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"Today in Benin, for every 100 000 babies born, 335 women die giving birth. This is an example of the challenges we face. Women must be empowered to manage their own reproductive health and I am convinced that together we can improve the health of women and children in Benin."
"Our country is great and we are full of great wealth! We believe in your skills, your qualities and your dedication. Prosperity will transform our common nation and we will all have better days!"
"I am very proud to support the launch of the Claudine Talon Foundation. The foundation’s emphasis on inclusion and solidarity is the keystone of successful health and development efforts. The foundation will be a driving force in creating a better future for women and children in Benin. Claudine Talon has a burning desire to give to others."
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.