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"The two of us used to dance in public without listening to opinions of people about us dancing"
"He ensured a sustained increase in women’s participation, inclusivity and influence within Swapo through advocacy, lobbying and a campaign of inclusion of women in development"
"I attribute smart works of the first lady of Namibia’s office to the eagle of the eye of the Presidency when identifying the talents"
"We must stop buying favours, comrades. Why must you give a regional coordinator something, who is already receiving kasomething? Yet, as you can see, this comrade at the section level is not receiving an allowance from the Swapo Party. Is that not favours? Why must you send airtime to a comrade who is already receiving airtime? But your district information and mobilisation officer is not getting anything"
"You tell everyone, and I must tell you, that some political parties are going to die very soon in Kunene region"
"As we celebrate African women’s contributions towards political, socio-economic, cultural and religious empowerment, the contributions and aspirations of Meekulu Putuse Appolus and other women should be celebrated too"
"Let us also appreciate the Namibian women who participated in resisting the German conquest and all other colonial rule"
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.