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"For as long as one is alive, one will always have other things to achieve."
"It is when one dies and gets to the ‘beautiful gate’ that one would know if one has achieved all."
"it is not every business one ventures into that one would succeed at."
"when one loses, one should not give up or run away. One just has to keep trying."
"One would win some and lose some."
"It is the mistakes that one made that would teach one lessons that one could apply to improve on subsequent attempts."
"one can turn one’s challenges into bigger and better opportunities."
"When one is too busy with work or business, something could happen in their lives that could lead to regret."
"Charity begins at home."
"one should not do things in ‘one’s way.’ Rather, one should do things in ‘God’s way.’"
"“I once dared to dream. And if I could succeed, so can you.”"
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.