what does gandhi jayanti mean for young india today a dryday with no booze at the bars a holiday just another excuse for politicians to pay lip service well all of that yes but also a lot more they might not wear gandhigiri on their sleeves but gandhi for them is more than just a moniker for the notes in their wallets his ideas his principles his message are part of everyday lives in india they tell us hear what the khadi couturewearing candlelight vigilholding cleanliness conscious youngsters have to say about taking forward mahatma gandhis legacy albeit unconsciously khadi keeping india cool since 1947 in the 1920s gandhi aggressively promoted the spinning of khadi while boycotting britishmanufactured goods especially their textiles gandhi felt that by wearing khadi not only are you promoting selfemployment and selfreliance youre also sending a subtle but strong message to the british thus making khadi became an integral part of the swadeshi movement today 70odd years later khadi is still very much in vogue whether or not they realise the historical importance of khadi the fact is that its extremely popular among the youth says anisha vuppala a citybased fashion designer whether it is in the form of a sari salwar shirt or kurta khadi is chic comfortable and uber desi and the young ones love it its also a designers delight and its little wonder that the humble indian fabric is celebrated on runways at top fashion weeks in the nationtelling us why he finds khadi cool 17yearold chirag kapoor a student of bhavans vivekananda college says for one its super comfortable and to boot it it looks super cool i have a lot of khadi kurtas in my wardrobe and i wear them for every big occasion be it a festival or a wedding sometimes i even wear it college gandhis nonviolent revolution continues to inspire gen nextmahatma gandhis principles of ahimsa passive nonviolence and sahishnuta tolerance seem to be inspiring young india even today when horrific murders and rapes take place across the country our youth still march on to the streets with a candle in hand to protest and voice their dissent k praveen a city based activist says when the nirbhaya rape case shook the nation the aam janta held candlelight protests across the country it became a kind of a national movement of sorts a nonviolent one at that i believe it played a big part in the fall of the upa government even now when you protest peacefully you can bring about changeagreeing ranjith who recently organised a candlelight vigil to protest the brutal honour killing of pranay kumar says if we too resort to violence whats the difference between them and us the only way to make our voice heard is by putting up a united front and expressing our dissent together violence will only bring more problems not solutions working towards a swachch bharat cos gandhiji said cleanliness is next to godlinessso long as you