The e-charkha is an ingenious update to India’s ubiquitous charkha [spinning wheel] that transforms the simple machine into a potentially significant source of energy for millions of struggling ...

Wardha: Nearly a century after Mahatma Gandhi announced a ₹1 lakh prize in 1929 for innovations to the ‘charkha' (spinning wheel), a new nationwide initiative has been launched to reinvent the iconic ...

As a traditional cotton spinner working from home in her village in northern India, Anita Devi was long resigned to having ...

Take to spinning to find peace of mind. The music of the wheel will be as balm to your soul. I believe that the yarn we spin ...