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"Was der Bauer nicht kennt, das isst er nicht."
"In der Not isst der Bauer die Wurst auch ohne Brot."
"Die dümmsten Bauern haben die dicksten Kartoffeln."
"Der Papst und ein Bauer wissen mehr als der Papst allein."
"Bauer bleibt Bauer, selbst wenn er auf seidenem Kissen schläft."
"Sind auch schwarz des Bauern Hände, // Weißbrod ißt er bis an's Ende;"
"Nur unter Bauern bin ich völlig natürlich, das heißt wirklich Mensch."
"Man hat nicht Ursache, der wendischen Sprache sich zu schämen; hat doch wohl mancher der wendischen Sprache es zu danken, dass er befördert worden: wenn etliche Herren von Adel nicht wendische Bauern hätten, es stünde gar schlecht um sie. Es ist solche Sprache nicht etwa eine neue und aus vielen Sprachen zusammengeraffte und gestoppelte Sprache, wie etliche in den Linguis und historiis Unbewanderte vermeinen."
"Macht's einander nur nicht sauer, // Hier sind wir gleich, Baron und Bauer."
"Im Notfall bindet der Bauer den Schuh mit Seide."
"Geschickte Ackerbauer und Handwerker sollen belohnt werden."
"Wer ihn hat, hat's gut!"
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.