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"Anyone who does a great thing except the fact that they have the courage to think that it’s possible and then just ignore the naysayers, surround yourself with supporting people and just keep going."
"You have to argue the devil’s case. [People tend] to hide the not-so-great part of a new solution, but I really lean into those bits."
"There was no discoverability there unless you are going to download a list of all the companies you might work for and go through one by one, there didn’t seem to be a repository where these opportunities existed."
"The way that people work has changed; it’s no longer a job for life. You’re probably going to do a couple of different things in different places. Sometimes it’s not what you do particularly well it’s what you aren’t able to provide, when an employer is looking at so many graduates, they’re looking to disqualify you more than they’re looking to qualify you. Small things, the growth of social media means everyone is on Facebook, some people put their whole lives on display."
"He is an inspiration to me. Whatever challenges that are thrown at you, I know I have the stuff to make it happen and I know my dad is cheering me on."
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.