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"Anyone who creates a society, including the church and all its members – the hierarchy, clergy, laity – shares the responsibility for our social and political ills. The fact that the church now enjoys almost the greatest level of trust in the Ukrainian society makes us genuinely wonder why the doctrine of the church, its teachings and calls, have such a hard time finding their way into the daily lives of the faithful and our society in general. No matter how loud the preaching of the church, however, the last word will always be from the people, from their free choice: to be on the side of good and truth, or continue to walk in the darkness of sin and iniquity."
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.