...If (British) Government or we desire really to know the true economic and financial position in the country, it is not by superficial observations such as looking at attendances at a few theatres and cinemas or a crowd of people in a bazaar stall struggling to buy daily necessities which for many have to be severely reduced in amount and kind, just enough for their bare subsistence, but by a deeper and more factual survey that we can hope to get a true picture. ...

(Address delivered to the Second Session of the Supreme Council of AFPFL, 16th May, 1946)