A kind of knee-length, cloth pant traditionally worn by Hindu men. In the 1920s, Gandhi decided to start wearing dhoti instead of Western clothing in order to identify himself with the Indian poor.
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Dhoti Term Timeline in Kanthapura
The timeline below shows where the term Dhoti appears in Kanthapura. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
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...a Gandhi-man.” When he came back to town two years ago, he started wearing a dhoti and khadi, and he even quit “his city habit of smoking.”
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