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"I was lucky. God blessed me with a great opportunity to learn. I lived in a house filled with books, and so reading and the love for books became rooted in me."
"my late father was ahead of his time in so many things…in his progressive thinking, in his belief in freedom and equality between boys and girls, especially in their upbringing. He believed boys and girls should be raised the same, without discrimination.”"
"I treated my students the same way I was treated, and that is why I have a wonderful relationship with my students at Cairo University. I consider them my children, and when children grew, we must befriend them"
"you must be strong and independent, while also being flexible. How would you be strong and independent if you have not experienced any of life’s responsibilities? You must get the chance to learn to be responsible for yourself."
"the only way to become a better human being is to think critically. You must be able to respect yourself, and to think critically."
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.