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"That the pion-nucleon (Ï€N) coupling constant is fundamental in our understanding of the Cosmos has been adequately emphasised in numerous works. In meson-exchange models of the , a significantly weaker coupling between the pions and the nucleons would have prevented the s from combining fast with s in the ; they would have decayed before they had any chance to be enmeshed first in s, then in other light nuclei. According to the , within half an hour of the Big Bang, all existing matter had assumed the form of free electrons, protons, and helium nuclei (as well as traces of other nuclei up to 7). On the contrary, a significantly stronger coupling would have resulted in the rapid creation of bound diprotons and would have led to a helium-dominated Universe. It is hard to imagine how life could emerge in such a Universe: typical stars burn hydrogen to helium for about 90 % of their lives."
"... Roughly speaking, in renormalizable theories no coupling constants can have the dimensions of negative powers of . But every time we add a field or a space-time derivative to an interaction, we reduce the dimensionality of the associated coupling constant. So only a few simple types of interaction can be renormalizable. ..."
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.