Khadi: Gandhi's Mega Symbol of Subversion

Peter Gonsalves

Salesian University

July 2012

344 pages

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The significance of khadi has already been explored by a number of scholars from different angles. Peter Gonsalves has made his foray into this area, writing largely from a communication perspective, first in his book Clothing for Liberation (SAGE, 2010), and now in this sequel, which lays out the historical foundation for the theoretical claims on Gandhian sartorial communication published in his previous work. It covers new ground by highlighting the 'subversive' nature of Gandhi's sartorial choices through a range of disciplines, and has brought Gandhian communication through attire to centre stage. 

I am sure the academic community and communication specialists would welcome its effort to highlight brilliantly the communicative power of an ordinary cloth to mould a national movement that dethroned colonialism while subverting the values it upheld.

From the foreword by John S Moolakkattu

Editor, Gandhi Marg, Quarterly Journal of the Gandhi Peace 

Foundation, New Delhi and Professor, Department of Humanities 

and Social Sciences, IIT Madras, Chennai.