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"“Beauty, especially Filipina beauty, is not a performance—it’s a presence.""
"“Being a morena woman in a culture long obsessed with fair skin already taught me that nonconformity is power.”"
"“What I try to sustain is authenticity. I’ve never chased trends that erase who I am. I’ve embraced my skin tone, my age, my values. That’s what people connect with.""
"“When you’re grounded in who you are, you don’t feel pressured to meet anyone else’s standard. You end up quietly redefining it.”"
"“I’ve learned that aging is not something to fight—it’s something to honor. And in that honoring, beauty becomes more powerful, more meaningful, and more real.""
"“Every line holds a story—of laughter, resilience, motherhood, heartbreak, joy, and growth.”"
"“Aging has taught me compassion toward myself. I no longer look in the mirror to look for perfection; I look for vitality, light, and alignment.""
"“Beauty deepens when it’s no longer just skin-deep—it becomes quieter, stronger, and more intentional.”"
"“When we’re younger, we think we’re invincible, but beauty thrives when we honor balance.”"
"“Well, it's mainly because it's my passion. I really love what I do.""
"“If you love yourself and if you want to stay, ako (me), I want to stay in this business for a longer time because I'm a single mom.""
"“I think it's the business of food and the business of, you know, that encourages us to eat more and more. Always more.""
"“Our hearts don't just beat for ourselves. They beat for our families, our children, and the people we work with.""
"“I wanna have my own business. I don't know yet what line of business. We're still figuring it out. But, yeah, I wanna be able to to do that. Create my own business. So that, eventually, my daughters can take care of that. If they want.""
"“But (I also want) to be in the international scene, really. Not just festivals. Because now it's more possible because the business is more open to all ethnicities. So, hopefully there will be more avenues for Iana, and not just for her, but for, you know, the Filipino talent to be in the international scene.”"
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.