workers and to humans and other creatures^[1]. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi ( Gujarati: મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ગાંધી moɦən̪d̪äs kəɾəmʧən̪d̪ gän̪d̪ʱi (2 October 1869 – 30 January "

Gandhi recognised that alienation and exploitation often occur when production and consumption are divorced from their social and cultural context, and that local enterprise is a way to avoid these problems. In Sociology and Critical social theory, alienation refers to an individual's estrangement from traditional community and others in general The term " exploitation " may carry two distinct meanings The act of utilizing something for any purpose "Swadeshi is that spirit in us which requires us to serve our immediate neighbours before others, and to use things produced in our neighbourhood in preference to those more remote. So doing, we serve humanity to the best of our capacity. We cannot serve humanity by neglecting our neighbours^[2]".

Origins

The word Swadeshi derives from Sanskrit and is a Sandhi or conjunction of two Sanskrit words. Swa means Self or Own and Desh means Country. If the French language can be used as an analogue, the word Swadeshi is the adjectival form of "of ones own country". The Opposite of Swadeshi in Sanskrit is ViDeshi or "not of ones country". Another Example of Sandhi or Conjunction in Sanskrit is SwaRaj. Swa is Self and Raj is Rule.

History

Reintroduction of the spinning wheel and production of Khadi

Influences

Leo Tolstoy, the Russian author and pacifist, corresponded with Gandhi on the subject of nonviolence^[3]
E. F. Schumacher, author of Small is Beautiful, was influenced by Gandhi's concept of Swadeshi when he wrote his article on Buddhist Economics^[4]
Satish Kumar, editor of Resurgence magazine, has promoted the concept of Swadeshi in his writing and teaching, including a section in his book "You Are, Therefore I Am" (2002). A spinning wheel is a device for spinning thread or Yarn from natural or Synthetic Fibers History Technology in World Civilization Khādī ( IAST) or khaddar ( Devnagri: खादी or खद्दर Nastaliq: کھڈی کھدر simply means cotton Leo Tolstoy, or Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy ( –) (Лев Никола́евич Толсто́й, was a Russian Writer widely regarded Nonviolence is a philosophy and strategy for social change that rejects the use of physical Violence. Ernst Friedrich "Fritz" Schumacher ( 16 August 1911 &ndash 4 September 1977) was an internationally influential Economic Small Is Beautiful Economics As If People Mattered is a collection of Essays by British economist E Buddhist economics is a set of economic principles partly inspired by Buddhist beliefs that individuals ought to do good work in order to ensure proper human Satish Kumar is an Indian currently living in England who has been a Jain monk and a nuclear disarmament advocate and is the current editor of Resurgence Resurgence is a British bi-monthly magazine which has been described as the artistic and spiritual voice of the green movement in Great Britain

References

^ Mahatma Gandhi, in conversation with Ramachandran, 10/11 October, 1924
^ Mahatma Gandhi, Young India, 20 August 1919
^ Leo Tolstoy, Recollections & Essays, Oxford University Press, 1937 (the 'Gandhi Letters' are online at the Anarchy Archives [1])
^ Thomas Weber, Gandhi, Deep Ecology, Peace Research and Buddhist Economics, Journal of Peace Research; Vol-36, Number-3, May 1999 [2]

External links

The term " Indian independence movement " is diffuse incorporating various national and regional campaigns agitations and efforts of both Nonviolent and Militant This article refers to the concept of Swaraj as propagated by Gandhi. Sarvodaya ( Devanagari: सर्वोदय Gujarati: સર્વોદય is a term meaning 'universal uplift' or 'progress of all' The Hindu Mela was initiated in Calcutta (now Kolkata in British India in April 1867 with the active support of the Tagore family.

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