<p class="title rtejustify">An undated letter written by Mahatma Gandhi, stressing on the importance of the spinning wheel, is expected to sell for USD 5,000, according to US-based RR Auction.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Signed "Bapu's blessings", the letter is written in Gujarati and addressed to a person named Yashwant Prasad, the auction house said in a statement.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"What we expected of the mills has happened," Gandhi wrote in the letter.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"However, what you say is correct: all depends on the loom," he wrote.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Gandhi's reference to the spinning wheel is exceptionally important, as he had adopted it as a symbol of economic independence.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">During the movement for independence, Gandhi encouraged Indians to spend time each day spinning khadi (homespun cloth) in support of the Indian movement for independence.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">He encouraged all Indians to wear khadi instead of British-made textiles as a part of the swadeshi movement.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The spinning wheel -- and the textile itself -- became symbolic of the movement toward Indian independence.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The online auction ends on September 12. </p>
<p class="title rtejustify">An undated letter written by Mahatma Gandhi, stressing on the importance of the spinning wheel, is expected to sell for USD 5,000, according to US-based RR Auction.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Signed "Bapu's blessings", the letter is written in Gujarati and addressed to a person named Yashwant Prasad, the auction house said in a statement.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"What we expected of the mills has happened," Gandhi wrote in the letter.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"However, what you say is correct: all depends on the loom," he wrote.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Gandhi's reference to the spinning wheel is exceptionally important, as he had adopted it as a symbol of economic independence.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">During the movement for independence, Gandhi encouraged Indians to spend time each day spinning khadi (homespun cloth) in support of the Indian movement for independence.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">He encouraged all Indians to wear khadi instead of British-made textiles as a part of the swadeshi movement.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The spinning wheel -- and the textile itself -- became symbolic of the movement toward Indian independence.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The online auction ends on September 12. </p>