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"Wer leiht, reißt sich den Bart aus."
"Ein Bart macht noch lange keinen Philosophen."
"Besser ist's unter dem Bart eines alten Mannes als unter der Peitsche eines Jungen."
"Ich sehe einen Bart und einen Mantel, aber noch keinen Philosophen."
""[Es] kann der sanftmüthigste und billigste Mensch, wenn er nur einen großen Schnurrbart hat, gleichsam im Schatten desselben sitzen, und ruhig sitzen,"
"Es ist fast unmöglich, die Fackel der Wahrheit durch ein Gedränge zu tragen, ohne jemandem den Bart zu sengen."
"Der lange Schnurrbart ist eigentlich nur // Des Zopftums neuere Phase: // Der Zopf, der ehemals hinten hing, // Der hängt jetzt unter der Nase."
"Abhängigkeit ist das Los der Frauen; Macht ist da, wo die Bärte sind."
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.