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"Often, by picturing the worst that can reasonably happen, one realizes that the situation is not as catastrophic as imagined."
"A human being grows up seeing the opportunity behind each difficulty."
"Nothing can be done to change the past. Let's live in the moment, the future is ahead of us."
"Act on what you can control, what's yours."
"Our story is part of one of the greatest national treasures. It is appropriate to consider it at the level of the culture of a people. Never too much effort will be made for the knowledge of history."
"Stop smoking and get rich."
"In retirement, it's easy not to notice budget deviations."
"Poetry translates our values."
"Poetry is a metaphysical blend with images of life, landscapes and noble delights of feelings and emotions. With a soul of power, the poet is dedicated to writing in his highest thoughts."
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.