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""The amount of trophies we won is such a proud achievement for me"."
""Everyone was so distraught, so to win that first big trophy was so important for us"."
""To get over that line to get to hear that final whistle was such a proud moment"."
""To not be given that chance makes me question: ‘Is it because of what happened?’ I think it is because of what happened, if I’m totally honest"."
"I’ve played higher and lower. I’ve even played out wide sometimes, which is definitely not my game"
"The squad is difficult to get in, especially my position, because there’s so many good midfielders in England. It’s tough"
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.