Johnson kickstarted his trip by visiting Ahmedabad on Thursday. He visited the Sabarmati Ashram and tried his hands at the spinning wheel, charkha. As most people would be aware of, the charkha was used by Mahatma Gandhi to spin cloth and boycott British textiles.
#WATCH | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson visits Sabarmati Ashram, tries his hands on ‘charkha’ pic.twitter.com/6RTCpyce3k
— ANI (@ANI) April 21, 2022
The use of this symbol of the Indian Independence movement by an incumbent British prime minister sparked a lot of feelings among the Twitterati. Many call it an UNO Reverse moment in history.
We have achieved peak parody. pic.twitter.com/jUot64ytkq
— Kajol Srinivasan (@LOLrakshak) April 21, 2022
Next- the Queen of England wearing a khaadi gown. https://t.co/9I0uBZb2R0
— Aditi Mittal (@awryaditi) April 21, 2022
A time travel meme had to be made.
A meme I made 🤣 pic.twitter.com/utx7RqR7yn
— Stop Global Whining (@SocratesOne) April 21, 2022
and this iconic symbol of independence was used to make homespun cloth as a protest against British imperialism, theft and- https://t.co/bs5pn1zz4H
— tanyam (@tanyamTV) April 21, 2022
PICTURE OF THE DAY #BorisJohnsonInIndia https://t.co/NcDdz4TTDv
— Piyush Jha (@piyush_reports) April 21, 2022
British jokes were also made.
Oit mate , this cherkuh spinnin noicely innit https://t.co/fHLFppNAKq
— Perry the platypus enjoyer (@DayalBean) April 21, 2022
Well well well how the turntables https://t.co/lj7vcDiC7N
— Apurva Bhardwaj (@apurvatweetss) April 21, 2022
A hundred years ago who would’ve thought 😂 https://t.co/ZxKnyvkcAl
— Julius Seizure (@fuckoffbrutus) April 21, 2022
As much as we think it could be a simulation, it is not.
I’d like to exit this simulation now https://t.co/upEg9P49N7
— ababu? ababu! (@rjunbee) April 21, 2022
if only Churchill had lived to see this day… https://t.co/8wX36ZGiRH
— Vivek Menezes (@vmingoa) April 21, 2022
Safe to say, just like the charkha, life has come to a full circle.
