Our two main problems: An essay by Lal Bahadur Shastri, from the HT archives
Jan 24, 2025 3:10 PM IST
HT's Republic@75 special: ‘We need to grow our own food and make our own textiles. It will take discipline and unity to pull this off,’ Shastri writes, in 1951.
Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru at a refugee camp in Srinagar in 1948. ‘Khadi should be given the utmost encouragement and the people encouraged to use it even if it is somewhat costly. Government should also patronise it fully,’ Shastri writes. (HT Archives)
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