Delhi University is offering free 'Charka' classes.
Delhi University is offering a free certificate course in 'Charkha spinning' in a attempt to promote Gandhian principles.
"Come dressed in khadi clothes and learn how to spin the wheel, is all what is needed to pursue the recently introduced course at Delhi University," said Nisha Tyagi, Deputy Dean
(Academics), Gandhi Bhawan.
Every Wednesday, from 3 PM to 5 PM, a group of students gathers at the varsity's Gandhi Bhawan to learn spinning the wheel and drawing the yarn from Sita Bimbrahw, a retired Hindi
professor of DU's Kamla Nehru College.
78-year-old Bimbrahw, is a veteran Charka teacher, who has taught the art to former prime ministers Jawaharlal Nehru, V P Singh, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Morarji Desai, among others.