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"Eee, these bank holidays, it's a problem to decide. [Gromit snores] Tell you what, Gromit lad! [Gromit wakes up] Let's have a nice hot cup of tea, hm? [walks out of the room] Kettle should have boiled by now. [sets up the tea tray with cups, pours tea in the teapot, grabs some crackers from the cabinet, and pours some on the plate; checks the fridge; eyes widen] No cheese, Gromit! [Gromit begins to sulk a bit] Not a bit in the house! [brings the tray to the living room, and take a bit out of a cracker; eyes widen with a gulp] Gromit, that's it! Cheese! We'll go somewhere where there's cheese! [Gromit is confused; looks at "Cheese Holidays" magazine] Now, where were we? Places you find cheese. Lancashire, Cheddar, Wensleydale, Philadelphia, Tesco's... [they stop reading and look out the window at the moon] Everybody knows the moon is made of cheese..."
"60 seconds to blast off. Oh! Unlock the doors. [Gromit pushes the button; the doors under the backyard opens, causing 3 garden gnomes to fall; realizes something's missing as Gromit looks on] No crackers, Gromit! We've forgotten the crackers! [Gromit became worried; slides down the ladder to get the crackers] Hold on, Gromit! Hold on! [grabs most of the pack of crackers from the cabinet; Gromit looks at the time, the fuse is still burning; runs back to the basement, climbs up the rocket, pushes down the ladder before locking the door shut. The fuse finishes burning as the clock chimes the bells. Then they hear the rumbling sound; the rocket is about to lift off, shaking the whole basement. The mice look on, and put on dark glasses. Gromit remembers with the snap, and pushes the lever as the rocket blasts off from the basement to the sky] GROOOMMMMIIITTT!!!"
"[takes a picture of Gromit with playing cards] One for the album."
"Adjust angle of thrust. [presses 2 buttons] Steady now. [pushes the small lever] Easing up. [Gromit carefully finishes the pyramid of cards] Steady! [Gromit is making sure that the cards won't fall] Gently does it. [pulls the lever as the rocket lands on the moon, causing the cards to fall on the table, much to Gromit's annoyance]"
"Nice drop of tea to get the tastebuds going. [drinks the cup] Plate. [Gromit gives him the plate] Knife. [Gromit gives him the knife] Cracker. [Gromit gives him the crackers; cutting the cone, putting 'moon cheese' on it, eating it] Hmm? See what you think. [gives a bowl to Gromit, sniffing it] Wensleydale? [Gromit shakes his head] Stilton? [Gromit shakes his head again; swallows the cheese] I don't know, lad. It's like no cheese I've ever tasted. [wipes his mouth] Let's try another spot. [pulls Gromit]"
"[The Cooker machine doesn't work] [getting annoyed] Come on, stupid! [pulls off a part of the machine] Oh! [Gromit is stunned; fixes the knob; walks off] Oh! Daylight robbery. They always nick your money, them flippin' machines. Come on, Gromit."
"Emergency countdown! 10 second of counting! Ugh!"
"Oh! Oh! The fuse! You forgot to light the fuse!"
"Set coordinates for 62 West Wallaby Street. [eats cheese with a cracker while looking at the cheese magazine] [Gromit pushes the lever, as the rocket flies back to Earth]"
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Young though he was, his radiant energy produced such an impression of absolute reliability that Hedgewar made him the first sarkaryavah, or general secretary, of the RSS.
- Gopal Mukund Huddar
Largely because of the influence of communists in London, Huddar's conversion into an enthusiastic supporter of the fight against fascism was quick and smooth. The ease with which he crossed from one worldview to another betrays the fact that he had not properly understood the world he had grown in.
Huddar would have been 101 now had he been alive. But then centenaries are not celebrated only to register how old so and so would have been and when. They are usually celebrated to explore how much poorer our lives are without them. Maharashtrian public life is poorer without him. It is poorer for not having made the effort to recall an extraordinary life.
I regret I was not there to listen to Balaji Huddar's speech [...] No matter how many times you listen to him, his speeches are so delightful that you feel like listening to them again and again.
By the time he came out of Franco's prison, Huddar had relinquished many of his old ideas. He displayed a worldview completely different from that of the RSS, even though he continued to remain deferential to Hedgewar and maintained a personal relationship with him.