I always stayed married to my husband! Always, until the day he died! It's not true that we were separated!

Until I was about eighteen, yes [I didn't want to get married]. But not because I felt like a suffragette, but because I wanted to devote all my energies to the struggle to free India. Marriage, I thought, would have distracted me from the duties I'd imposed on myself.

I am proud that I spent the whole of my life in the service of my people ... I shall continue to serve until my last breath and when I die, I can say, that every drop of my blood will invigorate India and strengthen it.

Let's not forget that in India the symbol of strength is a woman; the goddess Shakti.

Not only Negroes and Jews, but also women are part of a great revolt of which one can only approve.

Until the day she died, my mother continued to fight for the rights of women. She joined all the women's movements of the time; she stirred up a lot of revolts. She was a great woman, a great figure. Women today would like her immensely.

Every new experience brings its own maturity and a greater clarity of vision.