Leaders of the socialist movement in India did not recognize the need for a liberal social and cultural context for the growth of a democratic socialist movement
If we want a decent society our methods must be decent. We cannot create a free and equal society by expropriation, liquidation, lying as the communists claim they can.
Her life was itself her message and although she never focussed on defining herself within an ideological spectrum, most of her life struggles were indeed integral aspects of the liberal tradition.