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"It’s been a tremendous honour to work with such strong young women because they continue to teach and push me in various ways."
"Poetry is some people’s source of income."
"People do not understand how fast a culture can disappear without art especially a country whose culture is art in itself."
"I hope my writing can help people to see life in a different light and encourage mental emancipation."
"Poetry has the ability to open up the space for many Rwandans to participate in conversations about social issues, mainly those that are taboo."
"Poetry can push our boundaries of “speech freedom”, which will allow us to encourage a generation of critical thinkers."
"That I am that color USUALLY ARTISTICALLY COMPATIBLE with that of ancient the walls."
"To embrace “WHAT” I AM TO MANY NOT “WHO” I AM."
"I am a product of the hurt, chained, restless and once hopeless, but your grammar is wrong, there’s no full stop so don’t force it."
"Yes, we are proud, to be Rwandese So proud that we would burn our breasts like Ndabaga."
"Feminism is about granting women the grace to be angry about their trauma and pains the way they choose to, and being sympathetic enough to ask why they are angry and genuinely listen and understand their point of view."
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.