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"I am Elisabeth Valerio, a businesswoman, scientist, conservationist, and the leader of the United Zimbabwe Alliance (UZA) a political party dedicated to uniting Zimbabweans and fostering a prosperous, sustainable future for our nation. With a background as a global advocate for diversity, education, and African economic development, I am deeply honored to represent UZA as a presidential candidate in Zimbabwe's 2023 general elections."
"This victory holds deep personal meaning for me, but it’s also a triumph for women. It reinforces my belief in the power of perseverance and the importance of standing up for what is right."
"I seek nothing in politics beyond a better future for Zimbabwe. I have the financial resources and everything I need; there’s nothing that politics could offer me that I don’t already possess."
"People tell me I’m in this for reasons like joining POLAD or wanting cars, but I already have cars and houses. My motivation comes from dissatisfaction with the state of our country. I know people sacrificed their lives for a better Zimbabwe, yet true equality is still missing; only a few benefit while ordinary citizens continue to struggle."
"In our society, there's still a mindset or cultural view that doesn’t see women as leaders or believe a woman could lead Zimbabwe. However, the response I’ve been receiving during my tours across Zimbabwe has been different. Meeting people face to face, I’m hearing more voices saying it’s time for a woman to lead. So, I’d say the response is mixed but evolving."
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.