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"Did you know that an ant has more intelligence than a hippopotamus? And that a grasshopper, in relation to his size, has more power in his hind legs than a kangaroo. Absolutely, fascinating! There's no doubt about it, animals are much more interesting than people."
"[singing] I do not understand the human race Has so little love for creatures with a different face. Treating animals like people is no madness or disgrace. I do not understand the human race."
"We'll play a little game I invented. One of us opens the atlas at random, sticks a pin in the open page, wherever it lands, that's where we go."
"[about learning goldfish] These fish languages, they really only work underwater. It's fascinating! The basic system is mouth movements and bubbles signals. At the moment, I can only make big bubbles and they keep on telling me I'm shouting."
"[singing] Well, it's true We do not live in a zoo But Man is an animal too. So why can't you, like me Like animals?"
"You know, bein' is prison is much the same as being on a boat. Except in prison there's less chance of drowning."
"You should never believe anybody who goes around telling the truth. They're not to be trusted."
"You've never seen anything like it in your life!"
"Join the FABULOUS CIRCUS with the ONLY PUSHMI-PULLYU in captivity"
"Ride across the sea inside the GIANT PINK SEA SNAIL!"
"The most joyous entertainment for the whole family!"
"Escape a Shipwreck and Travel on a Floating Island with CANNIBALS who Perform Shakespeare!"
"Fly across the world aboard the LUNAR MOTH!"
"Learn to talk in 500 animal languages from a parrot who speaks 1000!"
"Rex Harrison - Dr. John Dolittle"
"Anthony Newley - Matthew Mugg"
"William Dix - Tommy Stubbins"
"Samantha Eggar - Emma Fairfax"
"Richard Attenborough - Albert Blossom"
"Geoffrey Holder - William (Willie) Shakespeare X"
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.