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ATMANIRBHARTA: A FIZZER. A BURP.

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  The National Handloom Day is observed on August 07 annually since 2015, to commemorate the Swadeshi Movement which was launched on this day in 1905 in Calcutta Town Hall to protest against the partition of Bengal by the British government. This year marks the one hundred and fifteen years of the Swadeshi Movement.  To revive the Indian economy, the  ‘Atmanirbharta’  fizzer was embraced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his May 12 lockdown address to the nation. The textile sector which is finely self-reliant enough has indubiously its roots set deep in the domestic markets. Though we get to see that there’s an increase in the textile and clothing imports by India, the worrying part is the decline in the exports of cotton yarn and cotton fabric.  The Wheel That Spun A Direction: A Brief History Charkha , which in English is called as Spinning wheel, is quite ubiquitous and has its essence and inclusion in literature, politics, art and in various areas and cultures in the world. Havin

Okinawa

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  It is almost September,2020 and I am here, again. Although I am not much into music, or you may say that I am but I do not listen to every other song every day. Everyone has their own kind of 'escape' and 'space'. Mine is writing, debating, discussing, working for a cause and alike. Listening to music is not a go-go option for me always. I like listening to music and watching movies -but not always and 'just anything'. I finally downloaded Spotify. Prior to that, I was relying on gaana.com, radio and YouTube. I am glad about this song -Okinawa (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzHOPckFmwc)- that it is there on Spotify. I do not have to download this song in the video form anymore. I listened to this song back in 2019. I did not search for this song. I didn't even know the band's name (now 'am glad that I do). It was just a 'random' song that I came across back in 2019. And to my surprise, it has made a special space for itself in my life. I