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

The controls that have a rightful place in a free economy are those that provide the maximum of assistance with the minimum of interference; controls that regulate and safeguard, not those that regiment and emasculate.

He was a cosmopolitan, pioneered global greats of the era, who was beyond the boundaries of religion, caste, language, and nation.