rejection of European machines and preference for primitive Indian ones like the 'charkha', or the spinning wheel."If a man is stunted by big machines", Tagore wrote, "the danger of being stunted by small machines must not be lost sight of. The charkha in its proper place can do no harm . . . but where . . . it is in the wrong place, then the thread can only be spun at the cost of a great deal of the mind itself. The man is no less valuable than the cotton thread."
from Mangalorean: Tagore--his work will live for generations
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