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"Wissen sie denn nicht, dass Allah allein es ist, Der von Seinen Dienern Reue annimmt und Almosen anerkennt, und dass Allah der Allvergebende, der Barmherzige ist?"
"Ein gütiges Wort und Verzeihung sind besser als ein Almosen, gefolgt von Anspruch."
"Wenn du Almosen gibst, lass es also nicht vor dir herposaunen, wie es die Heuchler in den Synagogen und auf den Gassen tun, um von den Leuten gelobt zu werden. Amen, das sage ich euch: Sie haben ihren Lohn bereits erhalten."
"Wenn du Almosen gibst, soll deine linke Hand nicht wissen, was deine rechte tut. Dein Almosen soll verborgen bleiben und dein Vater, der auch das Verborgene sieht, wird es dir vergelten."
"Der Bettler schlägt kein Almosen, der Hund keine Bratwurst, der Krämer keine Lüge aus."
"Wer Almosen gibt, gewöhnt sich daran, Geld und Gut nicht mehr zu bewundern."
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.